Hispanic America

The region known as Hispanic America (in Spanish called Hispanoamérica or América Hispana) and historically as Spanish America (América Española) during the Spanish colonization, is the part of the Americas that includes the Spanish-speaking countries and territories of North and South America. (It does not include the Portuguese-speaking country of Brazil and the French-speaking countries and territories of Haiti, French Guiana and of the Caribbean, which along with Hispanic America, make up Latin America."Latin America" The Free Online Dictionary (American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 2000, 4th ed. Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003.)) In all of these countries, Spanish is the official language, sometimes sharing official status with one or more indigenous languages (such as Guaraní, Quechua, Aymara, or Mayan) or English (in Puerto Rico), and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion.

 Countries and territories that make up Hispanic America 
  Argentina
  Bolivia
  Chile
  Colombia
  Costa Rica
  Cuba
  Dominican Republic
  Ecuador
  El Salvador
  Guatemala
  Honduras
  Mexico
  Nicaragua
  Panama
  Paraguay
  Peru

  Uruguay
  Venezuela

 Related pages 
 Latin America (includes all Spanish, Portuguese and French-speaking countries and territories of North America and South America)

 Notes 

 References 

Category:Geography of North America
Category:Geography of South America