United States
United States (officially United States of America) is a country in North America, with its capital at Washington, D.C, and is home to roughly 340.0M people.
English is the official language; the currency in circulation is United States dollar ($); people from here are called American.
- »The United States has no official language at the federal level.
- »Yellowstone, established in 1872, is widely considered the world's first national park.
- »It spans six time zones in the states alone, plus more in its territories.
It straddles both the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle.
United States touches two neighbours: Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. Directions run from one centre to the other.
Washington, D.C. was purpose-built as a capital on land ceded by Maryland and Virginia, chosen as a compromise between northern and southern states. It is in no state, and its residents had no presidential vote until 1961.
9,435,512 km² (3,643,070 sq mi), 3rd largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of China.
Population 340,003,797, 3rd of 198 on file. That averages 36 per km² (93 per sq mi).
Thirteen stripes for the original colonies and one star per state. It is the only national flag designed to change, and it has, 27 times. The current 50-star arrangement was designed in 1958 by Robert Heft, a 17-year-old, for a school project; he was given a B-minus, later raised to an A.
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