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I just had this thought--Trinidad and Tobago is so close to South America, yet officially it is a North American country.
What if they built a bridge to the mainland? Would it make a difference? Would they continue to include it in North America, rather than South America?
Central America is the southernmost portion of the North American continent. It's a subgroup--a part of North America.
It’s an endless debate. Many people around the world consider N America a subgroup of the Americas and not its own continent. Even the UN categorizes the Americas that way.
In the US, North America is taught as its own continent and grouping of 23 countries. Nothing wrong with either way, just different perspectives.
Personally, I don't consider the Caribbean countries to be a part of North America, in the same way that I don't consider the countries of Oceania to be a part of Asia. But if the geographic consensus is that they are indeed part of North America, then I guess I'll have to concede the point.
And I also do tend to separate Central America out from North America, but I guess I'm being inaccurate in that way too.
But wait, the UN is saying that America (both North and South) is a single continent? If so, then they have to call Eurasia a single continent too (assuming they don't already do so).
OP, what about St. Martin? The northern half of the island (Saint-Martin) is a territory of France (so does that mean that France is one of the countries of North America?), but the southern half of the island (Sint Maarten) is a constituent country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
OP, what about St. Martin? The northern half of the island (Saint-Martin) is a territory of France (so does that mean that France is one of the countries of North America?), but the southern half of the island (Sint Maarten) is a constituent country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
We're talking about countries that comprise the continent of North America.
Personally, I don't consider the Caribbean countries to be a part of North America, in the same way that I don't consider the countries of Oceania to be a part of Asia. But if the geographic consensus is that they are indeed part of North America, then I guess I'll have to concede the point.
And I also do tend to separate Central America out from North America, but I guess I'm being inaccurate in that way too.
But wait, the UN is saying that America (both North and South) is a single continent? If so, then they have to call Eurasia a single continent too (assuming they don't already do so).
OP, what about St. Martin? The northern half of the island (Saint-Martin) is a territory of France (so does that mean that France is one of the countries of North America?), but the southern half of the island (Sint Maarten) is a constituent country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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