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New York City. N7. W 4. N 7. 4. 0. 00W 4. Official languages. None at federal levelfn 2National language. Englishfn 3Ethnic groups2. The United States of America USA, commonly known as the United States U. S. or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major. Welcome to our new website Please visit our online shop button on the top bar and browse through our selection. We will strive to update the list weekly if not. Gmail is email thats intuitive, efficient, and useful. GB of storage, less spam, and mobile access. By race 7. 7. 1 White. Black. 5. 6 Asian. Othermultiracial. Native. 0. 2 Pacific Islander. Ethnicity 1. 7. 6 Hispanic or Latino. Hispanic or Latino. Religion 2. 01. 577. Christian. 22. 8 Unaffiliated. Jewish. 0. 9 Muslim. University Of Pittsburgh Summer Programs For High School Students'>University Of Pittsburgh Summer Programs For High School Students. Buddhist. 0. 7 Hindu. Other faiths. Demonym. American. Government. Federalpresidentialconstitutional republic. Donald Trump. Mike Pence. Paul Ryan. John Roberts. Legislature. Congress. Senate. House of Representatives. July 4, 1. 77. 6March 1, 1. September 3, 1. 78. June 2. 1, 1. 78. March 2. 4, 1. 97. Area Total area. Water 6. Total land area. Population 2. Density. 90. 6sq mi 3. GDP PPP2. 01. 6 estimate Total1. Per capita5. 7,2. GDP nominal2. 01. Total1. 8. 5. 58 trillion1. Per capita5. 7,4. Gini 2. 01. 3 4. HDI 2. Currency. United States dollar USDTime zoneUTC4 to 1. UTC4 to 1. 0fn 4Date formatmmddyyyy ADDrives on therightfn 5Calling code1. ISO 3. 16. 6 code. USInternet TLD. us. The United States of America USA, commonly known as the United States U. S. or America, is a federal republic composed of 5. At 3. 8 million square miles 9. United States is the worlds third or fourth largest country by total areafn 7 and the third most populous. The capital is Washington, D. C., and the largest city by population is New York City. Forty eight states and the capitals federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate, and wildlife of the United States make it one of the worlds 1. Paleo Indiansmigrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 1. European colonization began in the 1. The United States emerged from the thirteen British colonies established along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the colonies following the French and Indian War led to the American Revolution, which began in 1. Declaration of Independence in 1. The war ended in 1. United States becoming the first country to gain independence from a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1. Bill of Rights, being ratified in 1. The United States embarked on a vigorous expansion across North America throughout the 1. Native American tribes, and gradually admitting new states until it spanned the continent by 1. During the second half of the 1. Civil War led to the outlawing of slavery. By the end of the century, the United States had extended into the Pacific Ocean,2. Industrial Revolution, began to soar. The SpanishAmerican War and World War I confirmed the countrys status as a global military power. The United States emerged from World War II as a global superpower, the first country to develop nuclear weapons, the only country to use them in warfare, and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union competed in the Space Race, culminating with the 1. The end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1. United States as the worlds sole superpower. The United States is a founding member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States OAS, and other international organizations. The United States is a highly developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP and second largest economy by PPP, accounting for approximately a quarter of global GDP. The U. S. economy is the fastest growing in the Americas3. Though its population is only 4. Americans hold 3. The United States ranks among the highest nations in several measures of socioeconomic performance, including average wage,3. GDP, and productivity per person. The U. S. is the foremost military power in the world, making up a third of global military spending. It is also a global leader in science and technology. Etymology. In 1. 50. German cartographer Martin Waldseemller produced a world map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America in honor of the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci Latin Americus Vespucius. The first documentary evidence of the phrase United States of America is from a letter dated January 2, 1. Stephen Moylan, Esq., George Washingtons aide de camp and Muster Master General of the Continental Army. Addressed to Lt. Col. Joseph Reed, Moylan expressed his wish to carry the full and ample powers of the United States of America to Spain to assist in the revolutionary war effort. The first known publication of the phrase United States of America was in an anonymous essay in The Virginia Gazette newspaper in Williamsburg, Virginia, on April 6, 1. The second draft of the Articles of Confederation, prepared by John Dickinson and completed by June 1. The name of this Confederation shall be the United States of America. The final version of the Articles sent to the states for ratification in late 1. The Stile of this Confederacy shall be The United States of America. In June 1. 77. 6, Thomas Jefferson wrote the phrase UNITED STATES OF AMERICA in all capitalized letters in the headline of his original Rough draught of the Declaration of Independence. This draft of the document did not surface until June 2. Dickinson used the term in his June 1. Articles of Confederation. The short form United States is also standard. Other common forms are the U. S., the USA, and America. Colloquial names are the U. S. of A. and, internationally, the States. Columbia, a name popular in poetry and songs of the late 1. Christopher Columbus it appears in the name District of Columbia. The phrase United States was originally plural, a description of a collection of independent statese. United States areincluding in the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1. The singular forme. United States isbecame popular after the end of the American Civil War. The singular form is now standard the plural form is retained in the idiom these United States. The difference is more significant than usage it is a difference between a collection of states and a unit. A citizen of the United States is an American. United States, American and U. S. refer to the country adjectivally American values, U. S.  forces. In English, the word American rarely refers to topics or subjects not connected with the United States. History. Indigenous peoples and pre Columbian history. Artists re creation of the Kincaid Site from the prehistoric Mississippian culture, as it may have looked5. Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2. Reports. This edition of the TTCI covers 1. Table 1 shows the overall ranking, based on the updated methodology described in full in Appendix A. Rankings by pillar and subindex are available in Appendix B. Table 1 The Travel Tourism Competitiveness Index 2. Ranking. Rank. CountryEconomy. Value 1. Spain. 5. France. 5. 2. 43. Download Software Takeover Hacked Games. Germany. 5. 2. 24. United States. 5. United Kingdom. 5. Switzerland. 4. 9. Australia. 4. 9. 88. Italy. 4. 9. 89. Japan. Canada. 4. 9. 21. Singapore. 4. 8. 61. Austria. 4. 8. 21. Hong Kong SAR4. 6. Netherlands. 4. 6. Portugal. 4. 6. 41. New Zealand. 4. 6. China. 4. 5. 41. 8Iceland. Ireland. 4. 5. 32. Norway. 4. 5. 22. Belgium. 4. 5. 12. Finland. 4. 4. 72. Sweden. 4. 4. 52. United Arab Emirates. Malaysia. 4. 4. 12. Luxembourg. 4. 3. Denmark. 4. 3. 82. Brazil. 4. 3. 72. Korea, Rep. 4. 3. Mexico. 4. 3. 63. Greece. 4. 3. 63. Taiwan, China. 4. Croatia. 4. 3. 34. Panama. 4. 2. 83. Thailand. 4. 2. 63. Cyprus. 4. 2. 53. Czech Republic. 4. Estonia. 4. 2. 23. Slovenia. 4. 1. 74. Malta. 4. 1. 64. 1Hungary. Costa Rica. 4. 1. Qatar. 4. 0. 94. 4Turkey. Russian Federation. Barbados. 4. 0. 84. Poland. 4. 0. 84. South Africa. 4. 0. Bulgaria. 4. 0. 55. Indonesia. 4. 0. 45. Chile. 4. 0. 45. 2India. Latvia. 4. 0. 15. Seychelles. 45. 5Puerto Rico. Mauritius. 3. 9. 57. Argentina. 3. 9. 58. Peru. 3. 8. 85. 9Lithuania. Bahrain. 3. 8. 56. Slovak Republic. 3. Morocco. 3. 8. 16. Sri Lanka. 3. 8. 64. Saudi Arabia. 3. 8. Oman. 3. 7. 96. 6Romania. Montenegro. 3. 7. Colombia. 3. 7. 36. Trinidad and Tobago. Namibia. 3. 6. 97. Georgia. 3. 6. 87. Israel. 3. 6. 67. Uruguay. 3. 6. 57. Philippines. 3. 6. Vietnam. 3. 6. 76. Jamaica. 3. 5. 97. Jordan. 3. 5. 97. Kenya. 3. 5. 87. 9Tunisia. Guatemala. 3. 5. 18. Dominican Republic. Macedonia, FYR3. 5. Egypt. 3. 4. 98. 4Azerbaijan. Kazakhstan. 3. 4. Cape Verde. 3. 4. Bhutan. 3. 4. 48. Botswana. 3. 4. 28. Armenia. 3. 4. 29. Honduras. 3. 4. 19. El Salvador. 3. 4. Nicaragua. 3. 3. 79. Tanzania. 3. 3. 59. Lebanon. 3. 3. 59. Serbia. 3. 3. 49. Lao PDR3. 3. 39. 7Iran, Islamic Rep. Rwanda. 3. 3. 29. Mongolia. 3. 3. 11. Bolivia. 3. 2. 91. Suriname. 3. 2. 81. Nepal. 3. 2. 71. 03. Kuwait. 3. 2. 61. Guyana. 3. 2. 61. Cambodia. 3. 2. 41. Albania. 3. 2. 21. Zambia. 3. 2. 21. Swaziland. 3. 2. 10. Gambia, The. 3. 2. Venezuela. 3. 1. 81. Moldova. 3. 1. 61. Senegal. 3. 1. 41. Paraguay. 3. 1. 11. Uganda. 3. 1. 11. Zimbabwe. 3. 0. 91. Kyrgyz Republic. 3. Cte dIvoire. 3. Ethiopia. Tajikistan. 3. 0. Ghana. 3. 0. 11. 21. Madagascar. 2. 9. Cameroon. 2. 9. 51. Algeria. 2. 9. 31. Gabon. 2. 9. 21. 25. Pakistan. 2. 9. 21. Malawi. 2. 9. 12. Bangladesh. 2. 9. Mali. 2. 8. 71. 29. Lesotho. 2. 8. 21. Mozambique. 2. 8. Nigeria. 2. 7. 91. Sierra Leone. 2. 7. Haiti. 2. 7. 51. 34. Myanmar. 2. 7. 21. Burundi. 2. 7. 13. Burkina Faso. 2. 6. Mauritania. 2. 6. Yemen. 2. 6. 21. 39. Angola. 2. 6. 14. Guinea. 2. 5. 81. Chad. 2. 4. 3Spain leads the 2. TTCI ranking for the first time, and Europewith a total of six countries in the top 1. T T competitive economies. Given the importance of the regional dimension for tourism, the following sections present country performances in the context of five regional groups Europe and the Caucasus the Americas headed by the United States, 4th in the overall list Asia Pacific, including Central Asia headed by Australia, 7th overall Middle East and North Africa United Arab Emirates, 2. Sub Saharan Africa South Africa, 4. For each region, the performance of a few countries is outlined to give a sense of how the results can be interpreted at the national level. Figure 2 shows regional performance by pillar, including the best and worst performing countries on each pillar for each region. Europe and Caucasus. Europe remains the region with the most international arrivals per year, thanks in part to its rich cultural resources, world class tourism service infrastructure, strong health and hygiene conditions, andnotably with the Schengen Areahigh degree of international openness and integration. Nonetheless, three main divides remain. First, although Europes outstanding cultural attractions and monuments are not evenly distributed across countries, this does not fully explain the large gaps between the top and bottom performers in terms of cultural resources. While all European countries have a long history, some have made more progress than others in promoting cultural attractions to the level necessary to become a magnet for tourists. Sports and entertainment events, as well as conferences, fairs and exhibitions, also play an important role. Second, not all countries give the same amount of priority to developing the T T sector. For example, both Spain and Italy have outstanding attractions for tourists, but Spain has more pro actively built on these strengths while Italy exhibits a less strategic approach. Meanwhile, other countries, such as Iceland, are investing significant resources in building a stronger tourism brand and leveraging specific niches. Third, the business environment varies tremendouslyit is generally lean and effective in Northern and Central Europe, but less sound in Southern and Eastern Europe. Challenges in building a conducive business environment are often related to a countrys institutional set up and the process of change is long, but success is key to competitiveness and prosperity well beyond the T T sector. Spain leads the rankings for the first time. It is the third most visited country in the world, with approximately 6. China, Brazil and Mexico. With beautiful heritage sites throughout the country, it boasts top marks for its cultural resources, and also scores highly for business travelers with a significant number of international conferences. It has a high ranking 4th on online searches for entertainmentrestaurants, nightlife and attractionsas well as prioritization of the travel tourism industry 6th and tourism service infrastructure 4th. However, there is room for improvement. The low rank for business environment 1. France ranks 2nd overall and continues to attract the most tourists, with over 8. With its combination of rich history and attractions, ski resorts and coastlines, France ranks high in cultural 2nd and natural 8th resources. These are complemented by its emphasis on environmental sustainability 2. T T industry 4. France is well connected, ranking in the top 1. Further development of the sector would require improving the business environment, where taxation is relatively high 1. In addition, safety and security is emerging as a sensitive issue that needs to be addressed. Switzerland takes 6th place, performing well across most of the T T Competitiveness dimensions. It has world class infrastructure, ranking 4th and 5th respectively in ground infrastructure and tourist services infrastructure, and an extremely conducive business environment 5th, with the top place on the Human Resources and Labour Market pillar. Switzerland makes the most of its favorable geographical position and beautiful mountainous landscapes ranking 2. Natural Resources by enforcing some of the most stringent environmental regulations 2nd and developing its industry with attention to environmental sustainability 1st. Switzerlands weaknesses include a restrictive visa policy and low price competitiveness, which could be improved by expanding its offer of leisure and entertainment activities to complement the traditional focus on natural tourism. Italy ranks 8th overall and 6th in Europe.