United+States

=United States of America= = =

Basic Facts

 * The full country name is United States of America and was founded in 1776 after breaking away from Great Britan and declaring indpendence.
 * The USA is composed of 50 states, 48 of which are within the contiguious United States and two (Alaska and Hawaii) are also a part of it.
 * The United States is 9,826,675 sq km total and is the third largest nation in the world. It is on the continent of North America between Canada and Mexico. The US stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
 * The climate of the United States is mostly temperate, but has tropical states such as Hawaii and Florida, artic Alaska, semi arid great plains and arid in the southwest.

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