Andean states

The Andean states (Spanish: Estados Andinos) are a group of countries in western South America connected by the Andes mountain range. The "Andean States" is sometimes used to refer to all seven countries that the Andes runs through, regions with a shared culture primarily spread during the times of the Inca Empire (such as the Quechua language and Andean cuisine), or it can be used in a geopolitical sense to designate countries in the region that are members of the Andean Community trade group and have a local (as opposed to the Southern Cone) cultural orientation.

The Andes extend through the western part of South America in the following seven countries[1] (arranged from north to south):

Venezuela (a part of Caribbean South America, not considered an Andean state in geopolitics)
Colombia (also a part of Caribbean South America)
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia
Chile (a part of the Southern Cone, often not considered an Andean state in geopolitics)
Argentina (a part of the Southern Cone, generally not considered an Andean state in geopolitics)

When grouped as the "Andean states", the emphasis is on the mountainous regions of these countries.

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru are parts of the Andean Community (a trade group), and each contains the Amazon rainforest and Amazonian indigenous people, as well as the Andean Mountains.

References

Geography of Latin America

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Geography of Latin America

Earth's primary regions and subregions
Africa	Mediterranean Saharan Northern Maghreb Middle East Middle East and North Africa Mashriq Sub-Saharan Western East Horn Great Lakes Central Southern Islands
North America	Northern Pacific Northwest Northeastern United States New England Midwest Mid-Atlantic Western United States Southwest Mountain states South Central United States Southern United States East Coast West Coast Bible Belt Appalachia Great Lakes Eastern Canada Western Canada Canadian Prairies Northern Canada Atlantic Canada Northern Mexico Aridoamerica Caribbean West Indies Central Middle Mesoamerica Anglo French Latin Ibero Hispanic Portuguese Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
South America	Southern Northern (Guianan states) Western West Indies Patagonia Amazon LAC
Asia	Central Aral Sea Aralkum Desert Caspian Sea Far East Russian Eastern Northeastern Inner Asia Southeastern Mainland Maritime Northern Siberia Ural Southern Eastern South Asia Himalayan states Indian subcontinent Western Levant Dead Sea Mediterranean Iranian plateau Arabian Peninsula Caucasus South Caucasus Middle East Middle East and North Africa Near East Mashriq Asia–Pacific
Europe	Central Northern Baltic British Isles Nordic Northwestern Scandinavia Scandinavian Peninsula Eastern Southeastern Balkans Caucasus South Caucasus North Caucasus Southern Russia European Russia Southern Iberia Italy Italian Peninsula Balkans Southeastern Mediterranean Middle East Western Low Countries Northwestern Germanic Romance Celtic Slavic
Oceania	Australasia Australia New Guinea Zealandia Pacific Islands Micronesia Melanesia Polynesia
Polar	Antarctic Arctic
Oceans	World (Sea) Antarctic/Southern Convergence Arctic Atlantic Indian Pacific Great Barrier Reef Mariana Trench Ring of Fire List of seas
Continents of Earth / List of seas / Physical Earth

Andean states

See also

References