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The capital is Washington, DC of this country of 295,734,134 people. Languages in use English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census). It's climate is mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. The currency is the US dollar and the country has an area of 9,161,923 km2. It's phone prefix is +1 and the electricity has 120 volts.


50states.com - States and Capitals
Provides extensive information about the fifty United States of America.
www.50states.com

Wikipedia - United States
Extensive encyclopedia article on history, geography, government, economy, people,..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

FirstGov
Official web portal of the US government.
www.firstgov.gov

CIA World Factbook: United States
Features a map and brief descriptions of geography, economy, government, and people.
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html

United States Census Bureau
About the Bureau ;
www.census.gov

President George W. Bush
Whitehouse.
www.whitehouse.gov

United States
The Commission’s second report also keeps a promise the United States has made to..
www.state.gov

US Customs and Border Protection
The US Customs and Border Protection priority mission - keeping terrorists and their..
www.cbp.gov

American Universities
United States Merchant Marine Academy ;
www.clas.ufl.edu/au

US Department of Energy (DOE)
Governmental department whose mission is to advance energy technology and promote..
www.energy.gov

US Department of Education
Links to reports on all aspects of the organization's work, including student aid,..
www.ed.gov

United States News - Breaking World United States News - The New ...
World news about United States.
topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/unitedstates/index.html?inline=nyt-geo

Bayh, Evan - Indiana Beta
Those 48 desks are still used by United States senators in today's Senate Chamber.
www.senate.gov

United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural..
www.usgs.gov

Open Directory - Regional: North America: United States
"United States" search on:.
dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States

IBM United States
The IBM corporate home page, entry point to information about IBM products and services.
www.ibm.com

United States Postal Service (USPS)
This is the home page of the United States Postal Service.
www.usps.com

US States
Facts on the United States of America, state and city statistics, US history, US government,..
www.infoplease.com/states.html

Passport Home
To obtain a passport for the first time, you need to go in person to one of 7000 passport..
travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html

The USGenWeb Project
.
www.usgenweb.org

United States - Department of the Treasury
Divided by topic into Accounting and Budget;
www.ustreas.gov

Congress.Org -- Your Link to Congress
Confirmed, Confirmation of John Roberts to be Chief Justice of the United States 09/29/2005.
www.congress.org

USDA Forest Service
FirstGov.
www.fs.fed.us

Human Rights Watch: United States
Reports and articles pertaining to rights of Americans.
hrw.org/doc/?t=usa

Department of the Interior
DOI protects 1300 endangered or threatened species in the United States.
www.doi.gov

Environmental Protection Agency
Skip common site navigation and headers United States Environmental Protection Agency..
www.epa.gov

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
The "Fed" is the central bank of the United States and controls the money supply.
www.federalreserve.gov

US Department of Homeland Security
Governmental agency works to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce..
www.dhs.gov

World Vision United States
Sponsor a child and help donate through charitable donations to World Vision.
www.worldvision.org

Country Profile: United States of America --People's Daily Online
United States of America.
english.people.com.cn/data/usa.html