The United States of America is one of the largest countries in the world. The USA lies in the central part of the North American continent between two oceans: the Atlantic Ocean to the East and the Pacific Ocean to the West. Canada to the North and Mexico to the South are the only countries bordering on the United States.

The 50th state, the state of Hawaii, is a group of islands situated in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The states differ very much in size, population and economic development. Due to its geography, the weather, the landscape and the way of life the USA is a country of great diversity.

The population of the USA is more than 230 million people . English is the official and predominant language.

There are many other big cities in the USA. New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles are the biggest of them.

The USA is a highly developed industrial country. Electronic and electric engineering, transport, communication and machine-tool industries can be found almost in all large cities of the USA.

The United States is a federal republic. The Government of the US is composed of three branches - executive, legislative and judicial. The executive branch sees that laws are carried out. The legislative branch makes new laws. And the judicial branch makes sure that the laws and actions of the other branches agree with the Constitution.

The White House is the place where the President of the USA lives and works. The President is the head of the executive branch of the government. He appoints the Cabinet members.

All citizens of this country are proud of America. Since childhood they are taught to be great patriots. They think that the American rivers are the longest ones - the Missippi, the Missouri, the Ohio, the Columbia, the Colorado. They consider that their mountains are the highest ones - the MacKinly, the Rocky Mountains, the Appalachian.