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United States

country primarily located in North America

Great coat of arms of the United States of America

Great Seal of the United States of America

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Spoken text audio

Pronunciation audio

Instance of

sovereign state
constitutional republic
democratic republic
federal republic
superpower
country

Part of

North America (Hawaii)

Named after

Americas (United States of America)

Culture

culture of the United States

Location

United States

Located in or next to body of water

Arctic Ocean (north, Alaska)
Pacific Ocean (west, Bering Sea, Salish Sea)
Atlantic Ocean (east, Gulf of Mexico)

Capital

Washington, D.C. (1800–)

Basic form of government

presidential system (1788–)
federal republic
republic

Legislative body

United States Congress (1789–)

Executive body

Federal Government of the United States

Highest judicial authority

Supreme Court of the United States

Official language

English (de facto)

Anthem

The Star-Spangled Banner (1931–)

Currency

United States dollar

Head of state

Donald Trump (president, 2025–)

Head of government

Donald Trump (2025–)

Present in work

The City on the Edge of Forever

Inception

12 May 1784 (independence recognized by country from which it separated, Treaty of Paris (1783))

Significant event

signing of the United States Declaration of Independence
American Civil War
Louisiana Purchase (Louisiana)
War of 1812
Missouri Compromise
Mexican-American War
Mormon Trail
1838 Mormon War
Battle of Nauvoo
Klondike Gold Rush
Bleeding Kansas
Utah War
Alaska Purchase (Russian Empire)
Spanish–American War
World War I
Great Depression in the United States
Attack on Pearl Harbor
World War II
atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
assassination of Abraham Lincoln
assassination of John F. Kennedy
Vietnam War
Apollo 11
Watergate scandal
Black Monday
Gulf War
1992 Los Angeles riots
United Nations Operation in Somalia II
…

Coastline

95,471 mi (measurement, calculation, 1970–)

Highest point

Denali (6,190 m, 1867–)

Population

340,110,988 (2024)

Area

9,826,675 ±1 km²

Replaces

Confederate States of America (1865)
Thirteen Colonies (1776)

Top-level Internet domain

Different from

Said to be the same as

Union (1861–1865)

Maximum temperature record

56.7 degree Celsius (Death Valley, 1913)

official website

39° 49′ 41.43″ N, 98° 34′ 46.2″ W

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