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The cartography of the United States is the history of surveying and creation of maps of the United States. Maps of the New World had been produced since the 16th century. The history of cartography of the United States begins in the 18th century, after the declared independence of the original Thirteen Colonies on July 4, 1776 , during the ...
This is a list of all tripoints in which the boundaries of three (and only three) U.S. states converge at a single geographic point. Of the 60 such points, 36 are on dry land and 24 are in water. [1]
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]
Minimum files required to view a map with the data previously discussed: .MAP (Stores the graphic and geographic information needed to display each vector feature on a map).ID (Stores information linking graphic data to the database information. This contains a 4-byte integer index into the MAP file for each feature).
Administrative divisions of the United States by state and territory (6 C, 21 P) Borders of U.S. states by state (49 C) Geography of the United States by state and county (51 C)
An enlargeable map of the 3,143 counties and county equivalents located in the 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. as of 2020. The 100 county equivalents in the U.S. territories are not on this map. There are 3,244 counties and county equivalents in the United States.
Most people are born with two kidneys, but some individuals don't know what function or purpose they serve. The bean-shaped organs are about the size of a large fist and are located on both sides ...
Hawaii's relatively consistent climate has attracted the seed industry, which is able to test three generations of crops per year on the islands, compared with one or two on the mainland. [238] Seeds yielded US$264 million in 2012, supporting 1,400 workers. [239] As of December 2015, the state's unemployment rate was 3.2%. [240]