Editing South (section)

==Geography==
The [[North–South divide in the World|Global South]] refers to the socially and economically less-developed southern half of the globe. 95% of the Global North has enough food and shelter, and a functioning education system.<ref name=mimko/> In the South, on the other hand, only 5% of the population has enough food and shelter. It "lacks appropriate technology, it has no political stability, the economies are disarticulated, and their foreign exchange earnings depend on primary product exports".<ref name=mimko>{{cite book |last=Mimiko |first=Oluwafemi |title=Globalization: The Politics of Global Economic Relations and International Business |year=2012 |publisher=Carolina Academic |page=47}}</ref>

Use of the term "South" may also be country-relative, particularly in cases of noticeable economic or cultural divide. For example, the [[Southern United States]], separated from the [[Northeastern United States]] by the [[Mason–Dixon line]], or the [[Southern England|South of England]], which is politically and economically unmatched with all of the [[Northern England|North of England]].

[[Southern Cone]] is the name that is often referred to as the southernmost area of [[South America]] that, in the form of an inverted "cone", almost like a large peninsula, encompasses [[Argentina]], [[Chile]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]] and the entire South of [[Brazil]] (Brazilian states of [[Rio Grande do Sul]], [[Santa Catarina (state)|Santa Catarina]], [[Paraná (state)|Paraná]] and [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]]). Rarely does the meaning broaden to [[Bolivia]], and in the most restricted sense it only covers [[Chile]], [[Argentina]] and [[Uruguay]].

The country of [[South Africa]] is so named because of its location at the southern tip of Africa. Upon formation the country was named the [[Union of South Africa]] in English, reflecting its origin from the unification of four formerly separate British colonies. [[Australia]] derives its name from the Latin [[Terra Australis]] ("Southern Land"), a name used for a hypothetical continent in the Southern Hemisphere since ancient times.