The United States of America (or abbreviated U.S.), United States of America (United States of America and United States of America, respectively) is the name of a federal constitutional republic, consisting of 50 states and a federal district. D.C.). The republic is located almost entirely on the continent of North America, between Canada (north) and Mexico (south), respectively the Atlantic Ocean (east) and the Pacific Ocean (west). The state of Alaska is located in the northwestern tip of North America, between Canada in the east and the Behring Strait in the west. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, located about 3,200 km southwest of southwestern California. The country also has several territories in the Pacific and the Caribbean, respectively.
