By land area in South America, which is the smallest sovereign country?
Brazil being the largest in South America by land area, Suriname is the smallest.
Republic of Suriname is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, and Brazil to the south. At 163,820 square kilometers (64,000 square miles), it is the smallest sovereign state in South America.
It has a population of approximately 575,990 with population density of 2.9 / km2
The land area of the 4 mentioned answers are:
Suriname - 163,820 km2 (63,251 sq mi)
Uruguay - 176,215 km2 (68,037 sq mi)
Guyana - 214,969 km2 (83,000 sq mi)
Ecuador - 283,561 km2 (109,484 sq mi)
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10 Comments
Jerry Edwards
The explanation puts Uruguay as the second smallest.
Wow... I would have put it as the largest of the four.
earlepg
klmilles, And like a good clone, he used the picture to provide a clue for those that recognized it.
Ken Putnam
FINALLY
An explanation that supports the answer with a comparison if all options
Joe Mangan
Joe Young, Anthony Nesty of Suriname had a shock win over Matt Biondi in the 1988 Olympics' 100m butterfly. Before the competition Biondi in a interview said he didn't even know where Suriname was. Afterwards one commentator said he would now know its whereabouts for evermore.
Karin Johansson
Joe Young, and a country can be a state.
Karin Johansson
Joe Young, Surinam is a country
Joanne Serin
Irma Rivera, what does Swaziland, in Africa, have to do with this question about So. America?
Lawanta
Denise Currie, that's in Africa
klmilles
Greetings, clone.
Joe Young
you asked for the smallest sovereign country not state