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United States
sovereign state, constitutional republic, Democratic Republic, federal republic, superpower, country
Part ofNorth America Edit
Year dem found am12 May 1784 Edit
Name in native languageUnited States of America Edit
Official namethe United States of America Edit
Short nameUSA, U.S. Edit
IPA transcriptionʉːɛˈsɑː, ˈmeɪɹ.ɹɪkə Edit
Ethnic groupWhite Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans in the United States Edit
Dem name afterAmerica Edit
Official languageEnglish Edit
AnthemThe Star-Spangled Banner Edit
Cultureculture of the United States Edit
MottoIn God We Trust Edit
Motto textIn God We Trust Edit
ContinentNorth America Edit
CountryUnited States Edit
CapitalWashington, D.C. Edit
Located in or next to body of waterArctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean Edit
Coordinate location39°49′41″N 98°34′46″W Edit
Coordinates of geographic center44°58′2″N 103°46′18″W Edit
Coordinates of easternmost point44°48′55″N 66°57′0″W Edit
Coordinates of northernmost point71°22′48″N 156°28′48″W Edit
Coordinates of southernmost point24°32′39″N 81°48′18″W Edit
Coordinates of westernmost point52°55′16″N 172°26′13″E Edit
Highest pointDenali Edit
Lowest pointBadwater Basin Edit
Government ein basic formpresidential system, federal republic, republic Edit
Office held by head of statePresident of the United States Edit
State ein headJoe Biden Edit
Office head of government holdPresident of the United States Edit
Government ein headJoe Biden Edit
Has cabinetUnited States Cabinet Edit
Executive bodyFederal Government of the United States Edit
Legislative bodyUnited States Congress Edit
Highest judicial authoritySupreme Court of the United States Edit
Central bankFederal Reserve System Edit
CurrencyUnited States dollar Edit
Dey share bother plusMexico, Canada Edit
Foundational textUnited States Declaration of Independence Edit
Driving sideright Edit
Electrical plug typeNEMA 1-15, NEMA 5-15 Edit
Dey replaceConfederate States of America, Thirteen Colonies Edit
Language dem useEnglish Edit
Present in workThe City on the Edge of Forever Edit
Studied inAmerican studies Edit
Dema official websitehttps://www.usa.gov/ Edit
Official blog URLhttps://blog.usa.gov/ Edit
External data available at URLhttps://www.data.gov/ Edit
Privacy policy URLhttps://www.usa.gov/privacy-security Edit
Hashtagusa, America, USA, EstadosUnidos, america Edit
Top-level Internet domain.us Edit
Main regulatory textUnited States Constitution Edit
Flagflag of the United States of America Edit
Coat of armsGreat Seal of the United States of America Edit
Has seal, badge, or sigilGreat Seal of the United States of America Edit
Official symbolBald Eagle Edit
Geography of topicgeography of the United States Edit
Get characteristicfree country Edit
History of topichistory of the United States Edit
Railway traffic sideright Edit
Open data portaldata.gov Edit
Economy of topiceconomy of the United States Edit
Demographics of topicdemographics of the United States Edit
Contains the statistical territorial entityUnited States Minor Outlying Islands Edit
Gregorian calendar start date15 October 1582, 20 December 1582, 14 September 1752, 18 October 1867 Edit
WordLift URLhttp://data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/united_states_of_america Edit
Mobile country code310, 311, 312, 313, 316 Edit
Country calling code+1 Edit
Emergency phone number911 Edit
GS1 country code000-139 Edit
Licence plate codeUSA Edit
Maritime identification digits338, 366, 367, 368, 369 Edit
NCI Thesaurus IDC17234 Edit
Stack Exchange taghttps://travel.stackexchange.com/tags/usa, https://matheducators.stackexchange.com/tags/usa Edit
Unicode character🇺🇸 Edit
Category for honorary citizens of entityCategory:Honorary citizens of the United States Edit
Category for mapsCategory:Maps of the United States Edit
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De United States of America (USA), commonly dem know as de United States (U.S.) anaa America, be country primarily wey dey locate insyd North America. Ebe federal union of 50 states, de federal capital district of Washington, D.C., den 326 Indian reservations.[1] De 48 contiguous states dey border Canada to de north den Mexico to de south. De State of Alaska dey lie to de northwest, while de State of Hawaii be archipelago insyd de Pacific Ocean. De United States sanso dey assert sovereignty over five major island territories den various uninhabited islands.[2] De country get de world ein third-largest land area,[3] second-largest exclusive economic zone, den third-largest population, wey dey exceed 334 million.[4]

De U.S. national government be presidential constitutional federal republic den liberal democracy plus three separate branches: legislative, executive, den judicial. E get bicameral national legislature compose of de House of Representatives, lower house base for population top; den de Senate, upper house base for equal representation top for each state. Dem dey provide substantial autonomy by federalism, plus political culture wey dey promote liberty, equality, individualism, personal autonomy, den limited government.

One of de world ein most developed countries, na de United States get de largest nominal GDP since about 1890 wey dey account for 15% of de global economy insyd 2023.[5] E dey possess by far de largest amount of wealth of any country wey e get de highest disposable household income per capita among OECD countries. De U.S. dey rank among de world ein highest insyd economic competitiveness, productivity, innovation, human rights, den higher education. Ein hard power den cultural influence get global reach. De U.S. be founding member of de World Bank, Organization of American States, NATO, den United Nations,[6] as well as permanent member of de UN Security Council.

Etymology

History

Indigenous peoples

Cliff Palace, settlement of ancestors of de Native American Pueblo peoples insyd present-day Montezuma County, Colorado, dem build between c. 1200 den 1275[7]

European settlement den conflict (1607–1765)

De 1750 colonial possessions of Britain (insyd pink den purple), France (insyd blue), den Spain (insyd orange) for present-day Canada den de United States insyd

American Revolution den de early republic (1765–1800)

See caption
Declaration of Independence, portrait by John Trumbull wey dey depict de Committee of Five dey present de draft of de Declaration to de Continental Congress for June 28, 1776, insyd Philadelphia

Westward expansion den Civil War (1800–1865)

Historical territorial expansion of de United States
Plus over 50,000 casualties dem estimate, na de three-day Battle of Gettysburg be de bloodiest single battle of de Civil War.

Post–Civil War era (1865–1917)

Edison Studios film wey dey show immigrants dey arrive at Ellis Island insyd New York Harbor, a major point of entry for European immigrants insyd de late 19th den early 20th centuries[8][9]

Rise as a superpower (1917–1945)

Cold War (1945–1991)

Mikhail Gorbachev den Ronald Reagan sign de Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty at de White House insyd 1987.

Contemporary (1991–present)

Geography

Topographic map of de United States
De Grand Canyon insyd Arizona

Climate

Biodiversity den conservation

A bald eagle
De bald eagle, de national bird of de United States since 1782[10]

De U.S. be one of 17 megadiverse countries wey dey contain large numbers of endemic species: about 17,000 species of vascular plants dey occur insyd de contiguous United States den Alaska, wey dem dey find over 1,800 species of flowering plants insyd Hawaii, few of wich occur for de mainland top.[11] De United States be home to 428 mammal species, 784 birds, 311 reptiles, 295 amphibians,[12] den around 91,000 insect species.[13]

Der be 63 national parks, den hundreds of other federally managed parks, forests, den wilderness areas, manage by de National Park Service den oda agencies.[14] About 28% of de country ein land be publicly owned den federally managed,[15] primarily insyd de Western States.[16] Dem dey protect chaw of dis land, though dem lease sam for commercial use, wey less dem dey use less dan one percent for military purposes.[17][18]

Government den politics

National government

Political parties

Subdivisions

Foreign relations

see caption
Na de United Nations headquarters dey situate along de East River insyd Midtown Manhattan since 1952; insyd 1945, na de United States be founding member of de UN.

Military

Law enforcement den criminal justice

Economy

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De U.S. dollar, de most-used currency insyd international transactions den de world ein foremost reserve currency[19]

Science, technology, spaceflight den energy

Transportation

Demographics

Population

Language

Most spoken languages insyd de U.S.

While dem dey speak chaw languages insyd de United States, English be by far de most commonly spoken den written.[20] Although der be no official language at de federal level, sam laws, such as U.S. naturalization requirements, dey standardize English, wey chaw states declare am de official language.[21] Three states den four U.S. territories recognize local anaa indigenous languages in addition to English, wey dey include Hawaii (Hawaiian),[22] Alaska (twenty Native languages),[23][24] South Dakota (Sioux),[25] American Samoa (Samoan), Puerto Rico (Spanish), Guam (Chamorro), den de Northern Mariana Islands (Carolinian den Chamorro). In total, dem dey speak 169 Native American languages insyd de United States.[26] Insyd Puerto Rico, dem dey speak Spanish more widely dan English.[27]

According to de American Community Survey insyd 2010, sam 229 million people out of de total U.S. population of 308 million speak English per for home. About 37 million speak Spanish at home, wey dey make am de second most commonly used language. Oda languages dem dey speak at home by one million people anaa more dey include Chinese (2.8 million), Tagalog (1.6 million), Vietnamese (1.4 million), French (1.3 million), Korean (1.1 million), den German (1 million).[28]

Immigration

De Mexico–United States border wall between San Diego (left) den Tijuana (right)

Religion

Urbanization

Largest metropolitan areas insyd de United States

2023 MSA population dey estimate from de U.S. Census Bureau

Rank Name Region Pop. Rank Name Region Pop.
New York

Los Angeles

1 New York Northeast 19,498,249 11 Boston Northeast 4,919,179 Chicago

Dallas–Fort Worth

2 Los Angeles West 12,799,100 12 Riverside–San Bernardino West 4,688,053
3 Chicago Midwest 9,262,825 13 San Francisco West 4,566,961
4 Dallas–Fort Worth South 8,100,037 14 Detroit Midwest 4,342,304
5 Houston South 7,510,253 15 Seattle West 4,044,837
6 Atlanta South 6,307,261 16 Minneapolis–Saint Paul Midwest 3,712,020
7 Washington, D.C. South 6,304,975 17 Tampa–St. Petersburg South 3,342,963
8 Philadelphia Northeast 6,246,160 18 San Diego West 3,269,973
9 Miami South 6,183,199 19 Denver West 3,005,131
10 Phoenix West 5,070,110 20 Baltimore South 2,834,316

Health

The Texas Medical Center, a cluster of contemporary skyscrapers, at night
Texas Medical Center insyd Houston be de largest medical complex insyd de world.[29][30] As of 2018, e employ 120,000 people wey e treat 10 million patients annually.[31]

Education

Photograph of the University of Virginia
77% of American college students attend public institutions[32] such as de University of Virginia, found by Thomas Jefferson insyd 1819.

Culture den society

The Statue of Liberty, a large teal bronze sculpture on a stone pedestal
De Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) for Liberty Island insyd New York Harbor na ebe 1866 gift from France wey cam turn iconic symbol of de American Dream.[33]

Literature

Photograph of Mark Twain
Mark Twain, wey William Faulkner bell "the father of American literature"[34]

Mass media

Comcast Center insyd Philadelphia, headquarters of Comcast, one of de world ein largest telecommunications companies den media conglomerates

Theater

Broadway theaters insyd Theater District, Manhattan

Visual arts

American Gothic (1930) by Grant Wood be one of de most famous American paintings wey ebe widely parodied.[35]

Music

De Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum insyd Nashville, Tennessee

Fashion

Haute couture fashion models for de catwalk top during New York Fashion Week

Cinema

De iconic Hollywood Sign, insyd de Hollywood Hills, dem often regard am as de symbol of de American film industry

Cuisine

Thanksgiving dinner plus roast turkey, mashed potatoes, pickles, corn, candied yams, cranberry jelly, shrimps, stuffing, green peas, deviled eggs, green salad, den apple sauce

Sports

American football be de most popular sport insyd de United States; insyd dis September 2022 National Football League game, de Jacksonville Jaguars play de Washington Commanders at FedExField.

References

  1. ↑ "Attorney General June 1, 1995 Memorandum on Indian Sovereignty". www.justice.gov. March 8, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Common Core Document to U.N. Committee on Human Rights". U.S. State Department. December 30, 2011. Item 22, 27, 80. Retrieved April 6, 2016. "U.S. Insular Areas: application of the U.S. Constitution" (PDF). U.S. General Accounting Office Report. November 1997. pp. 1, 6, 39n. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 3, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  3. ↑ "China". The World Factbook. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ The U.S. Census Bureau's latest official population estimate of 334,914,895 residents (2023) is for the 50 states and the District of Columbia; it excludes the 3.6 million residents of the five major U.S. territories and outlying islands. The Census Bureau also provides a continuously updated but unofficial population clock: www.census.gov/popclock
  5. ↑ Based on purchasing power
  6. ↑ Including agencies such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Health Organization
  7. ↑ "Cliff Palace" at Colorado Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 31, 2024
  8. ↑ Price, Marie; Benton-Short, Lisa (2008). Migrants to the Metropolis: The Rise of Immigrant Gateway Cities. Syracuse University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-8156-3186-6.
  9. ↑ "Overview + History | Ellis Island". Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island. March 4, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  10. ↑ McDougall, Len (2004). The Encyclopedia of Tracks and Scats: A Comprehensive Guide to the Trackable Animals of the United States and Canada. Lyons Press. p. 325. ISBN 978-1-59228-070-4.
  11. ↑ Morin, Nancy. "Vascular Plants of the United States" (PDF). Plants. National Biological Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 24, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2008.
  12. ↑ Osborn, Liz. "Number of Native Species in United States". Current Results Nexus. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Numbers of Insects (Species and Individuals)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
  14. ↑ "National Park FAQ". nps. National Park Service. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  15. ↑ Lipton, Eric; Krauss, Clifford (August 23, 2012). "Giving Reins to the States Over Drilling". The New York Times. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  16. ↑ Vincent, Carol H.; Hanson, Laura A.; Argueta, Carla N. (March 3, 2017). Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data (Report). Congressional Research Service. p. 2. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  17. ↑ Gorte, Ross W.; Vincent, Carol Hardy.; Hanson, Laura A.; Marc R., Rosenblum. "Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data" (PDF). fas.org. Congressional Research Service. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Chapter 6: Federal Programs to Promote Resource Use, Extraction, and Development". doi.gov. U.S. Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on March 18, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  19. ↑ "The Implementation of Monetary Policy – The Federal Reserve in the International Sphere" (PDF). Retrieved August 24, 2010.
  20. ↑ Kaur, Harmeet (May 20, 2018). "FYI: English isn't the official language of the United States". CNN. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  21. ↑ "States Where English Is the Official Language". The Washington Post. August 12, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  22. ↑ "The Constitution of the State of Hawaii, Article XV, Section 4". Hawaii Legislative Reference Bureau. November 7, 1978. Archived from the original on July 24, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2007.
  23. ↑ Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unanga (Aleut), Denaʼina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwichʼin, Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, den Tsimshian
  24. ↑ Chapel, Bill (April 21, 2014). "Alaska OKs Bill Making Native Languages Official". NPR.
  25. ↑ "South Dakota recognizes official indigenous language". Argus Leader. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  26. ↑ Siebens, Julie; Julian, Tiffany (December 2011). "Native North American Languages Spoken at Home in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2006–2010" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  27. ↑ "Translation in Puerto Rico". Puerto Rico Channel. Archived from the original on December 30, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  28. ↑ "American FactFinder—Results". Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  29. ↑ "About Us".
  30. ↑ "Texas Medical Center, largest medical complex in the world, reaches 98 percent ICU capacity". Newsweek. August 19, 2020.
  31. ↑ "TMC Facts & Figures" (PDF).
  32. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics. "U.S. Undergraduate Enrollment". Accessed July 29, 2024.
  33. ↑ "Statue of Liberty". World Heritage. UNESCO. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  34. ↑ Jelliffe, Robert A. (1956). Faulkner at Nagano. Tokyo: Kenkyusha, Ltd.
  35. ↑ Güner, Fisun (February 8, 2017). "How American Gothic became an icon". BBC. Retrieved March 2, 2017.

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