List of regions of Latin America

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

Geopolitical regions

The four common regions of Latin America

Geographic regions

Historical regions

Cultural regions

Iberoamerica, regions where an Iberian language is spoken.

Hispanoamerica, regions where the Spanish/Castilian language is spoken.

North America
Spanish Caribbean
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 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. Quechua is still spoken as a second language in many of these regions.
  • Gaucho regions – Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil. The culture of these regions were heavily influenced by the South American cowboy, known as the gaucho.
  • 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

Lusoamerica, regions where the Portuguese language is spoken.

Brazil

Guianas

l'Amérique francophone, regions where the French language is spoken.

North America, comprising Anglicized and Americanized French cultures.

Caribbean, comprising mainly Africanized French cultures.

Ecological regions

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