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MORE FACTS ON THE USA
USA
GOVERNMENT
The USA is a federal republic consisting of 50 states The present constitution was proclaimed in 1787 in Philadelphia. According to the Constitution the powers of the government are divided into three branches: the executive, headed by the President, the legislative, exercised by the Congress and the judicial . The House has 435 members, and there are a 100 senators, two from each state
WASHINGTON
The capital of the USA is Washington, which is situated in the district of Columbia on the Potomac River. Named for George Washington , the first U.S. president . Washington is the second most populous state on the West Coast and in the Western United States , after California . The state is the US's largest producer of apples, hops, pears, red raspberries, and others.
NEW YORK
New York is the largest city and port in the United States. It is the financial and business centre of the country. The heart of New York is Manhattan, the centre of business and culture. The streets and avenues in New York have only numbers instead of names. Harlem is the AfroAmerican centre in New York.
It is the largest urban agglomeration in the Americas and the tenth largest in the world.
BOSTON
Boston is one of the first towns, which were built on the Atlantic coast of America. It is an important port and a financial and cultural centre. It has three universities. Boston is one of the oldest municipalities in the United States. Today, Boston is a thriving port city.
MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi is the 32nd largest and 34th-most populous of the 50 United States . Mississippi is bordered to the north by Tennessee , to the east by Alabama , to the south by the Gulf of Mexico , to the southwest by Louisiana , and to the northwest by Arkansas .
DENALI
Denali is the highest mountain peak in USA. Denali is the third most prominent and third most isolated peak on Earth, after Mount Everest and Aconcagua . The United States Department of the Interior announced the change of the official name of the mountain to Denali.First name was Mount McKinley.
50 STATES OF USA
Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri
Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Montana
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois
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