Southern Cone facts for kids
The term Southern Cone (Spanish: Cono Sur, Portuguese: Cone Sul) refers to a geographic region composed of the southernmost areas of South America, below the Tropic of Capricorn. Due to geographical affinities, natural, economic and social, the Southern Cone is usually understood as the region that includes all of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, the southern states of Brazil (and sometimes part of São Paulo state, because have several features in common: proximity, the high rate of industrialization and urbanization and the high GDP). In rare exceptions - just because geographical reasons - sometimes also includes Paraguay and southern Bolivia, although both have fundamentally different characteristics of other countries (such as standards of living, industrialization, ethnicity, etc.)
Major Cities
| City | Country | Population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo |  Brazil |
10.927.985 |
| Santiago |  Chile |
5.428.590 |
| Buenos Aires |  Argentina |
2.995.397 |
| Curitiba | Brazil |
1.828.092 |
| Montevideo |  Uruguay |
1.668.335 |
Other pages
Images for kids
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Satellite images of the Southern Cone month by month
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Landforms in the Monte Desert at Ischigualasto, Argentina. Much of the southern cone is covered by the Arid Diagonal of which Monte Desert is part.
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Mate, as shown in the picture, is a typical beverage from the Southern Cone
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A history of Catholicism has left landmarks like the Churches of Chiloé (in picture) in the Southern Cone.
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Population density of the Southern Cone by first level national administrative divisions. Population/km²
