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21 Fun Facts About Spanish Speaking Countries

Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month!

Kenzie Kesling

Sep 21, 2023

Western Washington University

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September 15th to October 15th is a National Hispanic Heritage Month. I believe that a fun way to explore how diverse and amazing Hispanic Heritage is could be by finding a fun fact about each of the Spanish speaking countries. I think sometimes people generalize about cultures different than their own, like Hispanic and Latino culture. By showing a little factoid about each different country, it shows how each country has a unique culture.

I hope you find a fun way to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month and I hope you found these facts interesting!

EL SALVADOR

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Education up to ninth grade is free in the country.

MEXICO

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Mexico has 68 official languages.

SPAIN

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Spain produces over half of the world's olive oil.

COLOMBIA

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Colombia is the world's leading source of emeralds and its coffee is world-renown.

ARGENTINA

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By land area, Argentina is the 2nd largest country in South America and the 8th largest country in the world.

PERU

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Peru contains the second largest segment of the Amazon rainforest after Brazil.

VENEZUELA

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The world's tallest waterfall, Angel Falls, is located in Venezuela.

CHILE

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The national sport of Chile is Rodeo which is still very popular in rural areas of the country.

ECUADOR

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Charles Darwin developed his Theory of Coral Atolls in the Galapagos Islands.

GUATEMALA

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The first-ever chocolate bar was invented in Guatemala during the Mayan times.

CUBA

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The game of dominoes is extremely popular in Cuba.

BOLIVIA

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Bolivia is home to the Salar de Uyuni Salt Flats. Check it out.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

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The capital of the Dominican Republic–Santo Domingo–is the oldest city in the new world.

HONDURAS

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The five stars on the Honduran flag represent the five countries of Central America.

PARAGUAY

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Paraguay is a bilingual nation: Guaraní is its first language and Spanish, it's second.

NICARAGUA

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The oldest city in Central America is the Ruins of Leon Viejo, Nicaragua which is over 1500 years old.

COSTA RICA

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Costa Rica hosts more than 5% of the world's biodiversity even though its landmass only takes up .03% of the planet's surface.

PANAMA

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Panama is the only place in the world where you can see the sun rise on the Pacific and set on the Atlantic.

URUGUAY

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Uruguay's national anthem, which lasts more than five minutes, is the world's longest in performance duration.

PUERTO RICO

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Puerto Rico competes individually in the Olympics each year and they have won six medals total.

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

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It is the only country in Africa to have Spanish as an official language.

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Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month!

In This Article:

EL SALVADOR

SPAIN

COLOMBIA

ARGENTINA

PERU

VENEZUELA

CHILE

ECUADOR

GUATEMALA

CUBA

BOLIVIA

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

HONDURAS

PARAGUAY

NICARAGUA

COSTA RICA

PANAMA

URUGUAY

PUERTO RICO

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

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Sometimes bigger isn't always better.

1. If something happens, everyone knows about it

2. Never getting to be invisible

3. Knowing every single thing about every single person in the town

4. New kids are a big deal

5. It’s hard to make new friends

6. On that note ... the dating pool is even smaller!

7. Teachers are weirdly close to their students

8. It forced you to make friends out of school

"I'm hopeless and awkward and desperate for love"

1. That Time He Tested Out His Flirting Skills and This Happened

2. When He Was Willing to Do Anything to Avoid Confrontation

3. When He Couldn't Handle Awkward, Emotional Situations

4. How He Reacted Whenever His Friends Ignored Him

5. All of the Times He Worried About His Failing Love Life

6. Whenever He Tried to Whip Himself Into Shape

7. How He Handled New People and New Experiences

8. Whenever His Friends Got Annoying, He Was Always the Voice of Reason

9. He Always Knew How to Jam

10. He Finds a Way to Make Any Situation More Fun

No, I can't help you.

1. When a customer wants to return a product, hands you the receipt, where is printed "ALL SALES ARE FINAL" in all caps.

2. Just because you might be having a bad day, and you're in a crappy mood, doesn't make it okay for you to yell at me or be rude to me. I'm a person with feelings, just like you.

3. People refusing to be put on hold when a customer is standing right in front of you. Oh, how I wish I could just hang up on you!

4. Having the same conversations over and over again! To be honest I really don't even want to talk to you right now, or have this fake ass smile on my face!

5. Always having to have a smile on your face. I promise I'm not as happy as I may look!

6. Customers not understanding that sometimes, mistakes happen. I am a human being, we all mess up sometimes!

7. Having the boss from hell, it's their way or the highway! Even though I did my job correctly and efficiently, if I don't do it the exact way you do, I'm a piece of shit.

8. Having coworker who don't help out, who bend the rules just enough to screw you over.

9. Having to be at work after closing because a customer is taking forever and half! Not like I'd like to go home or anything!

10. Having shitty hours and more shifts than you asked for. Just because we don't have enough workers, doesn't mean I want to pick up every shift that you cant cover, oh great boss of mine!

11. Not having time for a social life. It gets old saying, "I can't I have work..." Every day of the week!

12. Having that lazy costumer who can't do anything for themselves... no please I'll get that, it's no problem at all!

It's just my face, I swear.

1. When you meet new people, they automatically assume you hate them or are rude.

2. People are constantly asking you if you're OK.

3. After being friends with someone for a while, they confess to you, "I thought you were so mean when I first met you," or, "I thought you hated me."

4. You get told to smile more, but they don't understand how scary that would be.

5. You're always labeled as seeming "judgy."

6. Passing a friend with your RBF in full force and not realizing you just shot them a death glare.

7. Being sarcastic, but everyone thinks you're outright rude.

8. Not knowing how mean you really look until you see a picture of yourself in resting face.

9. Your apologies never sound sincere because of your emotionless face.

10. Your "mad face" scares you.

11. And, lastly, people are constantly asking you if you are happy or having a good time because you look bored to death.

Please hold your blonde joke.

1. "Is Elle Woods your spirit animal?"

2. "Is that your natural hair color?"

3. "Oh wow, you get good grades at school?"

4. "You must really like the color pink!"

5. "You’re probably not into sports, right?"

6. "You must have such a bubbly personality."

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8. "What sorority are you in?"

9. "You were probably a cheerleader in high school."

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