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United States
Capital, flag, borders and quick geography facts for United States.
Key facts
- Capital
- Washington, D.C.
- Region
- Americas
- Area
- 9,525,067 km²
- Population
- 340,110,988
Neighboring countries
United States has 2 land neighbors in the country data.
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The capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. Yellowstone became the world's first national park in 1872. Other countries followed with parks of their own.
The United States covers 9,525,067 square kilometers and borders Canada and Mexico, with Canada as its largest neighbor. The Great Lakes form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total surface area.
Badwater Basin in Death Valley is the lowest point in North America, sitting 282 feet below sea level.
Trivia
- Badwater Basin in Death Valley is the lowest point in North America, sitting 282 feet below sea level.
- Death Valley holds the record for the highest air temperature ever officially recorded on Earth, 134 degrees Fahrenheit, measured in 1913.
- Alaska's coastline is longer than the combined coastlines of all other American states.
- The Great Lakes form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total surface area.
- Yellowstone was established as the world's first national park in 1872.
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