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Prior to 1987, when the U.S. Secretary of Commerce approved the two-letter codes for use in government documents, [13] the United States Government Printing Office (GPO) suggested its own set of abbreviations, with some states left unabbreviated. Today, the GPO supports United States Postal Service standard. [14]
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
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This is a customized {} metatemplate, resembling {{Navbox with columns}}, that enables the display of data – usually a single wikilink – beside an abbreviation (also wikilinked) for each of the states (and, optionally, territories) of the United States. For examples of templates that use this template, see this template's WhatLinksHere and ...
Information about All States from UCB Libraries GovPubs; State Resource Guides, from the Library of Congress; Tables with areas, populations, densities and more (in order of population) Tables with areas, populations, densities and more (alphabetical) State and Territorial Governments on USA.gov; StateMaster – statistical database for U.S. states
Knowing the meaning of these terms will keep anyone with a phone, social media, or even just web access from being constantly confused in the digital world! The post 35 Text Abbreviations You ...
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To change this template's initial visibility, the |state= parameter may be used: {{US state and territory lists | state = collapsed}} will show the template collapsed, i.e. hidden apart from its title bar. {{US state and territory lists | state = expanded}} will show the template expanded, i.e. fully visible.