USA Map

CAPITAL: Washington DC

SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Federal Multiparty Republic

AREA: 9,372,608 Square Kilometers (3,618,784 Square Miles)

ESTIMATED POPULATION: 270,700,000 plus people

LOCATION & GEOGRAPHY: The United States is located on the North American Continent and is the fourth largest country in the world. The national territory consists of three separated territories. (1.) The continental 48 states, (2.) Alaska and (3.) Hawaii. The country consists of an east Atlantic coastal plain which is 198 miles in width and is backed by the Appalachian Mountain Range from the Great Lakes in the north to Alabama state in the south. The Appalachian Range includes the Allegheny Mountains, the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Catskill Mountains. South of the Appalachians the Atlantic coastal plain the Gulf of Mexico and down to the Florida Peninsula.

PEOPLE: Europeans account for most of the population. Other ethnic minorities include African Americans who account for a small fraction of the population while Hispanics account for a smaller percent and Asians and Pacific Islanders for a very small percent and the American Indians, Eskimos and Aleuts make up smallest amount of people.

LANGUAGES: The United States has no official language, although English is the national language. Other languages include a sizable Spanish speaking minority as well as other various ethnic minority languages.