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 United States of America Fast Facts
 
 
 Map Credit - Wikipedia 
 

Formal Name 

United States of Ameria 

 

Capital City

 Washington, DC

Country Flag  

Flag Description:  13 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom)

alternating with white; blue rectangle

in the upper hoist-side corner bearing

50 small, white, five-pointed star

arranged in nine offset horizontal rows

of six stars (top and bottom)

alternating with rows of five stars;

the 50 stars represent the 50 states

and the 13 stripes represent

he 13 original colonies; known as

Old Glory.

 

Adminstrative Division

50 states (48 continental states plus Alaska and Hawaii) plus 1 district (Washington, DC)

 

Location

North America bordered by the North

Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific

Ocean, between Canada and Mexico 

 

Currency

US Dollar 

 

Time Zone

EST (New York) - GMT -5

CST (Chicago) - GMT -6

MST (Denver) - GMT -7

PST (Los Angeles) - GMT - 8

AKST (Alaska) - GMT -9, -10

HST (Hawaii) - GMT -10  

Electricity

120 V, 60 Hz 

 

Country Code

+1 

 

Population

303,824,646 (July 2008 est.)

 

Political System 

Constitution-based federal republic;

strong democratic tradition 

 

Total Area

Total - 9,826,630 km2 

land - 9,161,923 km2

water 664,707 km2

 

Elevations

Lowest point - Death Valley (86 m)

Highest point - Mount McKenley

(6,198 m)

  

Languages

English 

 

Religions

Protestant, Roman Catholic, Mormon, Jewish, Muslim

 

Life Expectancy

Male - 74.8

Female - 80.1 

 

Literacy

99%