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| Country | United States | | Capital | Washington, DC | | Location | North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico | | Size | 9,629,091 sq km | | 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, 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 | | Languages | English, Spanish (spoken by a sizable minority) | | Nationality | noun: American(s)
adjective: American | | Religion | Protestant 56%, Roman Catholic 28%, Jewish 2%, other 4%, none 10% (1989) | | Currency | US dollar (USD) | | Exports | capital goods, automobiles, industrial supplies and raw materials, consumer goods, agricultural products |
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