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The United States of America ("USA," "U.S.," "United States," "America," or simply "the States") is a large country in central and north-western North America.
It is the third largest country in the world (roughly 9.6 million sq km; about half the size of Russia and around the same size as China), including densely-populated cities, sprawling suburbs, and vast, uninhabited but naturally beautiful areas. With its history of mass immigration dating from the 17th century, it has citizens from many different cultures from around the world, and is by far the wealthiest and the most powerful nation on earth. 
Regions The U.S. stretches across the midsection of North America, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, with Alaska to the north west, Hawaii in the Pacific, and an unincorporated Caribbean territory (the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) on the south east. The United States has 50 states as well as the city of Washington D.C., the nation's capitol. Its many regions are varied. Below is a rough grouping of the country into regions, from the Atlantic to the Pacific: New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont) Home to gabled churches, rustic antiques, and steeped in American history, New England offers beaches, spectacular seafood, rugged mountains, frequent winter snows, and some of the nation's oldest cities, in a territory small enough to tour(hastily)in a week. Mid-Atlantic (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania) Ranging from New York in the north to Washington, the Mid-Atlantic is home to some of the nation's most densely populated cities, as well as historic sites, rolling mountains, the New Jersey Pine Barrens, and seaside resorts like the Long Island beaches and the Jersey Shore. 
South (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia) The South is celebrated for its hospitality, down-home cooking and its blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll, and country music traditions. This lush, largely subtropical region includes cool, verdant mountains, agricultural plantations, and vast cypress swamps. Florida Northern Florida is similar to the rest of the South, but not so the resorts of Orlando, retirement communities, tropical Caribbean-influenced Miami, the Everglades swamp, and 1200 miles of sandy beaches. Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin) The Midwest is home to farmland, forests, picturesque towns, industrial cities, and the Great Lakes, the largest system of freshwater lakes in the world, forming the North boundary of the U.S. 
Texas The second biggest state in the nation, it's like a whole other country (and in fact, once was). The terrain ranges from south eastern swamplands to the cattle-ranching South Plains to the sandy beaches of South Texas to the mountains and deserts of West Texas. Great Plains (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma) Travel westward through these supposedly flat states, from the edge of the eastern forests through the prairies and onto the High Plains, an enormous expanse of steppes (short grass prairies) as desolate as in the frontier days. Rocky Mountains (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming) The spectacular snow-covered Rockies offer hiking, rafting, and excellent snow skiing as well as deserts, and some large cities. Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah) Heavily influenced by Spanish and Mexican culture, the arid Southwest is home to some of the nation's most spectacular natural attractions, and flourishing artistic communities. Although mostly empty, the region's deserts have some of the nation's largest cities. California California offers world-class cities, deserts, rain forests, snowy mountains, and beaches. Northern California (around the Bay Area) and Southern California (around Los Angeles) are culturally distinct. 
Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon) The pleasantly mild Pacific Northwest offers outdoor pursuits as well as cosmopolitan cities. The terrain ranges from spectacular rain forests to scenic mountains and volcanoes to sage-covered steppes and deserts. Alaska One fifth as large as the rest of the United States, Alaska reaches well into the Arctic, and features mountainous wilderness. Hawaii A volcanic archipelago in the tropical Pacific, 2,300 miles south west of California (the nearest state), laid-back Hawaii is a vacation paradise. Politically, the U.S. is a federation of independent states each with its own rights and powers Text from Wikitravel United States of America where additional general information can be found
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