update date June 2011 This is a list of the 50 largest metropolitan area s in Americas America . Official definitions of metropolitan area based on the concept of a single urban core and its immediate surroundings are used where available. For city cities in countries that do not have official metropolitan area definitions, the urban agglomeration concept is used instead. For the 50 largest city cities in the Americas, see Largest cities in the Americas . List class wikitable sortable Rank Metropolitan area Population Year align center 1 flagicon MEX Greater Mexico City Mexico City ref group nb According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the governments of the Mexico City Federal District ... U.S. Census Bureau Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas ... ref name col http www.dane.gov.co files censo2005 resultados am municipios.pdf Metropolitan areas as defined ... of census metropolitan areas ref align center 2009 align center 29 flagicon BRA Recife 3,661,119 ... U.S. Census Bureau Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas ... cite web title America metropolitan areas publisher World Gazetteer url http world gazetteer.com wg.php?x 1&men gcis&lng en&des wg&geo 2&srt pnan&col adhoq&msz 1500&va &pt a America metropolitan areas ... metropolitan areas McAllen Reynosa url http world gazetteer.com wg.php?x &men gcis&lng en&dat 32&geo ... s in the Americas File Saopaulo paulista.jpg Greater S o Paulo S o Paulo File Manhattan from top of the rock ... References reflist 2 See also United States metropolitan area List of metropolitan areas of Mexico List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada List of major cities in Brazil World s largest cities Largest cities in the Americas List of us metro areas by population List of metropolitan areas of the USA Category Lists of cities by demography Category Lists of metropolitan areasAmericas Category Geography of the Americas Category Americas related lists bg ... more details
cities in the Americas List of metropolitan areas in the Americas by population There are three urban ... List of metropolitan areas in the Americas by population Metro Area Pop. Rank within the Americas ... Continent title Americas image File Americas orthographic projection .svg 300px 200px area 42,549,000 ... dependencies 23 br small List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas br small ... language Aymara , Dutch language Dutch and Americas Languages many others time UTC 10 to UTC 0 UTC cities The Americas , or America , ref http www.m w.com dictionary america america Definition from ... . In the English language, the Americas refers to the landmass es of North America and South America with their associated Lists of islands of the Americas islands and regions, whereas America , in current ... of the western hemisphere, often in the plural Americas and more or less synonymous with the New World ... ... However, the term is open to uncertainties ... ref The Americas cover 8.3 of the Earth s total ... map of the Americas in Lambert azimuthal equal area projection Main History of the Americas Settlement ... Indians Paleo Indian migration to and throughout the Americas, including the exact dates and routes ... ice sheets. ref cite web url http www.physorg.com news169474130.html title The peopling of the Americas ... agreements achieved to date are the origin from Central Asia, with widespread habitation of the Americas ... name kind ref cite journal title A single and early migration for the peopling of the Americas supported ... as the Inuit migrated into North America, Norse colonization of the Americas Viking settlers began arriving ... by Herb Roe. The pre Columbian era incorporates all archaeology of the Americas period subdivisions in the history of the Americas history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance ... to the New World original settlement in the Upper Paleolithic to European colonization of the Americas ... of the great List of pre Columbian civilizations indigenous civilizations of the Americas ... more details
About Culture as used in the Social science social sciences and Humanities humantities uses in the Natural sciences natural sciences Cell culture and Tissue culture other uses File gyptischer Maler um ... Hasht Behesht Hasht Behesht Palace When Culture lang la wikt cultura cultura , lit. cultivation ref Harper, Douglas 2001 . http www.etymonline.com index.php?term culture Online Etymology Dictionary ref ... the term culture to refer to a universal human capacity. For the German nonpositivist sociologist Georg Simmel , culture referred to the cultivation of individuals through the agency of external forms ..., culture emerged as a concept central to anthropology , encompassing all human phenomena that are not purely results of human genetics. Specifically, the term culture in American anthropology had two ... the physical artifacts created by a society , its so called material culture and everything else ... such as language, customs, etc. that are the main referent of the term culture . Etymology The etymology of the modern term culture has a classics classical origin. In English, the word culture is based on a term used by Cicero in his Tusculan Disputations , where he wrote of a cultivation ... after Rousseau Philosophy and Culture in Question last Velkley first Richard year 2002 chapter The Tension in the Beautiful On Culture and Civilization in Rousseau and German Philosophy pages 11 ... As described by Velkley ref name velkley blockquote The term culture, which originally meant the cultivation ... modern liberalism and Age of Enlightenment Enlightenment . Thus a contrast between culture and civilization is usually implied in these authors, even when not expressed as such. Two primary meanings of culture emerge from this period culture as the folk spirit having a unique identity, and culture as cultivation ... of the term culture, although the second still plays a large role in what we think culture should ... a universal model of culture. The German philosopher Immanuel Kant 1724 1804 formulated an individualist ... more details
The exploration of the Americas includes Exploration of North America Colonization of the Americas Voyages of Christopher Columbus Colonization Category Exploration Americas Category Americas hist stub ... more details
areas of the Americas. Many excavations have uncovered evidence that subsistence patterns of early Americans ... of the three step early human migrations for the peopling of the Americas . There have been several ... of how, when and why humans Paleo Indians first entered the Americas is of intense interest to archaeologists .... Current understanding of human migration to and throughout the Americas derives from advances ... dispersal of modern humans in the Americas author Goebel, Ted Waters, Michael R. O Rourke, Dennis H ... established theories such as Clovis culture Clovis first . ref cite journal last Gremillion first David ... pnas.94.5.1866 title A single and early migration for the peopling of the Americas supported by mitochondrial ... Indian sites. A roughly uniform techno complex pattern known as Clovis culture Clovis appears in North ... align center Yes open style text align center Yes open Genetic history of indigenous peoples of the Americas Indigenous Amerindian genetic studies indicate that the colonizing founders of the Americas ... On the Number of New World Founders A Population Genetic Portrait of the Peopling of the Americas ... www.physorg.com news169474130.html title The peopling of the Americas Genetic ancestry influences ... Evidence for Differing Ancient Demographic Histories in the Americas, pdf Maria Catira Bortolini ... areas. However, they would not be considered a Founder effect founding population unless they had managed ... of the Americas Late Glacial Maximum border 1 cellpadding 1 cellspacing 0 style margin 1em 1em 1em 0 ... Obgdz8auwkMC&pg PA11&lpg PA11&dq 8000 years ago in the americas v onepage&q 8000 20years 20ago 20in 20the 20americas&f false title Indians in the Americas the untold story work By William Marder isbn ... of charcoal found in the Topper archaeological site Topper Site that preceded Clovis culture, near ... DNA Services estimates humans entered the Americas around 25,000 years ago. ref cite web url https ... 06 01 ref Other geneticists have variously estimated that peoples of Asia and the Americas were ... more details
of Arizona ref This culture area included some of the most complex and advanced culture s of the Americas ..., USA The archaeology of the Americas is the study of the archaeology of North America Mesoamerica ... Pre Columbian and historic Indigenous Peoples of the Americas indigenous American peoples . Archaeological time periods See Category Archaeology of the Americas The terms Paleolithic , Mesolithic ... the archaeological record in the Americas into five phases. ref name Method File Folsom point.png ... locations in the Americas. Although the Formative Classic Post Classic distinction is still used ... include the Clovis culture and Folsom tradition groups. The Archaic stage Defined as cultures relying ... the Archaic Southwest , the Arctic small tool tradition , the Poverty Point culture, and the Chan Chan culture in southern Chile. The Formative stage Defined as village agriculture based. Most of these can be dated from 1000 BC to AD 500. Examples include the Dorset culture , Zapotec civilization Zapotec culture, Mimbres , Olmec , Woodland period Woodland and Mississippian culture s. The Classic ... periods Mesoamerica Mesoamerica or Meso America lang es Mesoam rica is a region and cultural area culture area in the Americas , extending approximately from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua ... of the Americas in the 15th and 16th centuries. ref Meso America. Oxford English Dictionary Oxford ... America ref Humans entering the Americas main Settlement of the Americas Settlement of the Americas address the central question of when and how humans reached the Americas. The earliest definite human peoples visible in the archaeological record throughout the Americas are today known as the Paleo ... in the history of the Americas before the appearance of significant Europe European influences on the Americas , spanning the time from the original migration to the New World in the Upper Paleolithic up to the European colonization of the Americas during the Early Modern period . While technically ... more details
refimprove date March 2012 Infobox company company name Partners of the Americas company logo Image Partners Organization logo.jpg 150px company type Non profit organization foundation 1964 location Washington D.C. , District of Columbia , United States key people li Stephen Vetter Chief Executive Officer li Pablo Paz y Mino Chief Financial Officer li Matthew Clausen Vice President homepage http www.partners.net www.partners.net Partners of the Americas was inspired by President of the United States John F. Kennedy , who in 1963 launched the Alliance for Progress , a program of government to government economic cooperation across the Western Hemisphere. It is a 501 c 501 c 3 non profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. . How it works At the heart of Partners is a people to people philosophy citation needed date March 2012 , which grew out of a 1962 call by President Kennedy for citizens of the Western Hemisphere to work together. Inspired by the challenge, Jim Boren, one of Partners founders, envisioned a two way network of volunteer partnerships that would enable everyday people to contribute to the Americas. citation needed date March 2012 Today, Partners has evolved into 120 volunteer chapters ref http www.partners.net partners Partnership Profiles and Websites EN.asp partners.net ref linked in 60 partnerships. Chapters in U.S. states form partnerships with chapters in countries or states in Latin America and the Caribbean . Each volunteer chapter is organized as a private, nonprofit institution with by laws and regularly elected officers. What Partners Does Partners programs work in many fields and cross a broad spectrum of society and the day to day lives of people throughout the Americas. Areas include Youth and Children, Civil Society and Governance, Exchanges ... mentioned areas through volunteer service and technical expertise. References reflist Category Americas ... more details
File Americas satellite map.jpg thumb 280px An Image of the Americas from a single remote sensing device ... onboard the Terra satellite The history of the Americas North America North , South America South , and Central America , and the Caribbean begins with people migrating to these areas from Asia during ... s Indigenous peoples of the Americas American Indigenous peoples are Paleo Indians they were hunter ... to the Americas via the Bering Land Bridge , Beringia , the land mass covered by the cold ocean waters ... , Mississippian culture Mississippian , Totonac , Teotihuacan , Huastec people , Tarascan state ... America Migration into the continents details Settlement of the Americas details Genetic history of indigenous peoples of the Americas Native American genetic heritage File Spreading homo sapiens.jpg ... the Americas, including the exact dates and routes traveled, are subject to ongoing research and discussion ... url http www.physorg.com news169474130.html title The peopling of the Americas Genetic ancestry influences ... are the origin from Central Asia , with widespread habitation of the Americas during the end of the last ... A single and early migration for the peopling of the Americas supported by mitochondrial DNA sequence ... from the assumed entry point into the Americas. ref name mmm cite web url http www.physorg.com news169474130.html title The peopling of the Americas Genetic ancestry influences health work Scientific ... 2007 accessdate 2009 11 18 ref Geneticists have variously estimated that peoples of Asia and the Americas ... Route for the Peopling of the Americas url http www.familytreedna.com pdf Fagundes et al.pdf format ... peoples in Canada Paleo Indians period Paleo Indians period Canada Archaeology of the Americas ... to the first stage of humans habitation in the Americas, covering the Late Pleistocene era. The time ... in the Americas . Lithic reduction stone tools are used by archaeologists and anthropologists ... archaeological culture s can be identified and easily classified throughout the Archaic period ... more details
Refimprove date April 2010 Image Tower of the americas full.jpg right thumb 240px Image View from Tower of the Americas.jpg right 240px thumb View from Tower of the Americas The Tower of the Americas is a 750 foot length foot observation tower restaurant in San Antonio San Antonio, Texas . The tower was designed by San Antonio architect O Neil Ford ref cite book last Gerem first Yves title A Marmac Guide to San Antonio publisher Pelican Publishing Company location Gretna year 2001 isbn 1565548213 page 271 ref and was built as the theme structure of the 1968 World s Fair, HemisFair 68 . The tower was the tallest observation tower in the United States from 1968 until 1996, when the Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas Stratosphere Tower was completed. ref cite web url http www.emporis.com application ?nav building&id towerofstreetamericas sanantonio tx usa&lng 3 title Tower of the Americas publisher ... cite web url http planeteyetraveler.com tag tower of the americas title Tower of the Americas publisher ... the Tower of the Americas restaurant for more than three decades. File Five North American Towers.png ..., Nevada Las Vegas br Tower of the Americas, San Antonio br Space Needle, Seattle . Building Heights ... the public areas of the observation deck and the revolving restaurant in equipment bays along with air conditioners and plumbing. See also Commons Category Tower of The Americas, San Antonio, Texas ... links http lib.utsa.edu Archives Guides hemisfair tower.html History of the Tower of the Americas research guide with archival photographs http toweroftheamericas.com Tower of the Americas restaurant http www.emporis.com en wm bu ?id 118195 Emporis Tower of the Americas structurae id s0000341 title Tower of the Americas http wireless2.fcc.gov UlsApp AsrSearch asrRegistration.jsp?regKey 2600109 ... States de Tower of the Americas fa fr Tower of the Americas pt Torre das Am ricas sv Tower of the Americas ... more details
Wikify date July 2009 In the Americas, Portuguese language Portuguese is the official and national language of Brazil as well as one of three official languages of MERCOSUL . In addition it is spoken by various small but significant communities throughout the western hemisphere. The Portuguese language s presence in the Americas is a result of two historical processes The first wave of European colonization of the Americas European colonialism which brought Europeans in contact with the Americas. Lusophone immigration from various countries and in various waves throughout the Americas. Geographic distribution Brazil is the centre of gravity for the Portuguese language in the Americas with a population of approximately 190 million, almost all of whom are native speakers of Portuguese. Its sheer demographic weight is what makes Portuguese a relevant regional and world language. Research in regional and social variation in Brazilian Portuguese has grown and is revealing a great deal of diversity. The country also received settlers from Portugal and white settlers from former Portuguese African colonies, East Timor , and Macau and Macanese people Eurasian settlers from Macau and East Timor. Argentina was the first Spanish speaking member state of Mercosur to participate in the Frontier schools project. It involves the exchange of language teachers with Brazil. Secondary schools are now required to offer Portuguese as a foreign language ref http portal.educ.ar noticias educacion y ... of Brazilian Portuguese In the Americas, it is Brazilian Portuguese which is the standard ... from all CPLP member states, the agreement favours the Brazilian norm. Media and popular culture Portuguese speaking communities in the Americas outside of Brazil, from Canada to South America form ... in Brazil. Rede Globo and R dio e Televis o de Portugal RTPi are available throughout the Americas ... dialects Americas ... more details
Infobox Organization name Americas Society image border Percy Rivington Pyne House 001.JPG caption The Americas Society membership headquarters 680 Park Avenue Manhattan Park Avenue Sixties br New York, NY 10021 United States formation 1965 ref name aboutas website div class plainlinks http www.americas society.org div The Americas Society is an organization dedicated to education, debate, and dialogue in the Americas established in 1965 by David Rockefeller . ref name aboutas cite web url http as.americas society.org page.php?k AboutAS title About Americas Society accessdate 2008 05 06 publisher Americas Society ref The Americas Society promotes the understanding of the economic , political , and cultural issues that define and challenge the Americas today, including everywhere from the Arctic Circle to the southernmost tip of Argentina . ref Cite document title Americas Society About publisher ARTINFO year 2008 url http www.artinfo.com galleryguide 22097 8615 about americas society new york accessdate 2008 07 25 postscript None Dead link date November 2010 bot H3llBot ref The Americas Society, together with Council of the Americas , produces the publication Americas Quarterly , a policy journal for the Western Hemisphere. The Americas Society also produces the MetLife Music of the Americas concert series to showcase the diversity of styles and genres of music in the Americas. The concert series is free and open to the public, and is held at the Society s headquarters on Park Avenue. The society has its New York headquarters in the former Percy Rivington Pyne House . References Reflist External links http www.americas society.org Homepage of the Americas Society http www.americasquarterly.org Americas Quarterly http www.elmundo.es mundodinero 2010 06 10 economia 1276191461.html C sar Alierta receives the Gold Medal of the Americas Society org stub Category Organizations based in the United States ... more details
Museum of the Americas may refer to Museum of the Americas Madrid , a pre Columbian art history museum Museo de Am rica in Madrid, Spain Museum of the Americas Florida , an art museum in Doral, Miami Dade County, Florida, USA Museum of the Americas Texas , a Native American heritage museum in Weatherford, Texas, USA Art Museum of the Americas , an art museum of the Organization of American States OAS in Washington, DC Dance Art Museum of the Americas , a dance art museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Gilcrease Museum , aka Gilcrease The Museum of the Americas , an art and history museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA disambig ... more details
Conference of the Americas can refer to Parliamentary Conference of the Americas was created in 1997 under the auspices of the United States Council of State Governments and National Conference of State Legislatures, the Quebec National Assembly and a Brazilian legislative organization. disambig ... more details
of the Americas official website Zoos of Louisiana Zoos Category Aquaria in Louisiana Category Culture ...Infobox zoo zoo name Aquarium of the Americas image AquariumOfAmericasFromRiver3May07.jpg image caption The Aquarium of the Americas seen from the Mississippi River date opened 1990 location New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans , Louisiana , United States USA coordinates coord 29.950012 90.063968 region US LA type landmark num animals 10,000 num species 530 members Association of Zoos and Aquariums AZA website http www.auduboninstitute.org visit aquarium The Audubon Aquarium of the Americas is a renowned aquarium in New Orleans, Louisiana , USA . Recognized as one of the leading aquariums in the United States , it is run by the Audubon Nature Institute Audubon Institute , which also supervises the Audubon Zoo and Audubon Park, New Orleans Audubon Park in a different part of the city . It is located along the banks of the Mississippi River by the edge of the historic French Quarter off Canal Street, New Orleans Canal Street , at the upper end of Woldenberg Park . It opened in 1990. Exhibits As its name implies, the aquarium specializes in aquatic life of the Americas. The exhibits generally feature particular regions throughout North and South America. With 10,000 animals representing 530 species, noteworthy exhibits include A Caribbean reef exhibit featuring a clear, convert 30 ft m sing on sigfig 1 long tunnel surrounded by a convert 132000 USgal m3 tank of exemplary sea life such as the bonnethead shark and clownfish An Amazon Rainforest Amazon exhibit, encased in a glass cylinder, effectively a humid, climate controlled greenhouse that is a prominent feature of the riverfont, that includes macaw s, piranha s, an anaconda , freshwater stingray s and other specimens from the area ... also has an IMAX theater, and exhibits for sea otter s and African penguin s In popular culture ... Audubon movement Category Visitor attractions in New Orleans, Louisiana de Aquarium of the Americas ... more details
Advert date November 2010 4G Americas is a wireless industry trade association representing the 3GPP family of technologies. The organization was established in January 2002 under the name 3G Americas. On September 28, 2010, 3G Americas announced the organization s name change to 4G Americas and a realignment of its mission and objectives. ref Marek, Sue. http www.fiercewireless.com story 3g americas broadens mission becomes 4g americas 2010 09 28 3G Americas broadens mission, becomes 4G Americas , Fierce Wireless , September 28, 2010. ref With a focus on the Americas region, 4G Americas works ... article 20101012 REALITY CHECK 101009981 Reality Check 4G in the Americas Reflections in the mirror ... and connected devices. 4G Americas works with government agencies, regulatory bodies, technical standards ... 3GPP , 3GPP ref ref http www.4gamericas.org index.cfm?fuseaction page&pageid 1538 4G Americas and 3GPP , 4G Americas . ref ref http www.3gpp.org Market Representation Partners Market Representation ... 1541 4G Americas and ITU , 4G Americas . ref and the Inter American Telecommunication Commission CITEL ref http www.4gamericas.org index.cfm?fuseaction page&pageid 1533 4G Americas and CITEL , 4G Americas . ref of the Organization of American States, working agreements with the GSMA , ref http www.4gamericas.org index.cfm?fuseaction page&pageid 1536 4G Americas and GSMA , 4G Americas . ref UMTS Forum , ref http www.4gamericas.org index.cfm?fuseaction page&pageid 1539 4G Americas and UMTS Forum , 4G Americas . ref Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance NGMN , ref http www.4gamericas.org index.cfm?fuseaction page&pageid 1537 4G Americas and NGMN , 4G Americas . ref the Centro de Investigaci n ... page&pageid 1535 4G Americas and CINTEL , 4G Americas . ref the C mara de Empresas de Servicios ... 1540 4G Americas and CASETEL , 4G Americas . ref and Association of Telecommunications Enterprises ... 4G Americas and ASETA , 4G Americas . ref Board of Governors class wikitable Alcatel Lucent Am rica ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2009 Intelsat Americas , was the re designation given to the several Telstar satellites serving North America following their sale to Intelsat by Loral Space & Communications in 2003. On February 1, 2007, they were renamed under the Galaxy brand. The following name conversions were applied to the Telstar satellites serving the United States http www.intelsat.com files network satellites intelsat satellite name conversion table.pdf Telstar 5 Intelsat Americas 5 Galaxy 25 Telstar 6 Intelsat Americas 6 Galaxy 26 Telstar 7 Intelsat Americas 7 Galaxy 27 Telstar 8 Intelsat Americas 8 Galaxy 28 Telstar 13 Intelsat Americas 13 Galaxy 23 Intelsat Americas 9, while under construction was finished and launched as Galaxy 19 The Telstar satellites that do not directly serve the United States retained their original Telstar designation. References reflist Intelsat Category Intelsat Category Direct broadcast satellite services Category Satellite television ... more details
refimprove date February 2011 The Culture is a fiction al interstellar anarchist , socialism socialist ... banks cultnote.htm A Few Notes on the Culture Iain Banks Banks, Iain M. ref society created by the Scotland ... novels and works of short fiction by him, collectively called the Culture series . Overview The Culture ... of force or compulsion, except where necessary to protect others. Mind The Culture Minds , powerful ..., is clear one of the problems with the Culture novels as novels is that the central characters, the Minds, are too powerful and, to put it bluntly, too good. ref name SCLIB The novels of the Culture cycle, therefore, mostly deal with people at the fringes of the Culture diplomats, spies, or mercenaries those who interact with other civilizations, and who do the Culture s dirty work in moving those societies closer to the Culture ideal, sometimes by force. Fictional history In this fictional universe, the Culture exists concurrently with human society on Earth. The time frame for the published Culture stories is from roughly AD 1300 to AD 2970, with Earth being Contact The Culture contacted around AD 2100, though the Culture had covertly visited the planet in the 1970s in The State of the Art . The Culture itself is described as having been created when several humanoid species and machine ... evolution into their own hands. In The Player of Games , the Culture is described as having existed as a space faring society for eleven thousand years. Society and culture Capability The Culture ..., or by people who take on the work out of free choice . As such, the Culture is also a post scarcity .... As a consequence, the Culture has no need of economic constructs such as money as is apparent when it deals with civilizations in which money is still important . The Culture rejects all forms of economics ... in the Culture. Language Marain is the Culture s shared language. Designed by early Minds, the Culture ... form, Marain is also regarded as an aesthetically pleasing language by the Culture. The symbols of the Marain ... more details
Buddhism in the Americas may refer to North America Buddhism in Canada Buddhism in the United States Buddhism in Central America Buddhism in Costa Rica South America Buddhism in Brazil Buddhism topics disambig religion DEFAULTSORT Americas, Buddhism in the Category Buddhism by country Category Buddhism in South America Category Buddhism in North America ... more details
Image Summits of Americas.gif thumb right 120px Logo of Summits of the Americas, an initiative of the Organization of American States OAS . Image Head of States at the Americas Summit in Mar del Plata Argentina 2005.jpg thumb right Heads of state at the Summit of the Americas 2005 The Summits of the Americas ... came to be institutionalized into a regular Summit of the Americas based on the principles of democracy ... home about.htm Summit of the Americas Center SOAC http www.americasnet.net home summits.htm Summits list ref 1st Summit of the Americas at Miami, Florida Miami in the United States . ref http www.summit americas.org default.htm Summit Americas http www.summit americas.org i summit.html I summit 1st ref December 7 8, 1996 ref name summits Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development at Santa Cruz, Bolivia Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia . ref Summit Americas http www.summit americas.org ... of the Americas at Santiago de Chile Santiago in Chile . ref Summit Americas http www.summit americas.org ii summit.html II summit 2nd ref April 20 22, 2001 ref name summits 3rd Summit of the Americas , in Quebec City, Quebec Quebec City , Canada . ref Summit Americas http www.summit americas.org iii summit.html III summit 3rd ref January 12 13, 2004 ref name summits Monterrey Special Summit of the Americas at Monterrey in Mexico . ref Summit Americas http www.summit americas.org sp summit.html Special ref November 4 5, 2005 ref name summits 4th Summit of the Americas at Mar del Plata in Argentina . ref Summit Americas http www.summit americas.org iv summit.html IV summit 4th ref April 17 19, 2009 ref name summits 5th Summit of the Americas at Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago . ref Summit Americas http www.summit americas.org v summit.html V summit 5th ref April 14 15, 2012 6th Summit of the Americas at Cartagena, Colombia Cartagena in Colombia . ref Summit Americas http www.summit americas.org vi summit.html VI summit 6th ref 2015 7th Summit of the Americas in Panama . The summits ... more details
entities and regions variably defined by geography, politics, and culture. The Americas are recognised ...prose date October 2011 Subdivisions of the Americas 150px The Americas , also known as America ref name oxfordc America. The Oxford Companion to the English Language ISBN 0 19 214183 X . McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York Oxford University Press, p. 33 16c from the feminine of Americus , the Latinized first name of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci 1454 1512 . A claim is also made for the name of Richard Ameryk, sheriff of Bristol and patron of John Cabot Giovanni Caboto , the 16c Anglo Italian explorer of North America. The name America first appeared on a map in 1507 by the German cartographer Martin ... hemisphere, often in the plural Americas and more or less synonymous with the New World . Since the 18c ... America . The Americas are also considered to comprise a single continent named lang es Am rica , in Latin ... s. Middle America Americas Middle America the territory between the southern Rocky Mountains and the northern ... 5kwKFMQnF Archived 2009 10 31. ref Middle America Americas Middle America Mexico and the nations ... population. ref name ma2 United Nations geoscheme UN geoscheme for the Americas 150px main United ... possessions in the Americas. British North America former designation for territories in North America ... Spanish colonization of the Americas Spanish territories Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras ... of the Americas having significant historical, linguistic, and cultural links to England or the British ... spoken often just Canada and the United States. Latin America the region of the Americas where ... the region of the Americas having significant historical, linguistic, and cultural links to Spain ... at about.com. Accessed on line October 12, 2007. ref Mesoamerica a region of the Americas extending ..., Middle, South, Spanish and Anglo America? Geography at about.com. See also American word Americas ... DEFAULTSORT Americas Terminology Category Americas Category Geography terminology Category Definitions ... more details
Infobox building name Americas Tower image Americas tower.jpg image size 250px caption location New York City , United States ref name Emp Cite web title Americas Tower url http www.emporis.com en wm bu ?id americastower newyorkcity ny usa publisher Emporis.com accessdate 2008 01 12 ref latd 40.757223 longd 73.982714 iso region US NY coordinates format dms coordinates display title start date 1989 ref name SSP Cite web title Americas Tower url http skyscraperpage.com cities ?buildingID 1061 publisher SkyscraperPage.com accessdate 2008 01 12 ref completion date 1992 ref name Emp ref name SSP opening 1993 building type Office ref name SSP antenna spire roof convert 692 ft m ref name Emp ref name SSP top floor floor count 50 ref name Emp elevator count 45 cost floor area convert 1000000 sqft m2 ref name MTB Cite web title The Midtown Book 1177 Avenue of the Americas url http www.thecityreview.com six1177.html publisher The City Review author Carter B. Horsley accessdate 2008 01 12 ref architect Swanke Hayden Connell Architects ref name Emp ref name SSP structural engineer main contractor developer Americas Tower Partners ref name MTB owner Silverstein Properties ref name EmpNews cite news title German American investors buy Americas Tower in NYC url http www.emporis.com en bu nc ne ?id 100576 publisher Emporis.com date 2002 07 24 accessdate 2008 01 12 ref management references Americas Tower , also known as 1177 Avenue of the Americas , ref name EmpNews is a 50 story , 692 foot 211 m office tower in Manhattan , New York City , standing at West 45th Street. ref name Emp Construction began in 1989 ref name SSP and was expected to be completed in 1991. ref name MTB This schedule was altered when construction was halted in December 1989 due to lawsuit s. ref name Emp ref name MTB ... 200 and 249 meters Category Art Deco architecture in New York City ca Americas Tower cs Americas Tower de Americas Tower es Americas Tower eu Americas Tower fr Americas Tower ro Americas Tower ... more details
Infobox film name Americas in Transition image caption director Obie Benz producer Obie Benz writer narrator Edward Asner starring music cinematography editing distributor released film date 1981 runtime country Film US language English budget Americas in Transition is a 1981 short film short documentary film directed by Obie Benz . It was nominated for an Academy Award for Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject Best Documentary Short . ref name NY Times cite news url http movies.nytimes.com movie 150247 Americas in Transition overview title NY Times Americas in Transition accessdate 2008 12 01 work NY Times first Eleanor last Blau ref References reflist External links Imdb title id 0082012 title Americas in Transition DEFAULTSORT Americas In Transition Category 1981 films Category American films Category English language films Category American documentary films Category Short documentary films Category 1980s documentary films documentary film stub ... more details
Context date October 2009 Infobox Organization name FIBA Americas image FIBA Americas logo.jpg size 200 px motto type List of international sport federations Sports federation formation October 11, 1975 headquarters San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan , Puerto Rico membership 44 national associations leader title President leader name flagicon ARG Horacio Muratore acting language English language English and Spanish language Spanish website http www.fibaamericas.com FIBA Americas is a zone within FIBA International Basketball Federation which contains the 44 FIBA Federations located in the Americas . FIBA Americas is headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico . National teams col start col 5 CONCECABA Caribbean CBC Bk Antigua and Barbuda Bk Aruba Bk Bahamas Bk Barbados Bk Bermuda Bk British Virgin Islands Bk Cayman Islands Bk Cuba Bk Dominica Bk Dominican Republic Bk Grenada Bk Guyana col 5 br br Bk Haiti Bk Jamaica Bk Montserrat Bk Netherlands Antilles Bk Puerto Rico Bk Saint Kitts and Nevis Bk Saint Lucia Bk Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Bk Suriname Bk Trinidad and Tobago Bk Turks and Caicos ... Bk Peru Bk Uruguay Bk Venezuela col end Top ten FIBA Americas teams class wikitable style text align ... left Bk Uruguay 39.2 30 align left Bk Mexico 26.4 sup C sup Current zone champion FIBA Americas competitions FIBA Americas Championship FIBA Americas Championship for Women FIBA Americas Under 20 Championship no longer held FIBA Americas Under 20 Championship for Women no longer held FIBA Americas Under 18 Championship FIBA Americas Under 18 Championship for Women FIBA Americas Under 16 Championship FIBA Americas Under 16 Championship for Women FIBA Americas League FIBA Americas regional competitions ... FIBA Americas Official Website FIBA Americas League International basketball International ... Women s Professional Basketball Leagues FIBA Americas associations FIBA Americas teams FIBA Americas ... es FIBA Am ricas fr FIBA Am riques it FIBA Americas he lv FIBA Americas lt FIBA Amerika ... more details
refimprove date December 2007 Euromericas Decolonization of the Americas refers to the process by which the countries in the Americas gained their independence from Europe an rule. Decolonization began with a series of revolutions in the late 18th and early to mid 19th centuries. The status quo then prevailed for more than a century, excepting the independence of Cuba whose war for independence culminated in the Spanish American War . Peaceful independence by voluntary withdrawal of colonial powers then became the norm in the second half of the 20th century. However, there are still many British and Dutch colonies in North America mostly Caribbean islands , as well as the United States possessions of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands the France French Republic has fully integrated most of its former colonies as fully constituent departments of France. United States main American Revolution History of United States continental expansion The first independent sovereign country in the Americas ... prior , which was recognized with the Treaty of Paris 1783 Treaty of Paris in 1783. Image Americas independence map.PNG thumb Countries in the Americas by date of independence. Note that the United States ... formally treated areas of British Columbia are a small group of treaties near Victoria, the lands ... American War and occupied Cuba and Puerto Rico , ending Spanish territorial control in the Americas ... of the Americas are still administered by European countries Anguilla United Kingdom Aruba Netherlands ... non sovereign territories of the Americas have generally retained this status by choice, and enjoy a significant ... on their own. The last United States territorial acquisitions acquisition in the Americas was in 1935 ... states in South America Notes Reflist Colonization DEFAULTSORT Decolonization Of the Americas Category Colonization of the Americas Category Independence movements Category Colonialism Category History of the Americas Category History of colonialism Category European colonisation in the Americas ... more details
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