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___ United States of AmericaDestination USA, a virtual guide to the United States of America.This page aims to give you an overview of U.S. American art, culture, people, environment, geography, history, economy and government. Beside a country profile with facts and figures, the page links to sources that provide you with all the information you need to know about the nation, e.g.: official web sites of the USA, addresses of U.S. and foreign embassies, domestic airlines, city- and country guides for all States with extensive travel and tourism information on accommodation, tourist attractions, events and more like weather information, maps, statistics and news from American newspapers.
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 Flag of the United States of America Background: Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country (UK) in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions. The two most traumatic experiences in the nation's history were the Civil War (1861-65) and the Great Depression of the 1930s. Buoyed by victories in World Wars I and II and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the US remains the world's most powerful nation state. The economy is marked by steady growth, low unemployment and inflation, and rapid advances in technology. (Source: CIA - The World Factbook) border countries: Canada, Mexico |
 Official Name: United States of America short form: America or United States abbreviation: US or USA ISO Country Code: us Time: Actual Time: Eastern Time, EST (UTC -5h): Fri-May-24 00:01 Central Time, CST (UTC -6h): Thu-May-23 23:01 Mountain Time, MST (UTC -7h): Thu-May-23 22:01 Pacific Time, PST (UTC -8h): Thu-May-23 21:01 Alaska Time, AKST (UTC -9h): Thu-May-23 20:01 Hawaii-Aleutian Time, HAST (UTC -10h): Thu-May-23 19:01 Map of U.S. Time Zones Country Calling Code: +1 Capital City: Washington D.C. Other Cities: Chicago (pop. 2 896 016) Denver (pop. 554 636) Detroit (pop. 951 270) New York City (pop. 8 008 278) Los Angeles (pop. 3 694 820) Phoenix (pop. 1 321 045) Philadlephia (pop. 1 517 550) San Diego (pop. 1 223 400) San Francisco (pop. 776 733) U.S.
Capital Cities The
most populated Cities in the U.S. Government: Type: Constitution-based federal republic Independence: 4 July 1776 (from Great Britain)  Declaration
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17 September 1787, effective 4 March 1789. Geography: Location: North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean in the east and the North Pacific Ocean in the west, between Canada and Mexico. Area: 9,630 million km² Terrain: Vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii. Climate: Mostly temperate, tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska. People: Nationality: American(s) Population (May 2012): 313,478,000 Ethnic groups: white 77.1%, black 12.9%, Asian 4.2%, Amerindian and Alaska native 1.5%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.3%, other 4% (2000) Religions: Protestant 56%, Roman Catholic 28%, Jewish 2%, other 4%, none 10% (1989) Languages: English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7%. Literacy: total population: 97% Natural resources: Coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber. Agriculture products: Wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; forest products; fish. Industries: Leading industrial power in the world, highly diversified and technologically advanced; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining. Currency: US Dollar (USD) United States in NumbersUS key statistical data. |
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Note: External links will open in a new browser window. Official Sites of United States of AmericaThe White HouseBarack Hussein Obama II, President of the US and Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., Vice President. Barack Obama and Joe Biden: The Change We Need U.S. presidential campaign site. Annotated map/satellite view of White House Complex.The legislative branch of the federal government of the United States consists of the Congress, which is divided into two chambers: U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate First.Gov.gov Official website for searching the U.S. Government U.S. State Department The U.S. foreign affairs agency. Diplomatic Missions United States Mission to the United Nations U.S. Representative to the United Nations, the U.S. are one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council U.S.
Embassies around the worldU.S. representations in foreign countries, links to the American embassies. Foreign Embassies in the U.S List of Foreign Embassies in the U.S. The United States Supreme Court is Part of the Judicial Branch Federal Bureau of Investigation - FBI The principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice. U.S.
StatesOfficial websites of the 50 U.S. States and more. Statistics U.S. Bureau of the Census United States in figures. Maps of the United States of America Map
of the USA OWNO's free Map of the United States. Blank
Map of the USA Free map with national and states borders. Maps of the U.S. StatesMaps of all 50 States. Map of U.S. Time ZonesMap showing the Time Zones of the United States and the actual time in the different time zones.  Google
Earth Map of the United StatesSearchable map and satellite view of the United States. Google
Earth Map of Washington D.C. Searchable map and satellite view of the capital city of the United States. Google
Earth Map of New York CitySearchable map and satellite view of New York City. More Google Earth U.S. City Maps Map of North AmericaReference Map of North America. nationalatlas.gov Don't know where Gallup is? Here you find maps of all the American States. United States Maps The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection. |
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U.S. News Sources and Online NewspapersBoston GlobeCity, Region, Nation and World news Herald Tribune The Hill The Newspaper for and about the U.S. Congress Los Angeles Times New York Times The New York Times online. Newsweek Roll Call Newspaper of Capitol Hill, Washington - political news San Jose Mercury News Time Magazine USA Today U.S.News Washington Post The Washington Post Company. Business News The Economist Business and finance. Financial Times US World business, finance and political news. The Wall Street Journal All the news from the Wall Street. Salon Magazine Original reporting and commentary on politics, news, culture and more. Truthdig Drilling beneath the headlines.  Project
CensoredMedia democracy in action. The media research group out of Sonoma State University compiles an annual list of 25 news stories of social significance that have been overlooked, under-reported or self-censored by the country's major national news media. More
American Newspapers... TV News Stations ABCNews CNN News!  Discovery
OnlineMind games, real-world tales, adventures and expeditions, science live! |
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Arts & CultureArt MuseumsJ. Paul Getty Museum The Getty Museum Collection. Guggenheim Museum A "temple of spirit" with masterpieces of modern art. National Museum of American Art Arts and artists of the United States from earliest colonial times to the present day. The Metropolitan Museum of Art More than 5 000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present. MoMa The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Whitney Museum of American Art American art from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Museum of Natural History American Museum of Natural History One of the world's preeminent institutions for scientific research and education, with collections of more than 32 million specimens and artifacts. Library 
The Library of CongressThe nation's oldest federal cultural institution. Language Merriam-Webster OnLine Dictionary and Thesaurus America's foremost publisher of language-related reference works. Opera The Metropolitan Opera New York's Opera House, opened 1883. Sports National Basketball Association, NBA Basketball National Football League, NFL Football Major League Baseball Baseball |
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Business & EconomyBank of AmericaBoard of Governors of the Federal Reserve System The Central Bank of the United States, founded by Congress in 1913 Chase Manhattan Bank Nasdaq The Nasdaq Stock Market New York Stock Exchange Opensecrets.org Political money culture, Campaign finance: Who's Giving - Who's Getting U.S. Chamber of Commerce __American Companies and Products from A-Z Apple Americas better computer. Brooks Brothers Wrinkle free dress shirts. Campbell Well known canned soup. Colgate Protect against bad breath. Coca-Cola American Softdrink. Cowboys The living legend. Disney The Web Site for Families, with a tremendously amount of "Terms And Conditions Of Use" Dow Jones Dow Jones launched its first stock indicator in 1884. Eastman Kodak American Films Fender The sounds that create legends. Football American ball game. Ford The world's first assembly lined car. Gillette American razor blades. Harley-Davidson American Motor Cycles. HERSHEY'S American Chocolate. IBM Computer Intel Microprocessors Jim Beam Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey. Kentucky Fried Chicken Traditional American food since 1939. Levis American trousers. McDonalds American Food. Microsoft The most hated computer system of all time. Nike American Sportswear. Oldsmobile American Cars. Playboy Home of the bunnies. Ray Ban Sunglasses Reader's Digest Inventor of lean reading. Star Trek Paramount Pictures Star Trek Universe. Tiffany Jewelry retailer. UPS United Parcel Sevice. Volkswagen Against all rumors, Volkswagen isn't an American car. Warner Bros. Hollywood Xerox The Document Company. Consumer Reports Not-for-profit website for today's consumer. __Transportation __Airlines American Airlines Continental Airlines Delta Air Lines Northwest Airlines Southwest Airlines United Airlines ...more American
Airlines Major
US Airports__Bus Greyhound __Railroad Amtrak American Railroad Train Travel in the US The Association of Rail Travel in the US (RTUS) includes Train Routes in the US. USA by rail A guide to train travel in the USA and Canada. |
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Destination USA - Travel and Tour GuidesDiscover the United States of America: vacation, accommodation, hotels, attractions, festivals, events, tourist boards, state parks, nature, tours and much more.Following some of the main U.S. travel destinations, information by official travel and tourism sites for your vacation in the USA: Alaska Alaska visitors Information by the Alaska Division of Tourism. Arizona Guide The Official Site of the Arizona Office of Tourism. California California's official travel and tourism website with all the information for travellers. Florida Visit Florida - Florida's Official Travel Planning Website. Hawaii The Official Tourism Website and Vacation Guide for Hawaii. Mississippi The Mississippi Travel and Tourism Home Page. Nevada Tourist information by the Nevada Commission on Tourism. New Mexico Official Site for New Mexico Tourism, plan a trip, explore NM, with travel deals, maps, calendar. South Dakota Tourism Travel Information for the Mount Rushmore State. Utah Travel Council Utah Adventure Travel. There is no central tourism office for the USA, more information on tourism and traveling in the USA you will find in U.S.
StatesLinks and information to official sites of the US States and the State Capitals, listed are also official travel and tourist information of all 50 states. KidSpace - Stately Knowledge Basic facts of any state in the Union. U.S. Cities - Official sites and city guides. Chicago Official site of the City of Chicago. Chicago A Chicago city guide by the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau. Denver The City and County of Denver. Detroit Official web site of the City of Detroit DetroitYes A guided tour through the fabulous and vanishing ruins of Detroit. Los Angeles Official site of the City of Los Angeles. Hollywood Official guide to West Hollywood. New York City The Official New York City World Wide Web Site. ny.com Paperless Guide to New York. nyctourist.com The official website for New York city tourism. NYTrash A resource for everything trashy in New York. Philadlephia A city at your service. Phoenix The City of Phoenix. San Diego City of San Diego, California. San Francisco The official website of the government of the City and County of San Francisco. posthoc The Upfront Guide to San Francisco. Washington D.C. Website Portal Washington D.C. government information and services. Washington The Official Tourism Website of Washington D.C. United
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Education & ResearchU.S. Department of Education (ED)Official website of the department. California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Cambridge, Massachusetts Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) Has proven itself to be one of the premier sources of vision and innovation for technology-driven industries. The National Science Foundation - NSF To promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; and to secure the national defense., established 1950. Smithsonian Institution The increase & diffusion of knowledge. Founded in 1846. Smithsonian Magazine Explore Art, Science and History. NASA NASA The Space Agency. Astrobiology at NASA Astrobiology at NASA research, e.g. the search for habitable planets, exploration missions to Mars etc. Important Schools, Colleges and Universities Glen Mills Schools Sam Ferrainola's obviously working concept of reintergration of court adjudicated youth. Dartmouth College For the education and instruction of youth of the Indian Tribes, established in 1754. Cornell University Ithaca, NY Columbia University City of New York. Duke University Durham, NC Georgetown University Founded in 1789, the nation's oldest Catholic and Jesuit university. Today, Georgetown is a major international research university, Washington D.C. Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts. Princeton University Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Stanford University Stanford, CA UC Berkeley The University of California at Berkeley UCLA The University of California Los Angeles UCSD The University of California San Diego University of Chicago Official website of the university. University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA West Point United States Military Academy - Duty, Honor, Country. Yale University Lux et Veritas - Yale was founded in 1701. More universities you will find under:
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Ethnic Groupswhite 81.7%, black 12.9%, Asian 4.2%, Amerindian and Alaska native 1%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.2% (2003 est.)note: a separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean a person of Latin American descent (including persons of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin) living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (white, black, Asian, etc. - Source: CIA - The World Factbook) __African Americans AFRO-American Almanac An on-line presentation of the African in America. A historical perspective of a nation, its people, and its cultural evolution. Black Facts Online Online database of Black History information. The Black World Today African American World. The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Dedicated to the preservation and presentation of African and African American history and culture. The Signifyin' Monkey Webliography of Pan African Diaspora Web Sites - In Search of the African Heritage. __American Indians - First Nations 
American Indians onlinePage about the First Nations of Canada and the U.S. |
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HistoryThe Avalon Project at the Yale Law SchoolDigital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. American Memory American History in Words, Sound and Pictures. America's Story America's Story told from America's Library of Congress. Archiving Early America Primary source material from 18th Century America. National Archives and Records Administration See American Originals, eg. the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States of America. National Museum of American History Collections of Americas past. Today in History For each day, the Library of Congress American Memory illustrate an event from American history. US History and Culture at Smithsonian Comprehensive guide to American History. |
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LawThe Legal Information InstituteUS Code, US Constitution, Code of Federal Regulations and so on. __Civil Rights Civil Rights Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement The American Civil Liberties Union ACLU is the nation's foremost advocate of individual rights. |
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Environment & NatureAmerican Bald EagleInformation on the national bird of the United States. National Park Service Americas National Parks and Monuments. Grist Magazine A free American non-profit online magazine that publishes environmental news and opinion articles. The Internet Brothers Photography A virtual tour through the Rocky and Appalachian mountains. Yellowstone
National ParkAmerica's first and foremost National Park, founded in 1872. |
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SearchAlta VistaYahoo! Additional Information on the United StatesBBC Country profile: United States of AmericaGovernments on the WWW: United States of America Open Directory Project: United States Virtual Reference Shelf Selected Web Resources by the Library of Congress. Wikipedia: United States The World Factbook -- United States |
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