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- Country common name: United States
- Country official name: United States of America
- Continent: North America & Caribbean
- 3-Letter abbreviation: USA
- 2-Letter abbreviation: US
- Capital: Washington
- Major cities: 18.804 million New York-Newark, 12.447 million Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, 8.865 million Chicago, 6.371 million Houston, 6.301 million Dallas-Fort Worth, 5.322 million WASHINGTON, D.C. (capital)
- Currency: US dollar (click for current conversion rates)
- Languages: English only 78.2%, Spanish 13.4%, Chinese 1.1%, other 7.3%
- Motto: "E Pluribus Unum" ("Out Of Many, One", traditional); "In God We Trust" (1956 to date)
- National holiday(s): Independence Day, 4 July (1776); commemorates the day when the 13 British colonies declared independence
flagGovernmentkeyboard_arrow_up- Chief of state: President Joseph R. BIDEN Jr. (since 20 January 2021); Vice President Kamala D. HARRIS (since 20 January 2021); note - the president is both chief of state and
- Head of government: ad of government: President Joseph R. BIDEN Jr. (since 20 January 2021); Vice President Kamala D. HARRIS (since 20 January 2021)
- Government type: constitutional federal republic
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- Highest point: Denali 6,190 m (Mount McKinley) (highest point in North America)
- Neighboring countries: Canada 8893 km (including 2477 km with Alaska), Mexico 3155 km
- Neighboring seas and oceans: Atlantic Ocean
- Climate: mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
radioRadio stationskeyboard_arrow_upsupervised_user_circlePopulationkeyboard_arrow_up- Population: 332,639,104
- Population density (inhabitants per km²): 33.8
- Average age (in years): 38.5
- Life expectancy at birth (in years): 80.3
- Ethnicity: white 72.4%, black 12.6%, Asian 4.8%, Amerindian and Alaska native 0.9%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.2%, other 6.2%, two or more races 2.9%
- Gross domestic product (GDP) per inhabitant (in US dollars): 63,443
- Cultural practices: Honking your car horn unnecessarily can make American drivers unhappy or even angry.
local_diningPopular food & drinkskeyboard_arrow_up{"ops":[{"insert":"Grilled New York strip steak with mushrooms, fries and broccoli\n"}]}
local_post_officePostage stampskeyboard_arrow_up{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"First official U.S. stamps"},{"insert":", commemorating Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, issued in "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1847"},{"insert":" by an act of Congress.\n"}]}
{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Marines at Iwo Jima"},{"insert":" 3 cent postage stamp issued in Washington, D.C. July 11, "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1945"},{"insert":", 137,321,000 stamps have been sold. \n"}]}
{"ops":[{"insert":"In January "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1973"},{"insert":", the USPS began to issue "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"\"Love\" "},{"insert":"stamps for use on Valentine's Day and other special occasions such as weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and letters to loved ones.\n"}]}
{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"2019"},{"insert":" stamp commemorating the first Moon landing in 1969, "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Apollo 11"},{"insert":" mission.\n"}]}
tap_and_playTelephone & Internet communicationkeyboard_arrow_up- Country international telephone code: +1
- Local emergency telephone number(s): 911
- Internet code: .us
- Number of Internet users: 269,500,000
- Percentage of Internet-connected population: 81.0%
gradeAlso useful to knowkeyboard_arrow_up- Vaccinations: For recommendations please refer to the World Health Organization (WHO), or the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) websites.
- Potable/drinkable water: Yes
- International driving permit: Suggested for non-US citizens.
- Road driving side: Right
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Electricity/Voltage/Plug type(s):
120 V / 60 Hz / plug type(s): A, B
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