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How many sovereign countries are in South America?

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12
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digitallibrary.un.org, britannica, south america (https://www.britannica.com/place/south-america), digitallibrary.un.org, education.nationalgeographic.org, en.wikipedia.org, encyclopaedia britannica, encyclopaedia britannica ("south america", britannica.com) and the united nations list of member states (un.org/en/about-us/member-states), both listing 12 sovereign countries in south america: argentina, bolivia, brazil, chile, colombia, ecuador, guyana, paraguay, peru, suriname, uruguay, venezuela., encyclopaedia britannica (britannica.com, "south america") and the united nations member states list (un.org/en/about-us/member-states), encyclopaedia britannica (britannica.com, 'south america' article and country list) and the united nations list of member states, cross-checked; both enumerate 12 sovereign countries in south america., encyclopaedia britannica (britannica.com/place/south-america) and the united nations list of member states, both confirming 12 sovereign countries in south america: argentina, bolivia, brazil, chile, colombia, ecuador, guyana, paraguay, peru, suriname, uruguay, venezuela., encyclopaedia britannica, "south america" (britannica.com/place/south-america), encyclopaedia britannica, "south america" (britannica.com/place/south-america) — lists 12 sovereign countries., encyclopaedia britannica, "south america" (britannica.com/place/south-america), cross-checked against the united nations member states list, encyclopaedia britannica, "south america" (britannica.com/place/south-america), which enumerates its 12 constituent sovereign countries., encyclopaedia britannica, "south america" (continent overview listing its constituent sovereign states); cross-checked against the united nations member states list, both consistently counting 12 sovereign countries in south america (french guiana is excluded as a french overseas territory, not a sovereign state)., encyclopaedia britannica, "south america" (https://www.britannica.com/place/south-america) — lists 12 sovereign countries: argentina, bolivia, brazil, chile, colombia, ecuador, guyana, paraguay, peru, suriname, uruguay, venezuela., encyclopaedia britannica, "south america" (https://www.britannica.com/place/south-america) — lists the 12 sovereign states of the continent: argentina, bolivia, brazil, chile, colombia, ecuador, guyana, paraguay, peru, suriname, uruguay, venezuela., encyclopaedia britannica, "south america" (list of countries) — https://www.britannica.com/place/south-america; cross-checked against the united nations member states list, which shows the same 12 south american sovereign states (argentina, bolivia, brazil, chile, colombia, ecuador, guyana, paraguay, peru, suriname, uruguay, venezuela)., encyclopaedia britannica, "south america" (list of countries), cross-checked against the united nations list of member states in south america, encyclopaedia britannica, "south america" (list of countries), https://www.britannica.com/place/south-america, encyclopaedia britannica, "south america" (list of countries); cross-checked against the united nations member states list — both list 12 sovereign countries in south america., encyclopaedia britannica, "south america" (list of countries); united nations statistics division m49 regional classification, encyclopaedia britannica, "south america" (list of countries: argentina, bolivia, brazil, chile, colombia, ecuador, guyana, paraguay, peru, suriname, uruguay, venezuela) — 12 sovereign countries., encyclopaedia britannica, "south america" article (list of 12 sovereign countries), cross-checked against un member states located in south america, encyclopaedia britannica, "south america" article and list of countries (britannica.com/place/south-america), encyclopaedia britannica, "south america" — https://www.britannica.com/place/south-america, listing 12 sovereign countries: argentina, bolivia, brazil, chile, colombia, ecuador, guyana, paraguay, peru, suriname, uruguay, and venezuela., encyclopaedia britannica, 'south america' (britannica.com), which enumerates the continent's 12 sovereign countries: argentina, bolivia, brazil, chile, colombia, ecuador, guyana, paraguay, peru, suriname, uruguay, venezuela., encyclopaedia britannica, 'south america' (https://www.britannica.com/place/south-america) — lists 12 sovereign countries: argentina, bolivia, brazil, chile, colombia, ecuador, guyana, paraguay, peru, suriname, uruguay, venezuela, encyclopaedia britannica, 'south america' overview article (britannica.com/place/south-america), which lists 12 sovereign countries in the continent., encyclopaedia britannica, list of south american countries; united nations list of member states by region, encyclopedia.com, south america: https://www.encyclopedia.com/places/oceans-continents-and-polar-regions/oceans-and-continents/south-america, national geographic education, 'continent' (https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/continent/%26lt/): states that twelve independent countries make up south america and lists brazil, colombia, argentina, peru, venezuela, chile, ecuador, bolivia, paraguay, uruguay, guyana, and suriname., national geographic education, continent: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/continent/%26lt/, national geographic education, ‘continent’: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/continent/ (states that twelve independent countries make up south america)., national geographic society, continent, https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/continent/, national geographic society, continent: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/continent/, national geographic society, continent: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/continent/%26lt/, national geographic, ‘continent’ (https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/continent/), national geographic, ‘continent’ reference article: https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/reference/assets/continent-4.pdf ; states that twelve independent countries make up south america and names them., national geographic, ‘continent’ reference, https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/reference/assets/continent-4.pdf (south america section, p. 5), national geographic, ‘south america’ in continents: https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/reference/assets/continent-4.pdf (page 5; states that twelve independent countries make up south america)., sudoku.infoplease.com, un digital library, world small hydropower development report 2019, section 2.3 south america, p. 95: https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4025757/files/americas%2520book.pdf, un digital library, world small hydropower development report 2019, section 2.3 south america: https://digitallibrary.un.org/nanna/record/4025757/files/1387338en.pdf?registerdownload=1&version=1&withmetadata=0&withwatermark=0, un digital library, world small hydropower development report 2019, section 2.3 south america: https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4025087/files/1386802en.pdf, un digital library, world small hydropower development report 2019, section 2.3 south america: https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4025757/files/1387338en.pdf?registerdownload=1&version=1&withmetadata=0&withwatermark=0, unido and international center on small hydro power, world small hydropower development report 2019: americas, section 2.3 south america, https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4025757/files/1387338en.pdf?ln=en, united nations digital library, americas book, section 2.3 south america: https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4025757/files/americas%20book.pdf, united nations digital library, south america region report (section 2.3): https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4025087/files/1386802en.pdf, united nations digital library, world small hydropower development report 2019, chapter 2.3 south america: https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4025757/files/americas%20book.pdf, united nations digital library, world small hydropower development report, section 2.3 'south america': https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4025087/files/1386802en.pdf, wikipedia, south america (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/south_america): twelve sovereign countries, world encyclopedia, "south america", via encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/places/oceans-continents-and-polar-regions/oceans-and-continents/south-america, world encyclopedia, "south america," encyclopedia.com, https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/south-america (accessed 2026-09-26); states south america is divided into 12 independent countries., world encyclopedia, ‘south america,’ encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/places/oceans-continents-and-polar-regions/oceans-and-continents/south-america (states south america is divided into 12 independent countries)., world small hydropower development report 2019, section 2.3 south america, page 95, united nations digital library: https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4025757/files/americas%2520book.pdf, www.britannica.com, www.encyclopedia.com, www.infoplease.com, www.nationsonline.org, www.worldatlas.com

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