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This is a '''list of regions commonly used in Latin America'''.

==Geopolitical regions==
[[File:Latin America regions.svg|thumb|250px|The four common regions of Latin America]]
* [[Central America]]
* [[Caribbean]] ([[Latin Caribbean|only partially]])
* [[Southern Cone]]

==Geographic regions==
*'''[[Mexico]]'''
**[[Bajio]]
**[[Huasteca]]
**[[Totonacapan]]
**[[Republic of the Rio Grande]]
**[[Republic of Yucatán]]
**[[Chiapas]]
**[[Mexican Altiplano]]
**{{ill|Regions of Guerrero|es|Regiones de Guerrero}}
**{{ill|Regions of Puebla|es|Regiones de Puebla}}
**{{ill|Regions of Oaxaca|es|Regiones de Oaxaca}}
*'''[[Caribbean]]'''
**[[Antilles]]
***[[Greater Antilles]]
***[[Lesser Antilles]]
****[[Grenadines]]
**[[Lucayan archipelago]]
*'''[[Central America]]'''
**[[Isthmus of Panama]]
**[[Mosquito Coast]]
**[[Soconusco]]
*'''[[South America]]'''
**[[Amazon basin]]
**[[Andes]]
***[[Altiplano]]
***[[Altiplano Cundiboyacense]]
***[[Puna de Atacama]]
***[[Wet Andes]]
**[[Argentine Northwest]]
**[[Atacama Desert]]
**[[Brazilian Highlands]]
**[[Caribbean South America]]
**[[Chilean Central Valley]]
**[[Cuyo (Argentina)|Cuyo]]
**[[Gran Chaco]]
**[[Guianas]]
**[[Llanos]]
**[[Mesopotamia, Argentina|Mesopotamia]]
**[[Pampas]]
**[[Pantanal]]
**[[Patagonia]]
**[[Darien gap]]
**[[Geography of Paraguay|Paraneña]]
**[[Cerrado]]
**[[Tierra del Fuego]]
**[[Fjord of the Mountains]]
**[[Isthmus of Tehuantepec]]
**[[Isthmus of Panama]]
**[[Isthmus of Rivas]]
**[[Zulia]]
**[[Comahue]]
**{{interlanguage link|Paraneña|es|Región Oriental del Paraguay}}

==Historical regions==
*[[Aridoamerica]]
**[[Oasisamerica]]
*[[Mesoamerica]]
*[[Las Californias]]
*[[Misiones Orientales]]
*[[Guayrá]]
*[[South Peru]]
*[[North Peru]]
*[[Republic of Sonora]]
*[[Dutch Brazil]]
*[[France Antarctique]]
*[[Equinoctial France]]
*[[Araucanía (historic region)|Araucanía]]
*[[Futahuillimapu]]
*[[La Frontera, Chile|La Frontera]] region of Chile
*[[Los Llanos, Chile]]
*[[Mosquito Coast]]
*[[Patagonia]]
*[[Republic of Acre|Acre]]
*[[Litoral Department]] (''formerly Bolivia's coast'')
*Suyus of the [[Inca Empire]]
**[[Chinchay Suyu]]
**[[Antisuyu]]
**[[Qullasuyu]]
**[[Kuntisuyu]]

== Cultural regions ==
=== [[Iberoamerica]], ''regions where an Iberian language is spoken.'' ===
==== [[Hispanoamerica]], ''regions where the [[Spanish language|Spanish/Castilian language]] is spoken.'' ====
===== North America =====
*[[Aridoamerica]] – northern [[Mexico]] and portions of the [[American Southwest]].
**[[Aztlan]]
**[[Comancheria]]
**[[Apacheria]]
*[[Oasisamerica]] –  the American Southwest and portions of Northern Mexico.
*[[Mesoamerica]] –  Central and southern Mexico, [[Belize]], [[Guatemala]], [[Honduras]], [[El Salvador]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]]. These cultures have roots in advanced ancient civilizations such as the [[Aztec]] and [[Maya peoples|Maya]].
*[[Central America]] –  Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, [[Panama]], Nicaragua, and [[Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina]] (legally part of [[Colombia]], but off the coast of Central America.) ''Consists mainly of former territories of the [[Federal Republic of Central America]]''.

===== [[Spanish Caribbean]] =====
*[[Las Antillas Occidentales]] –  [[Cuba]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Spanish Virgin Islands]], [[Dominican Republic]]. ''This region is highly influenced by the [[Canary Islands|Canary Islanders]] and the [[African slave trade|African slaves]] that settled in the region during the [[Age of Exploration]].''
*[[Lesser Antilles]]. ''Influenced and colonized by other European empires''
**[[West Indies Federation]]
*[[Caribbean#Countries and territories|Caribbean Mainland]] –  Coastal and island regions of Mexico (such as the [[Riviera Maya]], [[Cozumel]], and [[Isla Mujeres]]), Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and [[Venezuela]]. ''Historic trade across the Caribbean Sea between these nations have created many cultural similarities.''
*[[Florida]] –  although not in the Caribbean Sea, the US State of Florida has been historically and culturally tied to the Spanish Caribbean since Spanish have settled in the age of the [[Spanish Empire]].

===== South America =====
*[[Gran Colombia]] –  Colombia, [[Ecuador]], Panama, [[Venezuela]], and Northern [[Peru]]. ''Although Gran Colombia dissolved in 1831, members of this region still share many cultural attributes in terms of food, language, music, and history.''
*[[Peru-Bolivian Confederation]]
*[[Andean culture (disambiguation)|Andean regions]] –  Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Northern [[Chile]], [[Bolivia]], and northwestern [[Argentina]]. ''Much of the culture found in this region can be traced back to the [[Inca Empire]]. [[Quechuan languages|Quechua]] is still spoken as a second language in many of these regions.''
*[[Gaucho culture|Gaucho regions]] – Argentina, [[Uruguay]] and southern [[Brazil]]. ''The culture of these regions were heavily influenced by the South American cowboy, known as the [[gaucho]].''
*[[Río de la Plata Basin|Rioplatense region]] –  Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and parts of [[Paraguay]]. ''This region, due to extensive immigration from Europe, mainly from [[Italy]], [[Spain]], and [[Portugal]] maintains a very European culture in terms of cuisine, art, architecture, and dialect. Many Italian loanwords are used in the dialect of the region, [[Rioplatense Spanish]]. ''
*Mapuche world
**[[Futahuillimapu]]
**[[Araucanía (historic region)|Wallmapu]]
**[[Puelmapu]]

==== Lusoamerica, ''regions where the [[Portuguese language]] is spoken.'' ====
===== [[Regions of Brazil|Brazil]] =====
*[[South Region, Brazil|South]] – [[Paraná (state)|Paraná]], [[Rio Grande do Sul]], [[Santa Catarina (state)|Santa Catarina]]. ''Much of the culture of this region is derived from European immigrants, mainly from Italy and [[Germany]].''
*[[Central-West Region, Brazil|Central-West]] – [[Goiás]], [[Mato Grosso]] and [[Mato Grosso do Sul]]. ''Culture is derived from livestock herders.''
*[[Northeast Region, Brazil|Northeast]] – [[Maranhão]], [[Piauí]], [[Ceará]], [[Rio Grande do Norte]], [[Paraíba]], [[Pernambuco]], [[Alagoas]], [[Sergipe]] and [[Bahia]], [[Fernando de Noronha]]. ''Syncretic culture of Portuguese and African elements. Heavily influenced by the African slave trade.''
*[[North Region, Brazil|North]]-[[Acre (state)|Acre]], [[Amapá]], [[Amazonas (Brazilian state)|Amazonas]], [[Pará]], [[Rondônia]], [[Roraima]]. ''[[Mestizo]] culture blending indigenous, Portuguese, Spanish and French elements.''
*[[Southeast Region, Brazil|Southeast]] – [[Espírito Santo]], [[Minas Gerais]], [[Rio de Janeiro]] and [[São Paulo]]. ''Cosmopolitan region of heavily blended African, European, and indigenous cultures.''

===[[Guianas]]===
*[[Portuguese Guiana]] (''Now [[Amapá|Amapa]]'')
*[[Dutch colonisation of the Guianas|Dutch Guiana]] (''Now [[Suriname]]'')
*[[British Guiana]] (''Now [[Guyana]]'')
*[[Spanish Guiana]]
*[[French Guiana]]

=== [[Francophonie|l'Amérique francophone]], regions where the [[French language]] is spoken. ===
====North America, ''comprising Anglicized and Americanized French cultures.''====
*[[Louisiana]], one of the 50 states in the United States.
*[[Quebec]], a province in Canada.
*[[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]].

====Caribbean, ''comprising mainly Africanized French cultures.''====
*[[Guadeloupe]]
*[[Haiti]] 
*[[Martinique]] 
*[[Saint Barthelemy]] 
*[[French Guiana]] 
**[[Inini]]
*[[Collectivity of Saint Martin|Saint-Martin]]

== Ecological regions ==
{{see also|List of freshwater ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean}}
*[[Galápagos]]
*[[Interandean Valles]]
*[[Mesoamerican Biological Corridor]]
*[[Caatinga]]
*'''By country''':
**[[List of ecoregions in Brazil]]
**[[:Category:Ecoregions of Bolivia]]
**[[List of ecoregions in Chile]]
**[[List of ecoregions in Cuba]]
**[[List of ecoregions in Mexico]]
**[[Natural regions of Peru]]

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