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Independent.ie | 3 days ago
EUR200m boost as foreign student numbers soar
There has been significant growth in student numbers from India and China, but the largest number, at 2,570, continue to come from the US, followed by Britain (1,309), China (1,104), Malaysia (987), Canada (601), Germany (535), France (524),...
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Wales Online | 7 days ago
Wales is a country of grant junkies, claims historian
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washingtonpost.com | November 16, 2009
Czech, US officials discuss missile defense
...Joe Biden won Czech support for the new plan. U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Alexander Vershbow said earlier this month in Prague the U.S. proposed concrete ideas for Czech participation. The Obama administration scrapped Bush-era...
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AP Online | November 13, 2009
US awaits Slovakia in World Cup warmup
...to reach a major tournament for the first time. The U.S. finished first in the region from North and Central America and the Caribbean, advancing to its sixth consecutive World Cup since 1990. "It's an opportunity for us to test us and to...
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Life123 | 4 days ago
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BBC News | October 21, 2009
Poland signs up to new US shield
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The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km) and with about 308 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the largest national economy in the world, with an estimated 2008 gross domestic product (GDP) of US $14.4 trillion (a quarter of nominal global GDP and a fifth of global GDP at purchasing power parity).
- Name:
- the United States
- Conventional Long Name:
- United States of America
- Capital:
- Washington, D.C.
- Language:
- None at federal level
- English (de facto)
- Motto:
- E Pluribus Unum
- Largest City:
- New York City
- Government type:
- Federal constitutional republic
- Founding Date:
- September 03, 1783
- Formations:
- Recognized
- Area:
- 3794101
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $14.441 trillion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 6th
- GDP (nominal):
- $14.441 trillion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 17th
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 1st
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $47,440
- Currency:
- United States dollar ($)
- Demonym:
- American
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- USD
- Country Calling Code:
- +1
- ccTLD:
- .us .gov .mil .edu
- Anthem:
- "The Star-Spangled Banner"
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