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People Information |
Population: 280,562,489
Languages: English, Spanish (spoken by a sizable
minority)
Birth rate: 14.1 births/1000 population
Death rate: 8.7 deaths/1000 population
Female life expectancy: 80.2 years
Male life expectancy: 74.5 years
Total life expectancy: 77.4 years
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Government Information |
Official name: united states of America
Common name: the united states
Government type: federal republic; strong democratic
tradition
Capital city: Washington, dc
Independence day: July 4th, 1776 from great Britain
National holiday: independence day, July 4th |
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Geographical Information |
Coordinates: 38 00 N, 97 00 W
Location: north America, bordering both the north
Atlantic ocean and the north Pacific ocean, between
Canada and Mexico
Climate: mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and
Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great
plains west of the Mississippi river, and arid in the
great basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures
in the northwest r ameliorated occasionally in January
and February by warm Chinook winds from the eastern
slopes of the rocky mountains
Land area: 9,158,960 sq km
Water area: 470,131 sq km
Total area: 9,629,091 sq km
Coastline: 19,924 km
High elevation: mount McKinley, 6,194 m
Low elevation: death valley, -86 m
Natural resources: Coal, copper, lead, molybdenum,
phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury,
nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum,
natural gas, timber |
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