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 Flag description 
Thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; there is a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing 50 small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows of five stars; the 50 stars represent the 50 states, the 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies; known as Old Glory; the design and colors have been the basis for a number of other flags, including Chile, Liberia, Malaysia, and Puerto Rico.
 
          United States of America          
 
 United States 
 Capital: 
Washington, DC
 Administrative
 divisions: 
50 states and 1 district*: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia*, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
 Population: 
280,562,489 (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
English, Spanish (spoken by a sizable minority)
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
38° 00' N, 97° 00' W
 Area total: 
9,826,630 sq. km
includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia
 Land area: 
9,161,923 sq. km
 Water area: 
664,707 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
12,034 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Canada 8,893 km (including 2,477 km with Alaska), Mexico 3,141 km
US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is leased by the US and thus remains part of Cuba, the base boundary is 29 km
 Coastline: 
19,924 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Death Valley -86 m - Mount McKinley 6,194 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.us
 Currency: 
US dollar (USD)
 Name -
 abbreviation: 
US or USA
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
United States of America
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
United States
 Independence: 
4 July 1776 (from Great Britain)
 Constitution: 
17 September 1787, effective 4 March 1789
 Government
 type: 
federal republic, strong democratic tradition
 Dependent
 areas: 
American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Wake Island
from 18 July 1947 until 1 October 1994, the US administered the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, but recently entered into a new political relationship with all four political units: the Northern Mariana Islands is a commonwealth in political union with the US (effective 3 November 1986), Palau concluded a Compact of Free Association with the US (effective 1 October 1994), the Federated States of Micronesia signed a Compact of Free Association with the US (effective 3 November 1986), the Republic of the Marshall Islands signed a Compact of Free Association with the US (effective 21 October 1986)
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day, 4 July (1776)
 
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