{"id":1041,"date":"2019-06-08T10:02:41","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T10:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/domestictourismsafaris.co.tz\/site2026\/?page_id=1041"},"modified":"2024-12-20T15:14:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T15:14:11","slug":"north-america","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/domestictourismsafaris.co.tz\/site2026\/north-america\/","title":{"rendered":"North America"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Background Information<\/span>;<\/strong> United States of America (USA), Canada, and Mexico comprising North America, though Greenland sometimes is considered to be a part of North America. Iconic sites and well – \u00a0known spots abound in North America as well as a wealth of cultural, historical and natural attractions to discover.<\/span><\/p>\n

The broadest area of North America is taken by Canada, the world\u2019s second largest country. Eastern Canada is composed of Atlantic Provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island,\u00a0 and New foundland) and Canada’s two largest provinces (Quebec and Ontario),\u00a0 which together form central Canada. Western Canada includes British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. (The latter three provinces are sometimes called the Prairie Provinces or the prairies). Three northern territories cap off the country; the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.\u00a0 Two U.S. states, both south of British Columbia, make up the Pacific Northwest (Washington and Oregon). Above them, and separated from them by British Columbia and Yukon, is Alaska. Below them are California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico \u2013 often labeled south-west. Occasionally, you will hear of California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington grouped as the far west. More than 2,000 miles to the southwest of the North American is the state of Hawaii. The Rocky mountain region is a buffer between the pacific region and the middle of Canada and the United States. Though the precise states that make up the U.S. Rocky mountain area are somewhat debatable \u2013 several of them qualify for inclusion in the southwest and others as part of the Great Plains area \u2013 north to south (Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado).<\/p>\n

Texas, the second largest state after Alaska, almost needs a category for itself, though it is often mentioned in the same breath with Oklahoma, which is just north of it. The flat agricultural area that stretches above Oklahoma is generally called the Great Plains. It is made up of, from north to south, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas. The Midwest encompasses many states, including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, and Ohio (many of these states are in the eastern half of the United States, but they still call themselves Midwestern). The south also covers a vast area. Its states are Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Florida. West Virginia and Virginia are occasionally labeled southern or can be classified with the Mid-Atlantic States; New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware. And between Maryland and Virginia is the District of Columbia, a \u201cneutral\u201d federal district that marks the U.S capital, Washington, D.C. Finally,\u00a0 New England nestles in the northeast corner of the United States. Its members are Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.<\/p>\n