{"id":3153,"date":"2011-06-17T20:11:16","date_gmt":"2011-06-18T04:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=3153"},"modified":"2011-06-17T20:11:16","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T04:11:16","slug":"know-about-countries-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=3153","title":{"rendered":"Know about Countries -The United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The United States<\/h1>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"80%\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"250\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<th>Facts &amp; Figures<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"A0749006\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/images\/musa.t.gif\" alt=\"Map of the United States of America\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Map of United States<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>President:<\/strong> Barack         H. Obama (2009)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vice         President:<\/strong> Joseph Biden (2009)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Land area:<\/strong> 3,539,225 sq mi (9,166,601 sq km); <strong>total area:<\/strong> 3,718,691 sq mi         (9,631,420 sq km)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Population (2010         est.):<\/strong> 310,232,863 (growth rate: 0.9%); birth rate: 13.8\/1000;         infant mortality rate: 6.1\/1000; life expectancy: 78.2; density per sq         mi: 85<\/p>\n<p><strong>Capital (2003 est.):<\/strong> Washington, DC, 570,898<\/p>\n<p><strong>Largest cities (2003 est.):<\/strong> New York,         18,498,000 (metro area), 8,085,742 (city proper); Los Angeles,         12,146,000 (metro area), 3,819,951 (city proper); Chicago, 8,711,000         (metro area), 2,869,121 (city proper); Houston, 2,009,960;         Philadelphia, 1,479,339; Phoenix, 1,388,416; San Diego, 1,226,753; San         Antonio, 1,214,725; Dallas, 1,208,318; Detroit, 911,402<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monetary unit:<\/strong> dollar<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"clear:right\">The Fifty States<\/h1>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" usemap=\"#states_imgmap\" src=\"http:\/\/i.infopls.com\/images\/states_imgmap.gif\" alt=\"Map of United States\" width=\"480\" height=\"330\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Info Courtesy\u00a0<span style=\"color: #003399;\"> <span style=\"color: #888888;\">Infoplease.com<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"250\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"A0202926\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"A0203021\" src=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/images\/usa.gif\" alt=\"Flag of United States\" width=\"250\" height=\"154\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>The United States of America<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>Government<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Federal republic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The president is elected for a four-year term and may be reelected only     once. The bicameral Congress consists of the 100-member Senate, elected to     a six-year term with one-third of the seats becoming vacant every two     years, and the 435-member House of Representatives, elected every two     years. The minimum voting age is 18.<\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #003399;\"> <\/span><a style=\"color: #003399;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/ipa\/A0108121.html#ixzz1Pb27JoBX\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-5478491388417060\";\n\/* 468x60, created 6\/18\/11 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8623469924\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Facts &amp; Figures Map of United States President: Barack H. Obama (2009) Vice President: Joseph Biden (2009) Land area: 3,539,225 sq mi (9,166,601 sq km); total area: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=3153\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3833],"tags":[6525,6526,6527,6528,6529,2228,6530,6531,6532,6533,6534,6535,6536,6537],"class_list":["post-3153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-countries-and-facts","tag-about-america","tag-about-united-states-of-america","tag-all-about-america","tag-america","tag-and-culture","tag-geography","tag-government","tag-know-about-countries","tag-know-about-world-countries","tag-the-us","tag-the-world-countries","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-united-states-history","tag-usa","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}