USA

the USA)
Alaska
(Bought by USA in 1867)
Capital - Washington
The area

of the country – 9.4 million sq.km.
Population – 280 million people
Politics – Republic
The political system – federation,
50 states and the Federal District Colombia

Basic information about the country:

13 states that formed the nation.
50 stars represent the number

of states

Approved in 1782.
Pictured bald eagle with outstretched wings, which holds in paws an olive branch with 13 leaves and 13 oils and 13 arrows.
It symbolizes peace and war, "U.S. seeks peace but always ready for war."

Flag

Coat of arms

first President of the United States and served in that

post until 1797.

44th - Barack Obama

In the elections of November 4, 2008 defeated Republican candidate John McCain and 20 January 2009 became the first-ever black president of USA.

U.S. military budget for 2010 amounted to 668 billion U.S.

dollars.
U.S. forces include the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
As of April 2007, 1,426,700 men served in regular units of the armed forces and 1,458,500 people in reserve units.

of continental United States is predominantly temperate mild, in Hawaii

with the highest rainfall in the world and in Alaska - a stern and cold with permanent snow cover.

Congress, the highest legislative body of the country
White House -

the residence of the U.S. President in Washington, DC

Area - 180 sq. m. km Population - 582,049 people (2005) (with suburbs outside the District of Columbia - more than 5 million).

In Washington, U.S. President's residence contained (White House), Congress, Supreme Court, State Department, Department of Defense (Pentagon) and other government agencies.

mouth of the Hudson River, on the Atlantic coast.
Population: 7.3

million inhabitants.
United Nations Headquarters, commercial and financial center of the world
(New York Stock Exchange)

Broadway - the longest street of New York City (25 km.) Here are the world-famous theaters

The building of the UN headquarters, opened in 1950

Empire State Building up 102 floors, 381 meters (448 meters with antenna).

holding a torch in her right hand and the left

side plate. The inscription on the plate indicating "July 4, 1776", the date of signing of the Declaration of Independence. One leg of the Statue is on the broken shackles.

Height from ground to the tip of the torch - 93 meters Height of the statue from the pedestal to the top of the torch - 46.

on the shore of Lake Michigan, the second largest in

the United States, an important industrial, commercial and cultural center of the Midwest.
Population: 3 million in the city, 9.7 million - in the metropolitan area

Business Center. Chicago

Ukrainian Church in Chicago

Lake Michigan and Chicago from space

3.5 million., With the suburbs - 14.5 million
Landmarks: Hollywood, the

center of the film industry in1911, Disneyland, Museum of Art - John Paul Getty.

Avenue of Stars in Hollywood

Center of Los Angeles

Disneyland

and religious character. National holidays: January 1 - New Year; February 22

- Birthday of George Washington; 4th of July - Independence Day; November 11 - Veterans Day (Day of Reconciliation) December 25 - Christmas Day.
National (federal) holidays are also Labor Day, which is
celebrated on the first Monday in September,
Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the fourth Thursday
of November.

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Thanksgiving day
In New York is a grand parade in honor

of Thanksgiving, which organizes the largest department store in the world "Macy"

In the far 1621 the first settlers of Plymouth Colony invited to share lunch Indians who helped them survive in unfamiliar conditions. Since this year and is celebrated Thanksgiving

of Colorado - Canyon, located in northwest Arizona on the

Colorado Plateau in the middle reaches of the Colorado River.
Length canyon 446 km, depth - up to 1600 m in width at the surface of the plateau 8 - 25 km, near the bottom - less than 1 km (in some areas - up to 120 m).

Within the canyon of the Colorado River flowing at a speed of 25 km / h.

waterfall in North America. Located on the Niagara River that

connects Lake Erie and Ontario. Height of the waterfall - 53 meters

in the northwest of the U.S. Rocky Mountains. Area of

​​898.3 hectares. Founded in 1872, the oldest in the U.S.. The largest cluster of geysers and hot springs (more than 3000, including Ekselsior geyser jet with height up to 90 m)