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South America

South America holds 30 current DX entities and 1 deleted one in the DXCC list.

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Figure 1. South America: its DX entities in colour, the rest of the world in grey, with a 10-degree graticule, the Maidenhead fields lettered, and the notable parallels dashed. Hover for the code and name; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.045 degrees, about 5 km at the equator; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 20° S 60° W.

Current entities

Entity	DXCC	Prefix	CQ zone	ITU zone
Argentina	100	LU	13	14, 16
Aruba	091	P4	9	11
Bolivia	104	CP	10	12, 14
Bonaire	520	PJ4	9	11
Brazil	108	PY	11	12, 13, 15
Chile	112	CE	12	14, 16
Colombia	116	HK	9	12
Curaçao	517	PJ2	9	11
Easter Island	047	CE0Y	12	63
Ecuador	120	HC	10	12
Falkland Islands	141	VP8	13	16
Fernando de Noronha	056	PY0F	11	13
French Guiana	063	FY	9	12
Galapagos Island	071	HC8	10	12
Guyana	129	8R	9	12
Juan Fernandez Islands	125	CE0Z	12	14
Malpelo Island	161	HK0	9	12
Paraguay	132	ZP	11	14
Peru	136	OA	10	12
San Felix and San Ambrosio	217	CE0X	12	14
South Georgia Island	235	VP8	13	73
South Orkney Islands	238	VP8	13	73
South Sandwich Islands	240	VP8	13	73
South Shetland Islands	241	VP8	13	73
St Peter and St Paul Rocks	253	PY0S	11	13

Deleted entities

Deleted entities no longer count for new contacts. Each counts for contacts made within its dates; the end date shown is the first day contacts no longer count.

Entity	DXCC	Counted from	Deleted	CQ zone	ITU zone
Bonaire, Curaçao	085	the start of DXCC	10 October 2010	9	11

Sources: ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification 3.1.8, DXCC Entity Code enumeration; Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026 (continents, zones, prefixes); ARRL, DXCC List, January 2026 (the authority; deleted entities' dates).