USA: General facts

Political system: federal republic

Political system: federal republic

Capital: Washington, DC

Total area: 9,826,675 square kilometres

Population: about 307 million

Official languages: English (Hawaiian is also an official language in the state of Hawaii)

Currency: US dollar

Source: CIA Factbook, www.cia.gov/library and the US Embassy to Slovakia

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