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United States | History, Map, Flag, & Population | Britannica
Besides the 48 conterminous states that occupy the middle latitudes of the continent, the United States includes the state of Alaska, at the northwestern extreme of North America, and the island state of Hawaii, in the mid- Pacific Ocean.

USA - A Country Profile - Destination USA - Nations Online Project
The USA borders Canada in the north; its southern 3,155 km long border to Mexico is partly furnished with a great wall (or fence). The United States also shares maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, and Russia. With an area of 9,833,516 km², the USA is the third-largest country in the world.

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United States of America - Wikitravel
Home to the world's third-largest population, with over 331 million people, it includes both densely populated cities with sprawling suburbs and vast, uninhabited natural areas.

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Developments overseas in the escalating confrontation with Iran continued to ripple through Washington and global markets, while domestic legal rulings on tariffs and congressional maps underscored the increasingly central role of the courts in shaping national policy.

United States of America: country data and statistics
The United States of America is the fourth largest country in the world after Russia, Canada and China. With an area of 9.53 million km², it stretches across North America from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Atlantic Ocean in the east. They border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south.

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