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Continent: | North America |
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Country code: | US |
Phone code: | +1 |
Top level domain: | .us |
Provinces: | 55 |
Capital: | Washington D.C. |
Latitude: | 37.09024 |
Longitude: | -95.712891 |
More information: | Wikipedia |
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, 5 major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million km²) and with over 325 million people, the United States is the world's 3rd- or 4th-largest country by total area and the 3rd-most populous. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city by population is New York City.
48 states and the capital's federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate, and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.
Though its population is only 4.3% of the world total, the U.S. holds 33.4% of the total wealth in the world, the largest share of global wealth concentrated in a single country. The United States ranks among the highest nations in several measures of socioeconomic performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP, and productivity per person. The U.S. is the foremost military power in the world, making up a 3rd of global military spending, and is a leading political, cultural, and scientific force internationally.
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