The United States of America
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Map of the USA
Facts about the USA
1) The United States of America is one of the largest countries in the world.
2) There are fifty federal states and the independent district of Columbia.
3) The 50th state, the state of Hawaii, is a group of islands situated in the mid-Pacific Ocean.
4) The population of the USA is more than 230 million people who speak English, Spanish, Italian, German, Polish, Yuddish, Russian and others.
5) English is the official and predominant language.
6) Washington, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles are the biggest cities.
7) The USA is a highly developed industrial country.
8) The United States is a federal republic.
9) The Government of the US is composed of three branches - executive, legislative and judicial.
10) The President is the head of the executive branch of the government.
11) The White House is the place where the President of the USA lives and works.
12) The Congress, the legislative branch of the government, is in the Capitol. The Senate and the House of Representatives form the Congress.
13) American politics is based on two-party system. There are the Democratic party and the Republican party in the USA.