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1.Location:
NorthAmerica,borderingboththeNorthAtlanticOceanandtheNorthPacificOcean,betweenCanadaandMexico
2.Area:
total:9,631,418sqkm
land:9,161,923sqkm
water:469,495sqkm
note:includesonlythe50statesandDistrictofColumbia
3.Climate:
mostlytemperate,buttropicalinHawaiiandFlorida,arcticinAlaska,semiaridinthegreatplainswestoftheMississippiRiver,andaridintheGreatBasinofthesouthwest;lowwintertemperaturesinthenorthwestareamelioratedoccasionallyinJanuaryandFebruarybywarmchinookwindsfromtheeasternslopesoftheRockyMountains
4.Population:
295,734,134(July2005est.)
5.Populationgrowthrate:
0.92%(2005est.)
6.Languages:
English82.1%,Spanish10.7%,otherIndo-European3.8%,AsianandPacificisland2.7%,other0.7%(2000census)
7.Nationalholiday:
IndependenceDay,4July(1776)
8.GDP(purchasingpowerparity):
$12.37trillion(2005est.)
9.Exports-partners:
Canada23%,Mexico13.6%,Japan6.7%,UK4.4%,China4.3%(2004).
10.Background:
Britain'sAmericancoloniesbrokewiththemothercountryin1776andwererecognizedasthenewnationoftheUnitedStatesofAmericafollowingtheTreatyofParisin1783.Duringthe19thand20thcenturies,37newstateswereaddedtotheoriginal13asthenationexpandedacrosstheNorthAmericancontinentandacquiredanumberofoverseaspossessions.Thetwomosttraumaticexperiencesinthenation'shistoryweretheCivilWar(1861-65)andtheGreatDepressionofthe1930s.BuoyedbyvictoriesinWorldWarsIandIIandtheendoftheColdWarin1991,theUSremainstheworld'smostpowerfulnationstate.Theeconomyismarkedbysteadygrowth,lowunemploymentandinflation,andrapidadvancesintechnology.