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1、TheUnitedStatesofAmerica(alsoreferredtoastheUnitedStates,theU.S.,theUSA,orAmerica)isafederalconstitutionalrepubliccomprisingfiftystatesandafederaldistrict.ThecountryissituatedmostlyincentralNorthAmerica,whereitsforty-eightcontiguousstatesandWashington, D.C.,thecapitaldistrict,liebetweenthePa
2、cificandAtlanticOceans,borderedbyCanadatothenorthandMexicotothesouth.ThestateofAlaskaisinthenorthwestofthecontinent,withCanadatotheeastandRussiatothewestacrosstheBeringStrait.ThestateofHawaiiisanarchipelagointhemid-Pacific.ThecountryalsopossessesseveralterritoriesintheCaribbeanandPacific.At3
3、.79millionsquaremilesandwithover310millionpeople,theUnitedStatesisthethirdorfourthlargestcountrybytotalarea.Itisoneoftheworld'smostethnicallydiverseandmulticulturalnations,theproductoflarge-scaleimmigrationfrommanycountries.TheU.S. economyistheworld'slargestnationaleconomy.Thenationalflagoft
4、heUnitedStatesconsistsofthirteenequalhorizontalstripesofred(topandbottom)alternatingwithwhite,withabluerectangleinthecanton(referredtospecificallyasthe"union")bearingfiftysmall,white,five-pointedstarsarrangedinnineoffsethorizontalrowsofsixstars(topandbottom)alternatingwithrowsoffivestars.The
5、fiftystarsontheflagrepresentthe50statesandthe13stripesrepresentthethirteencoloniesthatrebelledagainsttheBritishmonarchyandbecamethefirststatesintheUnion.Nicknamesfortheflagincludethe"StarsandStripes","OldGlory,"and"TheStar-SpangledBanner"(alsothenameofthenationalanthem).Washington,D.C.,forma
6、llytheDistrictofColumbiaandcommonlyreferredtoasWashington,"theDistrict",orsimplyD.C.,isthecapitaloftheUnitedStates,filledwithmajormuseumsandmonuments,alongwithmulti-culturalcommunities.NewYorkisthemostpopulouscityintheUnitedStatesandoneofthemostpopulousmetropolitanareasintheworld.NewYorkexer
7、tsasignificantimpactuponglobalcommerce,finance,media,art,fashion,research,technology,education,andentertainment.AsthehomeoftheUnitedNationsHeadquarters,itisanimportantcenterforinternationalaffairsandiswidelydeemedtheculturalcapitaloftheworld.Thecit
