Northern America

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Northern America

For other uses, see Northern America (disambiguation).

Northern America is the northernmost region of the Americas, distinct from but part of the North American continent, including all territories north of Middle America. Geopolitically, according to the scheme of geographic regions and subregions used by the United Nations, Northern America consists of:^[1]^[2]

Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada

Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States

Image:Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland, a self-governing island of Denmark

Image:Flag of France.svg Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, an overseas territory of France

Image:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom

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Maps using the term Northern America (L'Amerique septentrionale in French) date back to 1755., when the region was occupied by France, England, and Spain.^[3] Today, Northern America includes the Canada-U.S. dyad, developed countries that exhibit very high human development and intense economic integration while sharing many socioeconomic characteristics, including relatively low but increasingly divergent demographic patterns (e.g., fertility levels).^[4]

Geopolitically, Hawaii – a U.S. state located in the Pacific Ocean – is included in North America. Due to its distant location, physiographically, the Hawaiian archipelago is commonly included with the other Polynesian territories of Oceania. The archipelago is also linguistically Polynesian.

[edit] Sources

^ Definition of major areas and regions, from World Migrant Stock: The 2005 Revision Population Database, United Nations Population Division. Accessed on line October 3, 2007.
^ Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions, geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings, UN Statistics Division. Accessed on line October 3, 2007.
^ Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas. 1755. Carte de l'Amerique septentrionale (Map of Northern America). Item NMC 21057: Library and Archives Canada.
^ Torrey, Barbara Boyle & Eberstadt, Nicholas. 2005 (Aug./Sep.). "The Northern America Fertility Divide." Hoover Institution Policy Review. No. 132.

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