South America is one of seven continents around the globe which is located in the West-Hemisphere it also has relatively small piece located in the Northern Hemisphere. It is consisted of only thirteen countries and it is not so large in its area,  covering the total area of 17,840,000 km² so it is also considered the subcontinent of America. From the west, it is bordered by the Pacific Ocean and from north and east side bordered by Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean and North America. It is covering the area of 3.5% of world’s entire surface. In accordance to a recent survey, its population was accounted more than 385,742,554 people. Although it has not a long list of countries yet it is ranked as fourth in terms of area size on the earth. Similarly it is the fifth most populated continent in the world. Geographically there is a conflict between the South and North America near Isthmus of Panama but in reality Panama is considered the part of North America.We have prepared a list of south American countries and their capitals, area in square kilometer and official flags are also displayed.

List of the South American Sovereign States with Capitals

Rank	Country Or Territory	Capital	Area (K.M)	Flag
1.	Argentina	Buenos Aires	2,780,400
2.	Bolivia	Sucre (constitutional) La Paz (administrative)	1,098,581
3.	Brazil	Brasília	8,514,877
4.	Chile	Santiago	756,102
5.	Colombia	Bogotá / Santa Fe de Bogotá	1,138,910
6.	Ecuador	Quito	283,561
7.	Guyana	Georgetown	214,969
8.	Paraguay	Asunción	406,752
9.	Peru	Lima	1,285,216
10.	Suriname	Paramaribo	163,820
11.	Uruguay	Montevideo	176,215
12.	Venezuela	Caracas	912,050

List of Non-sovereign territories (Dependent Territories)

Rank	Country or Territory	Capital	Area (K.M)	Flag
13.	Falkland Islands	Stanley	12,173
14.	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	King Edward Point	3,903

Integral territories of states outside of South America

Rank	Country or Territory	Capital	Area (K.M)	Flag
15	French Guiana	Cayenne	83,534

Map of South America

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