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United States

	United States of America Estados Unidos de América

English	United States - United States of America The United States of America, also referred to in short form as the United States, the USA, and colloquially as America, is a country in North America that extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, and shares land borders with ► Canada (including ► Quebec) and ► Mexico. To the west of Alaska lies ► Russia, to the (south) west of Florida ► Cuba, the ► Bahamas and ► Bermuda are located. The United States is a federal constitutional republic, with its capital in Washington, D.C. It consists of fifty individual states and a number of territories and other federally administered areas. At over 3.7 million square miles (over 9.6 million km²), the United States is the third largest country by total area. It is the world's third most populous nation, with over 300 million people. Asssociated commonwealths are the ► Northern Mariana Islands and ► Puerto Rico, other organized unincorporated territories are ► Guam and the ► United States Virgin Islands. The unorganized unincorpated territory with self-government is ► American Samoa. The unincorporated unorganized territories are ► Baker Island, ► Howland Island, ► Jarvis Island, ► Johnston Atoll, ► Kingman Reef, ► Midway Atoll, ► Navassa Island, ► Wake Island and the incorporated unorganized territory is ► Palmyra Atoll. The United States have the ► Guantanamo Bay Naval base on ► Cuba.
Español	Estados Unidos de América Los Estados Unidos de América es un país de América del Norte conformado por una federación de 50 estados y un distrito federal. También tiene varios territorios dependientes ubicados en Antillas y Oceanía. Su forma de gobierno es la de una república presidencialista y federal. Cuarenta y ocho de los estados están en la región entre Canadá y México. A estos estados se les llama, más o menos formalmente, los Estados Unidos continentales o contiguos y en ocasiones los 48 de abajo. Alaska está en la zona noroeste de América del Norte, separada de los otros estados por el territorio canadiense de Columbia Británica. El archipiélago de Hawaii, el estado número 50, se ubica en el Océano Pacífico. La capital federal, Washington, se sitúa en el Distrito de Columbia, entre los estados de Maryland al norte y Virginia al sur.
Other main minority languages	French: États-Unis d'Amérique - Les États-Unis d'Amérique sont une fédération constituée de cinquante États (représentés par les cinquante étoiles du drapeau) situés en Amérique du Nord et dans l'océan Pacifique. Quarante-huit de ces cinquante États sont situés au sud du Canada et au nord du Mexique. L'Alaska est située à l'ouest du Canada. Hawaii est dans l'océan Pacifique, à 3 900 km au sud-ouest de la Californie. Washington, D.C., est la capitale fédérale du pays, avec un statut spécial (ce n'est pas un État et le district n'est pas non plus membre d'un État fédéré). D'autres territoires ont des statuts spécifiques, notamment des États (anciennes colonies) qui ne sont pas membres de droit de la fédération, mais qui sont en pratique intégrés : les Samoa américaines, Guam, les îles Mariannes du Nord, Porto Rico et les îles Vierges américaines. Chinese: 美利堅合眾國 - 美利堅合眾國通稱美国，旧称花旗国，是位於北美洲的聯邦共和制國家，也是世界上最為悠久的共和立憲制國家。美国本土东濒大西洋，西临太平洋，北靠加拿大，南接墨西哥及墨西哥湾。首都為华盛顿哥伦比亚特区。 German: Verenigte Staaten von Amerika - Die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika sind eine Bundesrepublik in Nordamerika. Das Land nimmt rund die Hälfte der Landmasse des Kontinents ein und ist der flächenmäßig drittgrößte Staat der Erde. Tagalog: Mga Estadong Nagkakaisa ng Amerika - Ang Mga Estadong Nagkakaisa ng Amerika na mas kilala sa pangalang Estados Unidos ay isang republikang federal na mayroong limampung estado. Karaniwang tinatawag na “Amerikano” ang mga mamamayan nito. Hawaiian: ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻia

Short name	United States
Official name	United States of America
Status	Independent country since 1776 (recognized 1783)
Location	North America
Capital	Washington DC
Population	301,348,000 inhabitants
Area	9,631,420 km²
Major language(s)	English (de facto official), Spanish and other minority languages
Major religion(s)	Protestantism, Roman Catholicism
More information	United States, Geography of the United States, History of the United States and Politics of the United States
More images	United States - United States (Category).

General maps

Map of the United States
Mapa político de los Estados Unidos

Map of the United States
Mapa de los Estados Unidos

Topological map of the United States
Mapa topológico de los Estados Unidos

Administrative divisions of the United States
Mapa de los Estados Unidos, con los nombres de los estados.

States of the US
Los estados de los EEUU

US states and their capitals

States

Census Regions and Divisions of United States

Elevation map

Alabama	Alaska	Arizona	Arkansas
California	Colorado	Connecticut	Delaware
Florida	Georgia	Hawaii	Idaho
Illinois	Indiana	Iowa	Kansas
Kentucky	Louisiana	Maine	Maryland
Massachusetts	Michigan	Minnesota	Mississippi
Missouri	Montana	Nebraska	Nevada
New Hampshire	New Jersey	New Mexico	New York
North Carolina	North Dakota	Ohio	Oklahoma
Oregon	Pennsylvania	Rhode Island	South Carolina
South Dakota	Tennessee	Texas	Utah
Vermont	Virginia	Washington	West Virginia
Wisconsin	Wyoming

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day the United States, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day the United States.

Colonial period

The 1606 grants by James I to the London and Plymouth companies.

New Sweden 1650

New Netherland and New Sweden 1650

New Netherland

New England Confederation 1643

Colonial North America 1689-1783

[[:w:The Seven Years' War in North America:Image:Carte Guerre de 7 ans Amérique du nord.PNG|Image:Carte Guerre de 7 ans Amérique du nord.PNG]]

Pontiac's War

Thirteen Colonies

Thirteen Colonies in 1775

Spanish colonies in North America (New Spain)

Territorial development of the United States

USA territorial growth 1810-1920 (This map changes)

1789: United States at independence	1789: Formation of the Northwest Ordinance or Territory	United States 1790-1791-03.png 1790: Formation of the Southwest Territory	1791: Admission of the Vermont Republic
United States 1791-09-1792.png 1791: Formation of the District of Columbia	United States 1792-1795.png 1792: Admission of Kentucky	1795: Pinckney's Treaty	1796: Admission of Tennessee.
1798: Formation of the Mississippi Territory	1800: Formation of the Indiana Territory	1800: Border change between [{Connecticut}} and the Northwest Territory	\|1802: Border change between Georgia (U.S. state) and the federal government }}
1803: Admission of Ohio	1803: Louisiana Purchase	1803: Border change between Georgia (U.S. state) and the Mississippi Territory	1804: Split of the Louisiana Purchase into the District of Louisiana and the Orleans Territory
1805: Formation of the Michigan Territory	1805: Reorganization of the District of Louisiana into the Louisiana Territory	United States 1809-1810.png 1809: Formation of the Illinois Territory	United States 1810-1812-04.png 1810: Annexation of parts of West Florida
1812: Admission of Louisiana	1812: Border changes of the Mississippi Territory	1812: Renaming of Louisiana Territory into Missouri Territory	1812: Reorganization of parts of the Missouri Territory
1817: Admission of Indiana	1817: Formation of Alabama Territory	1817: Admission of Mississippi	1818: Creation of Oregon Country as a shared land between the United States and United Kingdom }}
1818: Admission of Illinois and formation of Michigan Territory	1819: Formation of Arkansaw Territory	1819: Admission of Alabama	1820: Admission of Maine
1821: New borders with New Spain, acquisition of Spanish Florida	1822: Admission of Missouri	1822: Formation of Florida Territory	1824: Border change of Arkansas Territory
1828: Border change of Arkansas Territory	1834: Growth of Michigan Territory	1836: Independence of the Republic of Texas	1836:Admission of Arkansas
1836: Formation of the Wisconsin Territory	1837: Admission of Michigan	1837: Border change of Missouri	1838: Formation of Iowa Territory
1842: Webster-Ashburton Treaty with the United Kingdom }}	1845: Admission of Florida	1845: Annexation and admission of Texas	1846: Oregon Treaty with the United Kingdom }}
1846: Admission of Iowa	1848: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, border change with Mexico }}	1848: Admission of Wisconsin	1848: Formation of the Oregon Territory
1849: Formation of the Minnesota Territory	1850: Annexation of parts of Mexico (Mexican Cession), admission of California, formation of Utah Territory and New Mexico Territory	1853: Formation of the Washington Territory	1853: The Gadsden Purchase
1854: Formation of Kansas Territory, Nebraska Territory and the unorganized Indian Territory	1858: Admission of Minnesota	1859: Admission of Oregon	1860: Texas claims Greer County, Texas
1861: Accession of Kansas	1861: Secession of the Confederate States of America	\|1861: Formation of Colorado Territory	1861: Formation of Dakota Territory
1861: Formation of the Arizona Territory (CSA)	\|1862: Border changes of Nevada Territory	1863: Formation of the Arizona Territory	1863: Formation of the Idaho Territory
1863: Admission of West Virginia, a secession of the CSA State of Virginia	1864: Formation of the Montana Territory	1864: Admission of Nevada	1865: Surrender of the Confederate States of America at the Battle of Appomattox (re-admission takes several years)}}
1866: Border change of Nevada}}	1867: Border change of Nevada}}	1867: Admission of Nebraska	1867: Alaska purchase from Russia, named Department of Alaska
1868: Formation of the Wyoming Territory	1876: Admission of Colorado	1884: Redesignation of Alaska into the District of Alaska	1889: Admission of North Dakota and South Dakota
1889:Admission of Montana Territory	1889:Admission of Washington	1890: Formation of Oklahoma Territory	1890: Admission of Idaho Territory
1890: Admission of Wyoming	1896: Admission of Utah