Located ten kilometers off the coast of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, the diminutive Cozumel, also known as the Island of Swallows, is an underwater marine park that protects the delicate balance of its spectacular coral reefs and its diverse marine life. Whether urban legend, historical fact, or still contested “truth”, many believe that a Frenchman and undersea explorer by the name of Jacques Cousteau put Cozumel on the map when he declared the region the most beautiful scuba diving area in the world. Twenty-eight miles long and 10 miles wide, Cozumel is Mexico’s largest island and was first settled by the Mayans in the early part of the 1st millennium AD. The Mayan civilization was advanced and featured a great culture, whose remnants survives today in the ruins on the island, with the largest remaining ruins at San Gervacio situated roughly in the middle of Cozumel. The Spanish first ventured into the region around 1518 when Juan de Grijalva made an expedition to Cozumel.…
When I was in fifth grade I traveled to Punta de Mita, Mexico. Learning Spanish for the last Five years I felt fairly comfortable communicating with others. Little did I know, I was completely over my head, I first realized that the people who live there speak ten times faster than I could, and I was unable to translate the things they said to me. Discourage, I tried to look for keywords that they said and looked for them in a spanish dictionary. I was eager to be apart of the community and learn about families everyday experience.…
At first sight, Colombia is just another beautiful country filled with life and culture. On the other side of the spectrum, we see political arrogance and civil problems. But, considering both are what make up the country as a whole. What exactly happened in its past that could have lead to such a place we see in our modern day lives. The truth is, though you might not have cared for this country so much before, it has most definitely affected your life and its path in some way.…
The festivals Spanish countries and Latin American countries celebrate are really something - we had adequate time to prepare for the festivals, and the festivals were appealing to discover. The tomato festival,…
Geography Spanish Town is the largest urban town located within the parish of St. Catherine. Its geological coordinates are 17° 59' 0 " North, 76° 57' 0 " West, situated approximately 21km (13mi) West (W) of Kingston. The DA can be categorized as having both urban (Spanish Town Central) as well as rural locales (mainly the northern surrounding areas).…
On the 22nd of May, 1960, Chile experienced one of the largest earthquakes recorded to date. The earthquake struck 160km’s off the coast of Southern Chile parallel to the city of Valdivia at 7:11pm. The temblor was the cause of significant damage and loss of life in both Chile and distant Pacific coastal areas. It is believed that the earthquake had a magnitude of 9.5 following a series of foreshocks the previous day. The earthquake was responsible for extreme destruction within Chile and caused nearly half of the buildings in Valdivia to be rendered uninhabitable.…
Olivia Denton Spanish II Sra. Miller October 31, 2014 Chile Chile stretches 4,300 km along the southwestern coast of South America (Welcome to Chile). The maximum length from east to west is 240 km (Welcome to Chile). To the north, Chile is bordered by Peru and Bolivia (Chile- Geography).…
Chile covers 756,950 square kilometers of land (292,258 square miles). It never gets wider than 240km (150 miles), but it is over 2,800 miles long. It is almost twice the size of California. Chile also includes two islands: Juan Fernandez Islands and Easter Island. More than 17.8 million people live in Chile.…
Introduction: Many people may not know of the small nation of Costa Rica, it has been said that the nation is often confused as the island of Puerto Rico. However Costa Rica is located in Central America boarded by Nicaragua and Panamá, to the North and South respectively, and the Caribbean Sea on the East Coast and the Pacific on the West. In the pre-Colombian era, Costa Rica had fewer indigenous groups that resided in the region compared to other Central America nations; however those that were there lived in communities and participated in agriculture. When Costa Rica was encountered by Christopher Columbus, he had hoped the nation held large amounts of gold because of its beautiful lush coast However, Columbus would be disappointed because…
Located in the south-eastern region of South America, with a total land mass of 2.78 million kilometers squared—making it the eighth largest country in the entire world—Argentina, also known as la República Argentina or Argentine Republic, is one of the wealthiest and most prosperous countries out of all its Latin American constituents. It is bordered exclusively by Chile to the west, Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, and Brazil partially to the northeast. Out of the twelve Latin American countries that make up the continent of South America, it is the second largest country by land mass and with a population of roughly 43 million people, it the third largest country in terms of population in the area and has a reasonably minute population…
Exploring the Beautiful Country of Paraguay Paraguay is a country that is geographically located in the middle of South America. This country is far remote from the rest of the world because of where it’s situated and their social conditions. The southern part of Paraguay is a land rich with forests and rivers. In contrary, the northern part of the country is one of the more hostile suburbs for human occupation. People in Paraguay or the Paraguayans are different because of their contemporary culture that is an authentic blend of European and domestic.…
Chile covers 756,950 square kilometer of land (292,258 square miles). It never gets wider then 240km (150 miles), but it is over 2,800 miles long. It is almost twice the size of California. Chile also includes two islands: Juan Fernandez Islands and Easter Island. Chile is a land of diverse landscape.…
3. Santiago, The capital of Chile, is located at 33.4500° S, 70.6667° W. It is centred just below the middle of Chile, about 250 kilometres away from the coast of Chile. The nearest major cities/towns from Santiago, is Rancagua, Valparaiso and San Fernando, All are which within 300 kilometres of the capital city. 4.…
Chile is positioned in the western and southern hemispheres. On the southwestern coast of South America, and bordered by Argentina, Bolivia and Peru and by the Pacific Ocean. Peru on the Northern border, Argentina bordering all of east Chile, and Bolivia in the NE. The Andes Mountains is among the world's longest mountain ranges, spreading across Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile.…
On the 27th of February, 325 kilometres southwest of Santiago at 3:34 am an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck offshore central Chile leaving 122 aftershocks of magnitude 5.0 or greater which is The intense trembling lasted for around three minutes causing large-scale damage and affected approximately 80% of the population and leaving over a million without a home. Coastal Chile is well known for having deadly earthquakes, with a series of thirteen earthquakes 7.0 magnitude or higher since 1973. Many people may wonder what causes such fatalities and it is the tectonic plates. The Earth’s crust and upper mantle, also known as the lithosphere are made up of seventeen pieces know as Tectonic plates.…