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The United States shares land borders with Canada and Mexico and maritime borders with Russia, Cuba, the Bahamas, and many other countries, mainly in the Caribbean [note 2] in addition to Canada and Mexico. The northern border of the United States with Canada is the world's longest bi-national land border.
A topographic map of the United States. The United States is the world's third-largest country by total area behind Russia and Canada. [d] [179] [180] The 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia occupy a combined area of 3,119,885 square miles (8,080,470 km 2).
Local government in the United States varies widely by state; some entities cross county and other boundaries. The US Census in 2012 counted 19,522 municipalities, 16,364 townships, 37,203 special districts, and 12,884 independent school districts which have active governments. [45]
Image:BlankMap-USA.png, a map with no borders and states separated by transparency. Image:US map - geographic.png, a geographical map. On Wikimedia Commons, a free online media resource: commons:Category:Maps of the United States, the category for all maps with subcategories. On Wikipedia itself: Category:Maps of the United States for maps of ...
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]
USA and Canada located on a world map: Date: 26 November 2008: Source: BlankMap-World6-Equirectangular.svg: Author: Derivative work by Tryphon; Original by CIA Fact Book, Canuckguy and John Harvey; Permission (Reusing this file) CC-by-sa-3.0: Other versions: Canada USA Locator.png
An orthographic projection of the United States. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United States: . United States of America – federal republic located primarily in North America, and the world's third-largest country by both land and total area.
This is a list of lists on the cities of present-day nations, states and dependencies. Countries are listed in bold under their respective pages, whereas territories and dependencies are not. Disputed and unrecognized countries are italicized.