North America - Category 1 - The Wide Worlds Snaps

United States of America (USA) - The Wide Worlds Snaps President: Barack H. Obama (2009) Vice President: Joseph Biden (2009) Land area: 3,539,225 sq mi (9,166,601 sq km); total area: 3,718,691 sq mi (9,631,420 sq km) Population (2014 est.): 318,892,103 (growth rate: 0.77%); birth rate: 13.42/1000; infant mortality rate: 6.17/1000; life expectancy: 79.56; density per sq mi: 88.6 Capital (2013 est.): Washington,...

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Trinidad and Tobago - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Anthony Carmona (2013)Prime Minister: Kamla Persad-Bissessar (2010)Total area: 1,981 sq mi (5,131 sq km)Population (2014 est.): 1,223,916 (growth rate: –0.086%);birth rate: 13.8/1000;infant mortality rate: 24.82/1000;life expectancy: 72.29;density per sq mi: 659.2Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Port-of-Spain, 66,000Monetary unit: Trinidad and Tobago dollar When Trinidad was explored by Columbus in 1498, it was inhabited by the Arawaks;...

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Nicaragua - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Daniel Ortega (2007)Land area: 46,430 sq mi (120,254 sq km);total area: 49,998 sq mi (129,494 sq km)Population (2010 est.): 5,995,928 (growth rate: 1.7%);birth rate: 22.77/1000;infant mortality rate: 24.1/1000;life expectancy: 71.8;density per sq km: 48Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Managua, 1,390,500 (metro. area), 1,146,000 (city proper)Monetary unit: Gold cordoba Nicaragua, which derives its name from the chief of the area's...

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Honduras - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Juan Orlando Hernández (2014)Land area: 43,201 sq mi (111,891 sq km);total area: 43,278 sq mi (112,090 sq km)Population (2014 est.): 8,598,561 (growth rate: 1.74%);birth rate: 23.66/1000; infant mortality rate: 18.72/1000; ife expectancy: 70.91Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Tegucigalpa, 1.088 millionMonetary unit: Lempira During the first millennium, Honduras was inhabited by the Maya. Columbus explored the country in 1502. Honduras,...

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El Salvador - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Salvador Sánchez Cerén (2014)Land area: 8,000 sq mi (20,720 sq km);total area: 8,124 sq mi (21,040 sq km)Population (2010 est.): 6,052,064 (growth rate: 0.3%); birth rate: 18.06/1000; infant mortality rate: 20.9/1000; life expectancy: 73.2; density per sq km: 341Capital and largest city (2003 est.): San Salvador, 1,791,700 (metro. area), 504,700 (city proper)Other large cities: Santa Ana, 167,200; San Miguel, 145,100; Zacatecoluca,...

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