USA


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Emblem
Motto : In God We Trust (official) & Out of many, one (de-facto)
Capital : Washington, DC
National Anthem : "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Geography
Location : North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico.
Area : Total : 9,826,675 sq km
Land : 9,161,966 sq km
Water : 664,709 sq km
Note : Includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia
Climate : Mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
People
Nationality : American(s), American
Population : 313,232,044 (July 2011 est.)
Major Cities : New York - Newark 19.3 million; Los Angeles - Long Beach-Santa Ana 12.675 million; Chicago 9.134 million; Miami 5.699 million; WASHINGTON, D.C. (capital) 4.421 million (2009)
Languages : English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, Other 0.7% (2000 census), Note: Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii
Economy
GDP : $14.72 trillion (2010 est.)
Exchange Rates : British pounds per US dollar : 1 (2010), 0.6504 (2010), 0.6494 (2009), 0.5302 (2008), 0.4993 (2007), 0.5418 (2006) Canadian dollars per US dollar : 1.0346 (2010), 1.1548 (2009), 1.0364 (2008), 1.0724 (2007), 1.1334 (2006) Chinese yuan per US dollar : 6.7852 (2010), 6.8249 (2009), 6.9385 (2008), 7.61 (2007), 7.97 (2006) euros per US dollar : 0.7715 (2010), 0.7338 (2009), 0.6827 (2008), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006) Japanese yen per US dollar : 88.67 (2010), 94.5 (2009), 103.58 (2008), 117.99 (2007), 116.18 (2006)
Transportation
Airports : 15,079 (2010)
Roadways : Total : 6,506,204 km
Waterways : 41,009 km
Ports & Terminals : Cargo ports (tonnage) : Baton Rouge, Corpus Christi, Houston, Long Beach, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Plaquemines, Tampa, Texas City container ports (TEUs) : Los Angeles (7,849,985), Long Beach (6,350,125), New York/New Jersey (5,265,058), Savannah (2,616,126), Oakland (2,236,244), Hampton Roads (2,083,278) (2008) cruise departure ports (passengers) : Miami (2,032,000), Port Everglades (1,277,000), Port Canaveral (1,189,000), Seattle (430,000), Long Beach (415,000) (2009)