Can someone give me one interesting fact about a Spanish speaking country in South America?

Question

I need it for class. . . .

Answer 1

Colombia was the second country in the world (first in the americas) to start an airline.

Answer 2

Ecuador - highest active volcano in the world (5897m) Cotopaxi. Also hosts the galapogos Islands which is the home to Lonesome George, the last tortoise of its kind., as well as many other unique and amazing wildlife. National dish, ginea pig. Capital Quito, means centre of the world I think....on the equator. You can balance an egg on a nail on the equator as the magnetic effect from the North and South poles are weakest on the equator. Its a fantastic country with friendly people. There is just so much to this country.

Answer 3

Paraguay is the only country in the world where one side of the flag is different from the other.

Also, based on immigration and agricultural development in the Eastern part of the country a typical restaurant can have German & Japanese speakers (whose relatives immigrated after WWII), Guarani (the local indian language) and Portuguese speakers (from recent Brazil immigrants). They sit at different tables and speak their own language, mostly and they have to speak Spanish to each other if they want to understand each other.


"All the countries in Latin America, except for Brazil are Spanish speaking."

Not true. Belize, Guyana and Suriname are not Spanish speaking

Answer 4

Colombia:

-It's the country with the largest number of species of birds, amphibians and insects.

-Bogotá holds the largest theater festival in the world every two years.

- Has the largest coastal mountain on the planet, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

-In 2007, Bogotá will be World Book Capital.

-Colombia has the easiest to understand spanish on Earth. Foreigners agree so.

Answer 5

check out the name of the towns in all spanish speaking countries in south america they all have the same names as the towns in Spain... eg.; Medellin, Real,Guadalupe, Carmen, Santander, San Fermin, Ronda, Mallorca, Escalante,

Most women have 2 names and the first name is always " Maria "
eg ; Maria Isabel, Maria Mercedes, Maria Clara, Maria Concepcion, Maria Corazon... etc...

a large number of south american women are not just beautiful, they are devastatingly beautiful...

south american men are very passionate and emotional to the point of it almost becoming a personality disorder, they will literally love or hate until death...

the whole of spanish speaking south america closes down daily during the period known as "siesta " this as around 2-5 pm when th whole country practically shuts down because everybody sleeps, ( shops, banks, stores slowly opens again around 5:30 pm )

Answer 6

Excellent question. I´m María Laura, from Buenos Aires, Argentina and i´m a tourist guide an travel agent so I have plenty of facts about my country and city.

*We´ve the widest river in the wolrd Río de la Plata (220 km.) shared by Argentina and Uruguay, but it´s ours.

*We´ve the higest mountain in America, Aconcagua (6962 mts.) in Mendoza.

*We´ve one of the widest avenues of the world: Av. 9 de julio (140 mts)

*We´ve the thrid cemetry of the wolrd: Cementerio de Recoleta (after Pere Lachaise in Paris and Staglieno in Geneva)

*We´re the only city in the world who expanded the most according to the spanish foundation and the "damero". All the blocks in the center of the city have a perfect shape of a chess board.

* We´re the only country in South America (and others in the wolrd) to have 8 World Heritage Sites declare by the UNESCO.

*We´ve the the first theatre in the wolrd regarding acoustic, Teatro Colón.

*We´ve one of the most poluted rivers in the world, Riachuelo.

*We´re the only city in the wolrd with the most amount of French Architecture after France.

*We´re one of the citys with the most amount of museums, more than 300.

We´ve a lot of things but I don´t remember all of thm, if i do, i´ll sent you another answer.

Answer 7

Interesting facts about Colombia:
-The only South American country bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
-Variety in landscape: Atlantic and Pacific coastal regions, tropical rain forest, snow covered mountains, plain country, and mountainous country.
-Colombia produces 90% of the world's supply of emeralds.
-The adult literacy rate in Colombia is one of the highest (88 percent)in Latin America, is also well above the world average.
-The Gold Museum, in Bogotá, Colombia, displays an extraordinary selection of its pre-Hispanic gold work collection - the biggest in the world.
-Colombia is the second largest flower exporter in the world (After Holland) and the main U.S. supplier.
-World Heritage sites listed by UNESCO ( Cartagena, Malpelo, San Andres, San Augustin) to name a few......

Answer 8

All the countries in Latin America, except for Brazil are Spanish speaking.

Here is a first hand fact for you. Guatemala has one of the best Mayan sites in the world. It is Tikal, in the jungles in northeastern Guatemala.

Once one of the greatest cities in the world, Tikal in its heyday ca 700 AD, was the capital of a vast Mayan empire. Today, the site is one of Guatemala's premier tourist attractions. Its unspoiled jungle setting makes it special for discerning travellers, particularly naturalists and bird watchers.

Answer 9

Mexico had a printing press 100 years before America.

Answer 10

Argentina,Venezuela,Colombia,Peru all speak Spanish.
Brazil speaks Portuguese.