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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION: North America
NEIGHBOURS: Canada (north), the Atlantic Ocean (east), Mexico & Gulf of Mexico (south), the Pacific Ocean (west)
AREA: 9,833,517 square km (excl. Great Lakes - 3,619,969 sq. mi.)
POPULATION: about 322 million
POLITICAL SYSTEM: federal republic
POLITICAL DIVISION: 50 states and District of Columbia
CAPITAL: Washington DC
CHIEF CITIES: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, San Diego, Detroit, Dallas, San Francisco, Phoenix, San Antonio
THE HIGHEST PEAK: Mount McKinley (6190 m)
CHIEF RIVERS: Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Platte, Arkansas, Colorado, Columbia, Rio Grande
CHIEF LAKES: parts of: Ontario, Erie, Huron, Superior; Michigan, Great Salt, Okeechobee
CURRENCY: US dollar
POPULAR SPORTS: football, basketball, baseball etc.
NATIONAL ANTHEM: "The Star-Spangled Banner"
NATIONAL SYMBOLS: bald eagle / colours: red, white, blue
OLYMPIC GAMES: Lake Placid 1932, 1980 (winter), Squaw Valley 1968 (winter), Salt Lake City 2002 (winter), St. Louis 1904 (summer), Los Angeles 1932, 1984 (summer), Atlanta 1996 (summer)
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