The United States has the area of 9,36 million square km and stretches from Hawaii to Alaska to 5000 km and on the 2900 km from Mexico to the Canadian border, and is washed by two oceans - in the West, the cold in this place, Quiet, in the East of the warm waters of the Atlantic.
THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE In the United States the status of the state language is not fixed by any state acts. As the custom is from the XVIII century, from the moment of formation of the country. However, not so long ago a special Senate Commission tried to sort out the problem, but to recognize the official language English is not resolved, because «American English» now is markedly different from the original. In short, the state language in the United States of America is still there.
MAJOR CITIES The biggest city in the USA is New York City, New York, which has over 8 million people. The second-biggest city in the USA is Los Angeles, California, which has almost 4 million people. The third-biggest city in the USA is Chicago, Illinois, which has nearly 3 million people.
THE FLAG,SYMBOLS AND EMBLEMS OF THE USA History of the flag of the United States - the State flag of the USA - the Star-striped flag (cf. Stars and Stripes), is the official state symbol of the States, along with the Great seal and the anthem of the country. The flag is a rectangular cloth with horizontal equal stripes seven red and six white stripes. In lashings while dark blue - 50 five-pointed white stars. 13 stripes represent the 13 British colonies that formed independent state. Blue crush symbolizes the Union. The number of stars in the blue lashings while corresponds to the number of States (currently 50). The red color represents the endurance and prowess; dark blue - diligence, fairness, vigilance; white - innocence and purity. The ratio of width of the flag to its length 10:19. The flag has changed over time depending on the number of States that formed the Union. The new star is added to the flag on July 4, after joining the Union of the new state.
National symbol of the U.S. bald eagle started in 1782, when his image appeared on the Great seal of the United States (the coat of arms of the United States). Depicted on the front side of the print eagle holds in one hand a symbol of the war - boom, and in another the symbol of the world - an olive branch. The author of the proposal on the choice of the bald eagle to the image of the coat of arms of the United States was the Secretary of the Continental Congress Charles Thomson. According to legend, during one of the first battles of the independence of the young American Republic, bald eagles, awakened by gunshots, flew out of the nest and shouting circled over the heads of the fighting. "They are shouting for freedom",- said supposedly one of the American patriots. It is considered that the bald eagle symbolizes the strength, courage, freedom, and immortality. In the second half of the XX century the population of the bald eagle on the territory of the continental States of the United States has declined considerably and even was under the threat of disappearance. Due to the government of the USA measures for the restoration of their abundance at the present time the situation has improved considerably.