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Official name: Official name: the United the United States States of Americaof America ((the USA)the USA)
Status. A federal republic, a union of 50 states
Area. 3,623,420 sq mi. (9,373,000sq.km)
Capital. Washington,D. C.
Location. The United States stretches across North America from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pasific Ocean in the west from Canada in the north to Mexico,the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf of California in the south.
Two states,Alaska and Hawaii arenot connectedto the other states.
Many rivers cross the United States:Mississippi, Missouri,Rio Grande,Jukon,Arkansas, Colorado,Columbia and others.
TheTherere are five great lakes in are five great lakes in the norternthe norternpart of the USA. They are: lake part of the USA. They are: lake Huron,Huron,lake Michigan, lake Ontario, lake Michigan, lake Ontario, lake lake Superior, lake Erie. All they Superior, lake Erie. All they areare connected by channelsconnected by channels
The Rocky Mountains(the Rockies) in the westand the Appalachians in the east are runnig fromnorth to south.
The largest cities are Washington D. C.,New York,Los Angeles,Chicago,Philadephia,San Francisco,Detroit,Boston and others.
Flag: Stars and stripes.Stars are for 50 states of the US.Stripes are for the 13 colonies (the first 13 states) which declared independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776.
The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of freedom. It stands on an islandin New York Harbor.
State Capital Nickname
1. Alabama Montgomery The Heart of Dixie
2. Alaska Juneau The Last Frontier
3. Arizona Phoenix The Grand Canyon State
4. Arkansas Little Rock The Land of Opportunity
5. California Sacramento The Golden State
6. Colorado Denver The Centennial State
7. Connectitut Hartford The Constitution State
8. Delaware Dover The First State
9. Florida Tallahassee The Sunshine State
10. Georgia Atlanta The Empire State
of the South
11. Hawaii Honolulu The Alona State
12. Idaho Boise The Gem State
13. Illinois Springfield The Prairie State
14. Indiana Indianapolis The Hoosier State
15. Iowa Des Moines The Hawkeye state
16. Kansas Topeka The Sunflower State
17. Kentucky Frankfort The Bluegrass State
State Capital Nickname
18. Louisiana Baton Rouge The Pelican State
19. Maine Augusta The Pine Tree State
20. Maryland Annapolis The Old Line State
21. Masschusetts Boston The Bay State
22. Michigan Lansing The Wolveine State
23. Minnesota St. Paul The North Star State
24. Mississippi Jackson The Magnolia State
25. Missouri Jefferson City The Show Me ‘ State
26. Montana Helena The Treasure State
27. Nebraska Lincoln The Cornhusker State
28. Nevada Carson City The Silver State
29. New Hampshire Concord The Granite State
30. New Jersey Trenton The Garden State
31. New Mexico Santa Fe The Land of
Enchantment
32. New York Albany The Empire State
33. North Carolina Raleigh The Tar Heel State
34. Notrh Dakota Bismarck The Sioux State
State Capital Nickname
35. Ohio Columbus The Buckeye State
36. Oklahoma Oklahoma City The Sooner State
37. Oregon Salem The Beaver State
38. Penncylvania Harrisburg The Keystone State
39. Rhode Island Providence Little Rhody
40. South Carolina Columbia The Palmetto State
41. South Dakota Pierre The Coyote State
42. Tennessee Nashville The Volunteer State
43. Texas Austin The Lone Star State
44. Utah Salt Lake City The Beehive State
45. Vermont Montpelier The Green Mountain
State
46. Virginia Richmond The Old Dominion
47. Washington Olympia The Evergreen State
48. West Virginia Charleston The Mountain State
49. Wisconsin Madison The Badger State
50. Wyoming Cheyenne The Eguality State