U S A

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SYED SIBTAIN

Flag description: 13 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

Map of United States of America with State Names

HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT U S A ,[object Object]

In 1507, German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a world map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere "America" after Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci

The former British colonies first used the country's modern name in the Declaration of Independence, which was the "unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America" adopted by the "Representatives of the united States of America" on July 4, 1776,[object Object]

The first president of United States of America was George Washington,[object Object]

Geographic Location : 38 00 N, 97 00 W Area : Total 9,826,630 sq km country comparison to the world: 9 land: 9,161,923 sq km water: 664,707 sq km Population : 2009 estimate 306,751,000[2] (3rd4) Currency: United States dollar ($)

Government : Federal constitutional republic President : BarackObama (D) Vice President : Joe Biden (D) Language :English with significant Spanish- speaking minorties (10.7%) Literacy : Total population: 99% Male: 99% Female: 99% (2003 estimate) Largest city : New York City

Politics of the United State : ,[object Object]

Democratic Party, founded in 1824,

The Republican Party, founded in 1854.

The winner of the 2008 presidential election, Democrat BarackObama, is the 44th U.S. president and the first African American to hold the office,[object Object]

ECONOMY The US has the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $48,000. USA has a market-oriented economy, private individuals and business firms make most of the decisions, and the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace. The global economic downturn, the sub-prime mortgage crisis, investment bank failures, falling home prices, and tight credit pushed the United States into a recession by mid-2008.

Budget: (2008 est.) Revenues: $2.524 trillion Expenditures: $2.979 trillion Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.2% (2008 est.) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) : 2008 estimate $14.264 trillion Per capita $46,859 Agriculture - products: wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish; forest products

Industries: leading industrial power in the world, highly diversified and technologically advanced; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining Exports: $1.377 trillion f.o.b. (2008 est.) Imports - commodities: agricultural products 4.9%, industrial supplies 32.9% (crude oil 8.2%), capital goods 30.4% (computers, telecommunications equipment, motor vehicle parts, office machines, electric power machinery), consumer goods 31.8% (automobiles, clothing, medicines, furniture, toys) (2003)

Top 10 American Companies - 2009 Ranking ,[object Object]

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