United States of America - Wikitravel

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The United States of America [1] is a large country in central and north-western North America , often referred to as the "USA," the "U.S.," the "United States," "America," or simply "the States". It has a land area of about 9.6 million sq km (about half the size of Russia and about the same size as China ). It also boasts the world's third largest population after China and India , with over 300 million people. It includes both densely-populated cities with sprawling suburbs, and vast, uninhabited and naturally beautiful areas. With its history of mass immigration dating from the 17th century, it is a "melting pot" of cultures from around the world.

[ edit ] Regions

The United States is composed of 50 states , as well as the city of Washington D.C. , a federal district and the nation's capital. Below is a rough grouping of these states into regions, from the Atlantic to the Pacific:

New England ( Connecticut , Maine , Massachusetts , New Hampshire , Rhode Island , Vermont )

Home to gabled churches, rustic antiques, and steeped in American history, New England offers beaches, spectacular seafood, rugged mountains, frequent winter snows, and some of the nation's oldest cities, in a territory small enough to tour (hastily) in a week.

South ( Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia , Kentucky , Louisiana , Mississippi , North Carolina , South Carolina , Tennessee , Virginia , West Virginia )

The South is celebrated for its hospitality, down-home cooking and its blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll, and country music traditions. This lush, largely subtropical region includes cool, verdant mountains, agricultural plantations, and vast cypress swamps.

Florida

Northern Florida is similar to the rest of the South, but not so the resorts of Orlando , retirement communities, ...

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