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United States

	United States of America

English	United States - United States of America The United States of America, also referred to in short form as the United States, the USA, the U.S., and colloquially as America, is a country in North America that extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, and shares land borders with ► Canada (including ► Quebec) and ► Mexico. To the west of Alaska lies ► Russia, to the south and east of Florida ► Cuba, the ► Bahamas and ► Bermuda are located. The United States is a federal constitutional republic, with its capital in Washington, D.C. It consists of fifty individual states and a number of territories and other federally administered areas. At over 3.7 million square miles (over 9.6 million km²), the United States is the third largest country by total area. It is the world's third most populous nation, with over 300 million people. Asssociated commonwealths are the ► Northern Mariana Islands and ► Puerto Rico, other organized unincorporated territories are ► Guam and the ► United States Virgin Islands. The unorganized unincorpated territory with self-government is ► American Samoa. The unincorporated unorganized territories are ► Baker Island, ► Howland Island, ► Jarvis Island, ► Johnston Atoll, ► Kingman Reef, ► Midway Atoll, ► Navassa Island, ► Wake Island and the incorporated unorganized territory is ► Palmyra Atoll. The United States have the ► Guantanamo Bay Naval base on ► Cuba. ► Palau, the ► Marshall Islands, and ► Micronesia are freely associated with the United States. Maritime borders are shared with ► Japan and the ► Philippines.
Main minority languages	Español: Estados Unidos de América Los Estados Unidos de América es un país de América del Norte conformado por una federación de 50 estados y un distrito federal. También tiene varios territorios dependientes ubicados en Antillas y Oceanía. Su forma de gobierno es la de una república presidencialista y federal. Cuarenta y ocho de los estados están en la región entre Canadá y México. A estos estados se les llama, más o menos formalmente, los Estados Unidos continentales o contiguos y en ocasiones los 48 de abajo. Alaska está en la zona noroeste de América del Norte, separada de los otros estados por el territorio canadiense de Columbia Británica. El archipiélago de Hawaii, el estado número 50, se ubica en el Océano Pacífico. La capital federal, Washington, se sitúa en el Distrito de Columbia, entre los estados de Maryland al norte y Virginia al sur. Chinese: 美利堅合眾國 - 美利堅合眾國通稱美国，旧称花旗国，是位於北美洲的聯邦共和制國家，也是世界上最為悠久的共和立憲制國家。美国本土东濒大西洋，西临太平洋，北靠加拿大，南接墨西哥及墨西哥湾。首都為华盛顿哥伦比亚特区。 Tagalog: Estados Unidos ng Amerika - Ang Mga Nagkakaisang Estado ng Amerika na mas kilala sa pangalang Estados Unidos ng Amerika ay isang republikang pederal na mayroong limampung estado. Karaniwang tinatawag na “Amerikano” ang mga mamamayan nito. ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔: ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜇᜓᜐ᜔ ᜂᜈᜒᜇᜓᜐ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜀᜋᜒᜍᜒᜃ - ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜋᜅ ᜈᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜁᜐᜅ᜔ ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜇᜓ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜀᜋᜒᜍᜒᜃ ᜈ ᜋᜐ᜔ ᜃᜒᜎᜎ ᜐ ᜉᜅᜎᜅ᜔ ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜇᜓᜐ᜔ ᜂᜈᜒᜇᜓᜐ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜀᜋᜒᜍᜒᜃ ᜀᜌ᜔ ᜁᜐᜅ᜔ ᜍᜒᜉᜓᜊᜎᜒᜃᜅ᜔ ᜉᜒᜇᜒᜍᜎ᜔ ᜈ ᜋᜌ᜔ᜍᜓᜂᜅ᜔ ᜎᜒᜋᜅ᜔ᜉᜓᜅ᜔ ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜇᜓ᜶ ᜃᜍᜈᜒᜏᜅ᜔ ᜆᜒᜈᜆᜏᜄ᜔ ᜈ “ᜀᜋᜒᜍᜒᜃᜈᜓ” ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜋᜅ ᜋᜋᜋᜌᜈ᜔ ᜈᜒᜆᜓ᜶ French: États-Unis d'Amérique - Les États-Unis d'Amérique sont une fédération constituée de cinquante États (représentés par les cinquante étoiles du drapeau) situés en Amérique du Nord et dans l'océan Pacifique. Quarante-huit de ces cinquante États sont situés au sud du Canada et au nord du Mexique. L'Alaska est située à l'ouest du Canada. Hawaii est dans l'océan Pacifique, à 3 900 km au sud-ouest de la Californie. Washington, D.C., est la capitale fédérale du pays, avec un statut spécial (ce n'est pas un État et le district n'est pas non plus membre d'un État fédéré). D'autres territoires ont des statuts spécifiques, notamment des États (anciennes colonies) qui ne sont pas membres de droit de la fédération, mais qui sont en pratique intégrés : les Samoa américaines, Guam, les îles Mariannes du Nord, Porto Rico et les îles Vierges américaines. German: Verenigte Staaten von Amerika - Die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika sind eine Bundesrepublik in Nordamerika. Das Land nimmt rund die Hälfte der Landmasse des Kontinents ein und ist der flächenmäßig drittgrößte Staat der Erde. Italian: Stati Uniti d'America - Gli Stati Uniti d'America sono una repubblica federale con sistema rappresentativo dell'America settentrionale composta da 50 stati e un distretto federale (Washington, D.C.). Gli Stati Uniti confinano a nord con il Canada e a sud con il Messico, mentre ad est e ad ovest sono bagnati rispettivamente dall'oceano Atlantico e dall'oceano Pacifico. Le acque territoriali dell'Alaska - lo stato più vasto - confinano con la Russia (Stretto di Bering). Lo stato delle Hawaii è formato da un arcipelago localizzato nel centro dell'oceano Pacifico. Il paese possiede anche alcuni territori e zone insulari, sparsi tra il mar dei Caraibi e il Pacifico. Hawaiian: ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻia

Short name	United States
Official name	United States of America
Status	Independent country since 1776 (recognized 1783). Permanent Member of the UN Security Council.
Location	North America
Capital	Washington DC
Population	328,239,523 inhabitants
Area	9,631,420 km²
Major languages	English (de facto official), Spanish and other minority languages
Major religions	Protestantism, Roman Catholicism
More information	United States, Geography of the United States, History of the United States and Politics of the United States
More images	United States - United States (Category).

Maps

General maps

Map of the United States

Map of the United States

Map of the United States

Topographical map of the United States

Administrative divisions of the United States

States of the US

US states and their capitals

States

Census Regions and Divisions of United States

Elevation map

States

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day the United States, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day the United States.

Colonial period

The 1606 grants by James I to the London and Plymouth companies.

New Sweden 1650

New Netherland and New Sweden 1650

New Netherland

New England Confederation 1643

Colonial North America 1689-1783

The Seven Years' War in North America

Pontiac's War

Thirteen Colonies

Thirteen Colonies in 1775

Spanish colonies in North America (New Spain)

Territorial development of the United States

USA territorial growth 1810-1920 (This map is animated.)

1789: United States at independence
1789: Formation of the Northwest Territory
1790: Border change between North Carolina and the federal government
1790: Formation of the Southwest Territory
1791: Admission of Vermont
1791: Formation of the District of Columbia
1792: Admission of Kentucky
1795: Pinckney's Treaty
1796: Admission of Tennessee
1798: Formation of the Mississippi Territory
1800: Formation of the Indiana Territory
1800: Border change between Connecticut and the Northwest Territory
1802: Border change between Georgia (U.S. state) and the federal government
1803: Admission of Ohio
1803: Louisiana Purchase
1803: Border change between Georgia (U.S. state) and the Mississippi Territory
1804: Split of the Louisiana Purchase into the District of Louisiana and the Orleans Territory
1805: Formation of the Michigan Territory
1805: Reorganization of the District of Louisiana into the Louisiana Territory
1809: Formation of the Illinois Territory
1810: Annexation of parts of West Florida
1812: Admission of Louisiana
1812: Border changes of the Mississippi Territory
1812: Renaming of Louisiana Territory into Missouri Territory
1817: Admission of Indiana
1817: Formation of Alabama Territory
1817: Admission of Mississippi
1818: Creation of Oregon Country as a shared land between the United States and United Kingdom
1818: Admission of Illinois and formation of Michigan Territory
1819: Formation of Arkansaw Territory
1819: Admission of Alabama
1820: Admission of Maine
1821: New borders with New Spain, acquisition of Spanish Florida
1822: Admission of Missouri
1822: Formation of Florida Territory
1824: Border change of Arkansas Territory
1828: Border change of Arkansas Territory
1834: Growth of Michigan Territory
1836: Independence of the Republic of Texas
1836:Admission of Arkansas
1836: Formation of the Wisconsin Territory
1837: Admission of Michigan
1837: Border change of Missouri
1838: Formation of Iowa Territory
1842: Webster-Ashburton Treaty with the United Kingdom
1845: Admission of Florida
1845: Annexation and admission of Texas
1846: Oregon Treaty with the United Kingdom
1846: Admission of Iowa
1848: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, border change with Mexico
1848: Admission of Wisconsin
1848: Formation of the Oregon Territory
1849: Formation of the Minnesota Territory
1850: Annexation of parts of Mexico (Mexican Cession), admission of California, formation of Utah Territory and New Mexico Territory
1853: Formation of the Washington Territory
1853: The Gadsden Purchase
1854: Formation of Kansas Territory, Nebraska Territory and the unorganized Indian Territory
1858: Admission of Minnesota
1859: Admission of Oregon
1860: Texas claims Greer County, Texas
1861: Accession of Kansas
1861: Secession of the Confederate States of America
1861: Formation of Colorado Territory
1861: Formation of Dakota Territory
1861: Formation of the Arizona Territory (CSA)
1862: Border changes of Nevada Territory
1863: Formation of the Arizona Territory
1863: Formation of the Idaho Territory
1863: Admission of West Virginia, a secession of the CSA State of Virginia
1864: Formation of the Montana Territory
1864: Admission of Nevada
1865: Surrender of the Confederate States of America at the Battle of Appomattox (re-admission takes several years)
1866: Border change of Nevada
1867: Border change of Nevada
1867: Admission of Nebraska
1867: Alaska purchase from Russia, named Department of Alaska
1868: Formation of the Wyoming Territory
1876: Admission of Colorado
1884: Redesignation of Alaska into the District of Alaska
1889: Admission of North Dakota and South Dakota
1889: Admission of Montana Territory
1889: Admission of Washington
1890: Formation of Oklahoma Territory
1890: Admission of Idaho Territory
1890: Admission of Wyoming
1896: Admission of Utah
1896: Border change of Oklahoma Territory
1898: Annexation of the Republic of Hawaii
1907: Admission of Oklahoma
1912: Admission of New Mexico
1912: Admission of Arizona
1912: Reorganization of District of Alaska as Alaska Territory
1959: Admission of Alaska
1959: Admission of Hawaii

Territorial Acquisitions of the United States

USA territorial acquisitions map

From independence to civil war

Tecumseh War 1811

State cessions 1782-1802

Sabine Free State 1808-1819

Oregon country 1818-1846

Oregon border dispute

Adams-Onís Treaty

Civil War

Animated map of secession, Civil War and re-admission

Status of the states 1861:

States that seceded before April 15, 1861

States that seceded after April 15, 1861

Union states that permitted slavery

Union states that forbade slavery

Territories

Map of the United States in 1864, showing the division during the Civil War.

Union states, including those admitted during the war

Union states that permitted slavery

Confederate States

Territories

State and territory boundaries, 1864-5:

Union (American Civil War) states

Union territories

Union border states that permitted slavery

Kansas, which entered the Union as a free state after the Bleeding Kansas crisis

Confederate States of America

Confederate claimed and sometimes held territories

Battles of the Civil War

Confederate States of America 1861-1865

Indian reservations

After the Civil War

Overseas territories

US States by date of statehood

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

Il designo del discoperto della Nova Franza by Paolo Forlani, ca. 1566

Map of New France by Samuel de Champlain, 1612

New Netherland 1614

New Netherland and New England 1642

New Netherland 1685

America 1733

Population maps

Population density

States by population

States by population density

Cities

Cities

Cities

Ethnic and linguistic maps

Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans

Early Indian languages

Early Indian languages (Alaska)

Ancestry by country

Chinese Ancestry

African American population density

Asian density

English as official language

English language spread in the United States

French language spread in the United States
Distribution de la langue française aux États-unis

Italian language spread in the United States

Welsh language spread in the United States

Dutch language spread in the United States

German language spread in the United States

Swedish language spread in the United States
Svenska språkets spridning i USA

Spanish language spread in the United States

Russian language spread in the United States

Finnish language spread in the United States

Tagalog language spread in the United States

Chamorro language spread in the United States

Religion maps

Jewish population

Jewish congregations

Roman Catholic dioceses

Legal and political maps

Electoral map

Courts of Appeals and District courts

Death Penalty

Abortion legislation

Pre-Abortion counselling legislation

Abortion legislation, mandatory waiting period laws

Highest median household income

Median household income change

Counties with the lowest median household income in 2000

Counties with the lowest pro capita income in 2000

States without income tax

States without income tax on wages

Position of the trade unions

Minimum wage legislation

Sodomy laws

Cannabis laws

Climate maps

Köppen climate types of the US

Several different air masses affect the United States.

A map of the average annual high temperatures in the United States.

Average precipitation

Record one day precipitation by county between 1979 and 2011.

Intense tornado activity in the United States. The darker-colored areas denote the area commonly referred to as Tornado Alley.

Average annual tornado reports in the United States.

Tracks of East Pacific tropical cyclones (1980–2005).

Tracks of North Atlantic tropical cyclones(1851–2012).

Continental United States hurricane strikes 1950-2007.

Natural resources maps

Major rivers of the United States

The nearly 8100 major dams in the United States in 2006

Map of major US aquifers by rock type

Insolation map of the United States

Map showing wind power potential in U.S., including offshore

Estimated subterranean temperatures in Celsius at depths of about six kilometers in the U.S. mainland (Department of Energy).

Coal regions of the United States

Surface Coal Mines in the US

Locations of underground coal mines in the US

2010 coal production by region in short tons (US Energy Information Administration)

Coal production by basin 2014–2018

Estimates of Oil Resources in the Outer Continental Shelf

Estimates of Onshore Oil Resources

Discovered shale gas deposits as of June 2016

Map of US Uranium Districts (1979)

US Mines producing copper in 2003 either as a primary or secondary commodity. (Alaska and Hawaii produced no copper in 2003.) Source: USGS

Energy maps

Power plants in USA map

The U.S. power transmission grid consists of about 300,000 km (190,000 mi) of lines operated by approximately 500 companies. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) oversees all of them.

Natural gas processing plants in the US by capacity and utilization, 2017

Natural gas pipelines map

Proposed LNG Export Terminals in the US, 2012 (US Energy Information Administration)

NRC regions and locations of nuclear reactors, 2008

Location of nuclear reactor fuel processing facilities in the United States (US NRC)

Nuclear Power plants that have been decommissioned or have announced plans to decommission. The size of the circles indicates the amount of electricity generated

US nuclear power plants, highlighting recently and soon-to-be retired plants, as of 2018 (US EIA).

Map illustrating installed wind generating capacity for U.S. states at end of 2015.

Map of large US wind farms, with size illustrated.

Hydroelectric power map.

Fixed-tilt utility-scale solar energy generation capacity, representing 40% of US solar energy output. Map does not include tracking systems.

Transportation maps

Tonnage on highways, railroads, and inland waterways

Map of current Interstates

Interstate numbering. Odd numbers run north–south with numbers increasing from west to east, while even numbers run east–west with numbers increasing from south to north

Maximum state speed limits in the United States as of January 2017

Map of the Class I Railroads in North america

Passenger trains in North America

Map showing current rail speeds in the United States.

Inland Waterway Connection

Top 25 water ports by tonnage

Container ports by TEU throughput in 2010

Container ship routes to America from Asian Pacific

Map showing FAA overflight fee regions

Various maps

State name etymologies

Time zones

Rivers and lakes in the US

Federally protected marine areas (National Marine Sanctuaries)

Symbolic representation of visitors at each National Park

Map of the National Forests and Grasslands of the United States

United States Counties Per Capita Income

US household income distribution by county, 2009

Density of cattle and calves by county in 2007.

A physiographical map of the contiguous 48 states of the U.S. The map indicates the age of the exposed surface as well as the type of terrain.

Map of United States Distribution of Soil Moisture Regimes

Level III ecoregions, United States

A national map of Superfund sites. Red indicates currently on final National Priority List, yellow is proposed, green is deleted (usually meaning having been cleaned up). This map is as of October 2013.

Notes and references

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