The full name of the United States is: the United States of America (English), referred to as "America". /kloc-Before the 5th century, Indians were Native Americans. By the end of15th century, Spain, the Netherlands, France, Britain and other countries had successively established colonies in the United States.
/kloc-At the beginning of the 8th century, Britain established 13 colonies in the United States and became the largest colonial ruler in the United States. 1775, the American people's war of independence against the colonial rule of the British Empire broke out in various parts of the United States. 1776 On July 4, the United States of America was formally established.
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The geographical location of the United States:
The United States is the second largest country in the Americas, and its territory includes the mainland of the United States, Alaska in the northwest of North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. It covers an area of 93726 10/0 square kilometers (including 9158,960 square kilometers of land and about 200,000 square kilometers of inland waters).
If the U.S. sovereign part of the Great Lakes is about 6,543.8+0.7 million square kilometers, and the coastal waters such as estuaries, harbors and inland seas are about 6,543.8+0 million square kilometers, with an area of 9.63 million square kilometers, if only the land area is counted, the United States ranks third, only behind Russia and China, and before Canada.
The original version of the CIA World Survey from 1989 to 1996 listed the total area of the United States as 93726 10 square kilometers. From 1997 km2 to 962909 1 km2, from 2004 to 963 1 4 1 420 km2, and from 2006 to 963 1 420 km2.
Reference source
Baidu Encyclopedia-America?