THE YUCÁTAN PENINSULA is made up of three states: Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatán, which also include major resort areas such as Cancún, Cozumel, and Playa del Carmen.
The Canadian or Laurentian Shield, the largest natural region of North America at 1.1 million square mi (3 million square km), is located north of the St. Lawrence Lowland and east of the Interior Plains.
Canada encompasses the second-largest land area of any country after Russia. Like its southern neighbor, the United States, Canada’s terrain varies quite dramatically and is divided into multiple geographical areas.
Belize ("BELICE” IN SPANISH), formerly the Settlement of Belize in the Bay of Honduras (prior to 1862), British Honduras (1862–1973), and Belize thereafter, became independent on September 21, 1981.