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Officially, its name is the United States of America. But people often call it the United States, the USA, or America.

The United States is a vast and beautiful land. It’s home to rich farmland, towering mountains, huge stands of timber, mighty rivers, and valuable mineral deposits.

Colonists from Europe founded the United States more than 200 years ago. They created a new kind of society based on the ideals of freedom and opportunity. The American people, through their ambitiousness and hard work, built one of the world’s richest and most powerful nations.

Facts About the United States

Official name United States of America

Capital Washington, D.C.

Population 304,000,000 people

Rank among countries in 3rd population

New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Major cities Philadelphia

3,790,000 square miles Area 9,830,000 square kilometers

Rank among countries in area 3rd

Mt. McKinley Highest point 20,320 feet/6,194 meters

Currency United States dollar

FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA

The United States is the third largest country in area in the world, after Russia and Canada. It covers the width of North America between Canada and Mexico. That gives the United States long coastlines facing both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

A broad coastal plain lines the East Coast of the United States. To the west, the land climbs to the rugged Appalachian Mountains. The

Appalachians are a chain of thickly wooded mountains that stretch from Maine to Alabama. They contain rich veins of coal.

West of the Appalachians, the land drops to the greatest river in America, the mighty Mississippi. West of the Mississippi is a vast open area called