The United States is a country in the Western Hemisphere. It consists of forty-eight contiguous states in North America, Alaska, a peninsula which forms the northwestern most part of North America, and Hawaii, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. There are several United States territories in the Pacific and Caribbean. The term “United States”, when used in the geographical sense, means the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States. The country shares land borders with Canada and Mexico and maritime (water) borders with Russia, Cuba, and The Bahamas.

Fast Facts

• Capital : Washington, DC.
• Currency : US Dollar (USD)
• Area : 9,857,306 km²
• Major Cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, San Antonio, Dallas, San Jose
• Language Spoken : English.
• Population: 322,583,006
• Religion : The Majority Of Americans (60% To 76%) Identify Themselves As Christians, Mostly Within Protestant And Catholic Denominations, Accounting For 51% And 25% Of The Population Respectively. Non-christian religions (including judaism, islam, buddhism, hinduism etc.), collectively make up about 3.9% to 5.5% of the adult population. Another 15% of the adult population identifies as having no religious belief or no religious affiliation. When asked, about 5.2% said they did not know, or refused to reply. According to the american religious identification survey, religious belief varies considerably across the country: 59% of americans living in western states (the “unchurched belt”) report a belief in god, yet in the south (the “bible belt”) the figure is as high as 86%.

Climate:
It consists of forty-eight contiguous states in North America, Alaska, which is a peninsula that forms the northwestern most part of North America, and Hawaii, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. The country shares land borders with Canada and Mexico and maritime (water) borders with Russia, Cuba, and The Bahamas.