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1、TheUnitedStatesofAmericaTheUnitedStatesofAmerica(alsoreferredtoastheUnitedStates,theU.S.,theUSA,orAmerica)isafederalconstitutionalrepubliccomprisingfiftystatesandafederaldistrict.ThecountryissituatedmostlyincentralNorthAmerica,whereitsforty-eightcontiguousstatesandWashi
2、ngton, D.C.,thecapitaldistrict,liebetweenthePacificandAtlanticOceans,borderedbyCanadatothenorthandMexicotothesouth.ThestateofAlaskaisinthenorthwestofthecontinent,withCanadatotheeastandRussiatothewestacrosstheBeringStrait.ThestateofHawaiiisanarchipelagointhemid-Pacific.T
3、hecountryalsopossessesseveralterritoriesintheCaribbeanandPacific.At3.79millionsquaremilesandwithover310millionpeople,theUnitedStatesisthethirdorfourthlargestcountrybytotalarea.Itisoneoftheworld'smostethnicallydiverseandmulticulturalnations,theproductoflarge-scaleimmigra
4、tionfrommanycountries.TheU.S. economyistheworld'slargestnationaleconomy.ThenationalflagoftheUnitedStatesconsistsofthirteenequalhorizontalstripesofred(topandbottom)alternatingwithwhite,withabluerectangleinthecanton(referredtospecificallyasthe"union")bearingfiftysmall,whi
5、te,five-pointedstarsarrangedinnineoffsethorizontalrowsofsixstars(topandbottom)alternatingwithrowsoffivestars.Thefiftystarsontheflagrepresentthe50statesandthe13stripesrepresentthethirteencoloniesthatrebelledagainsttheBritishmonarchyandbecamethefirststatesintheUnion.Nickn
6、amesfortheflagincludethe"StarsandStripes","OldGlory,"and"TheStar-SpangledBanner"(alsothenameofthenationalanthem).Washington,D.C.,formallytheDistrictofColumbiaandcommonlyreferredtoasWashington,"theDistrict",orsimplyD.C.,isthecapitaloftheUnitedStates,filledwithmajormuseum
7、sandmonuments,alongwithmulti-culturalcommunities.NewYorkisthemostpopulouscityintheUnitedStatesandoneofthemostpopulousmetropolitanareasintheworld.NewYorkexertsasignificantimpactuponglobalcommerce,finance,media,art,fashion,research,technology,education,andentertainment.As
8、thehomeoftheUnitedNationsHeadquarters,itisanimportantcenterforinternationalaffairsandiswidelydeemedthecultural
