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The USA - United States of America is located primarily in central
North America. It has has land borders with Canada and Mexico, and
territorial water boundaries with Canada, Russia and the Bahamas.
There is a federal district, the District of Columbia, comprising
the capital, Washington, D.C. The United States also owns a number
of overseas territories. The United States of America is also referred
to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, America (more loosely),
the States (colloquially), and Columbia (poetically) and is a federal
republic of 50 states.
The United States contains a considerable variety of landscape since
being the world's third-largest country after Russia and Canada, with
a total area of 3,537,441 square miles (9,161,930 sq km). USA has
a diverse geography, noticeably the great plains in the center of
the country, the Rocky Mountains west of the plains, the Mississippi-Missouri
river system, the Great Lakes (shared with Canada), the temperate
forestland and rolling hills on the east coast, mangrove in Florida,
deserts and temperate coastal zones west of the Rocky Mountains and
temperate rain forests in the Pacific northwest. Alaska's tundra and
the volcanic, tropical islands of Hawaii add to the geographic diversity.
Many cities in the United States have extensive mass transit systems.
New York City, NY operates one of the world's largest and most heavily
used subway systems. The regional rail and bus networks which extend
into Long Island, New Jersey, Upstate New York, and Connecticut are
among the most heavily used in the world.
There are several major seaports in the United States, the three busiest
are the Port of Los Angeles (California), Port of Long Beach (California)
and Port of New York/New Jersey. Others include Houston, Texas, Charleston,
South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia, Miami, Florida, Portland, Oregon,
San Francisco, California, Boston, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
and Seattle, Washington, plus, outside the contiguous 48 states, Anchorage,
Alaska and Honolulu, Hawaii. Air travel is often preferred for destinations
over 300 miles (500 km) away, and some airports, such as Hartsfield-Jackson
Atlanta International Airport and Chicago's O'Hare International Airport,
are among the busiest in the world.
USA has a popular culture which on the rest of the world, has had
a siginificant influence. Today, the western music such as blues,
jazz, pop, rock and roll and other cultural music like gospel music
is listened to all over the world. When it comes to design, graphics
and visuals, the main references are New York, Seattle and San Francisco.
L.A. or Los Angeles is popular for its fashion industry. Not only
is New York City popular as a design city, its also a great place
and hub where classical musicians find their home and international
operatic and instrumental music as well as the world-famed Broadway
plays and musicals can be viewed and experienced. Nashville is the
capital of country music and Seattle is a world leader in the grunge
and heavy metal music industries.
The U.S. is also well known for its movie industry and Hollywood!
Nearing the mid-point of its third century of nationhood, the U.S.
plays host to the gamut of human intellectual and artistic endeavor
in nearly every major city, offering classical and popular music;
historical, scientific and art research centers and museums; dance
performances, musicals and plays; outdoor art projects and internationally
significant architecture. This development is a result of both contributions
by private philanthropists and government funding.
American holidays are variously national and local. Many holidays
recognize events or people of importance to the nation's history;
as such, they represent significant cultural observance.
Great places and areas to visit in the US are; the Glacier National
Park in Montana. The Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. The Yosemite
National Park in California. The Zion National Park in Utah. Southwest
Colorado. The Canadian Rockies in Alberta and British Columbia. The
Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia and North Carolina.
Popular
United States Destinations are
Atlanta,
Boston, Chicago, Denver, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, New Orleans, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC
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