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Christmas
January 7 Christmas Day as celebrated in the Orthodox tradition.
(Orthodox)
third Sunday in
Father's Day Honors fathers and fatherhood.
June
depends on
Traditional end of and highest of the Jewish High
Hebrew Yom Kippur
Holidays.
calendar
September, first
Grandparents
Sunday after Honors grandparents.
Day
Labor Day
first Tuesday
after the first Observed by the federal and state governments in
Election Day
Monday in applicable years; legal holiday in some states.
November
This was a day when women would ask men for dates,
Saturday that
Sadie Hawkins usually to a dance or other social, breaking with
follows
Day tradition. Named for the character "Sadie Hawkins"
November 9
from the long-running comic strip Li'l Abner.
December 26
African American holiday celebration created in 1966
through Kwanzaa
by a college professor
January 1
COUNTRY FACTS
The press
USA Today - national daily
Wall Street Journal - business daily
Christian Science Monitor - church-owned daily
Los Angeles Times - daily
Washington Post - daily
Boston Globe - daily
New York Post - daily
New York Times - daily
Philadelphia Inquirer - daily
Baltimore Sun - daily
Chicago Tribune - daily
Newsweek - news weekly
Time - news weekly
U.S.News & World Report - news weekly
Television
ABC - major commercial network
Radio
NPR (National Public Radio) - non-commercial network of member stations;
news, information and cultural programmes
Clear Channel - America's largest commercial radio operator, owns more than
1,200 stations
CBS Radio - major commercial operator with nearly 180 stations in major
markets
ABC Radio Networks - operates flagship stations coast-to-coast
External broadcasting
News agencies
Associated Press
Bloomberg Business News
UPI
STATES FACTS
States
C 1990-04- C 2000-04- E 2005-07-
Name Abbr. Status Capital A (km2)
01 01 01
Alabama AL FSt Montgomery 133,915 4,040,389 4,447,100 4,557,808
Alaska AK FSt Juneau 1,530,700 550,043 626,932 663,661
Arizona AZ FSt Phoenix 295,260 3,665,339 5,130,632 5,939,292
Arkansas AR FSt Little Rock 137,754 2,350,624 2,673,400 2,779,154
California CA FSt Sacramento 411,049 29,758,213 33,871,648 36,132,147
Colorado CO FSt Denver 269,596 3,294,473 4,301,261 4,665,177
Connecticut CT FSt Hartford 12,997 3,287,116 3,405,565 3,510,297
Delaware DE FSt Dover 5,295 666,168 783,600 843,524
District of
DC Dist Washington 178 606,900 572,059 550,521
Columbia
Florida FL FSt Tallahassee 151,939 12,938,071 15,982,378 17,789,864
Georgia GA FSt Atlanta 152,576 6,478,149 8,186,453 9,072,576
Hawaii HI FSt Honolulu 16,759 1,108,229 1,211,537 1,275,194
Idaho ID FSt Boise City 216,432 1,006,734 1,293,953 1,429,096
Illinois IL FSt Springfield 145,934 11,430,602 12,419,293 12,763,371
Indiana IN FSt Indianapolis 93,720 5,544,156 6,080,485 6,271,973
Iowa IA FSt Des Moines 145,753 2,776,831 2,926,324 2,966,334
Kansas KS FSt Topeka 213,098 2,477,588 2,688,418 2,744,687
Kentucky KY FSt Frankfort 104,661 3,686,891 4,041,769 4,173,405
Louisiana LA FSt Baton Rouge 123,677 4,220,164 4,468,976 4,523,628
Maine ME FSt Augusta 86,156 1,227,928 1,274,923 1,321,505
Maryland MD FSt Annapolis 27,092 4,780,753 5,296,486 5,600,388
Massachusetts MA FSt Boston 21,456 6,016,425 6,349,097 6,398,743
Michigan MI FSt Lansing 151,586 9,295,287 9,938,444 10,120,860
Minnesota MN FSt St. Paul 218,601 4,375,665 4,919,479 5,132,799
Mississippi MS FSt Jackson 123,516 2,575,475 2,844,658 2,921,088
Jefferson
Missouri MO FSt 180,516 5,116,901 5,595,211 5,800,310
City
Montana MT FSt Helena 380,848 799,065 902,195 935,670
Nebraska NE FSt Lincoln 200,350 1,578,417 1,711,263 1,758,787
Nevada NV FSt Carson City 286,352 1,201,675 1,998,257 2,414,807
New
NH FSt Concord 24,032 1,109,252 1,235,786 1,309,940
Hampshire
New Jersey NJ FSt Trenton 20,169 7,730,188 8,414,350 8,717,925
New Mexico NM FSt Santa Fe 314,925 1,515,069 1,819,046 1,928,384
New York NY FSt Albany 127,190 17,990,778 18,976,457 19,254,630
North
NC FSt Raleigh 136,413 6,632,448 8,049,313 8,683,242
Carolina
North Dakota ND FSt Bismarck 183,119 638,800 642,200 636,677
Ohio OH FSt Columbus 107,044 10,847,115 11,353,140 11,464,042
Oklahoma
Oklahoma OK FSt 181,186 3,145,576 3,450,654 3,547,884
City
Oregon OR FSt Salem 251,419 2,842,337 3,421,399 3,641,056
Pennsylvania PA FSt Harrisburg 117,348 11,882,842 12,281,054 12,429,616
Rhode Island RI FSt Providence 3,140 1,003,464 1,048,319 1,076,189
South
SC FSt Columbia 80,582 3,486,310 4,012,012 4,255,083
Carolina
South Dakota SD FSt Pierre 199,730 696,004 754,844 775,933
Tennessee TN FSt Nashville 109,152 4,877,203 5,689,283 5,962,959
Texas TX FSt Austin 691,030 16,986,335 20,851,820 22,859,968
Salt Lake
Utah UT FSt 219,889 1,722,850 2,233,169 2,469,585
City
Vermont VT FSt Montpelier 24,900 562,758 608,827 623,050
Virginia VA FSt Richmond 105,586 6,189,197 7,078,515 7,567,465
Washington WA FSt Olympia 176,479 4,866,669 5,894,121 6,287,759
West Virginia WV FSt Charleston 62,760 1,793,477 1,808,344 1,816,856
Wisconsin WI FSt Madison 145,436 4,891,769 5,363,675 5,536,201
Wyoming WY FSt Cheyenne 253,326 453,589 493,782 509,294
USA USA Washington 9,372,614 248,718,301 281,421,906 296,410,404
STD CODES of USA
Code Place
001-907 ALASKA
00355 ALBANIA
00213 ALGERIA
00376 ANDORRA
00244 ANGOLA
001-264 ANANGUILLA
001-268 ANTIGUA
0054 ARGENTINA
00374 ARMENIA
00297 ARUBUA
00247 ASCENSION ISLAND
0043 ASTRIA
0061 AUSTRALIA
00351 AZORES
00684 AMERICAN SAMOA
00871 ATLANTIC OCEAN REGION EAST
00874 ATLANTIC OCEAN REGION WEST
TOP
B
Code Place
001-242 BAHAMAS
00973 BAHRAIN
00880 BANGLADESH
001-246 BARBADOS
0032 BELGIUM
00501 BELIZE
00229 BENIN
001-441 BERMUDA
00975 BHUTAN
00591 BOLIBIA
0027 BOPUTHATSWANA
00387 BOSNIA & HERZEGOBINA
00267 BOTSWANA
0055 BRAZIL
00673 BRUNEI
00359 BULGARIA
00257 BURENDI
00226 BURKINA FASSO
0095 BURMA (MYANMAR)
00375 BELARUS REPUBLIC(BYELORUSSIA)
TOP
--
C
Code Place
00237 CAMERON
001 CANADA
0034 CANARY ISLAND
00238 CAPE VERDE
001-345 CAYMAN ISLANDS
00236 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
00235 CHAD REPUBLIC
0056 CHILE
0086 CHINA
0061 CHRISTMAS ISLAND
0027 CISKEI
0061 COCOS ISLAND
0057 COLUMBIA
00269 COMOROS
00242 CONGO PEOPLES REPUBLIC
00682 COOK ISLAND
00506 COSTARICA
00385 CROATIA
0053 CUBA
00357 CYPRUS
0042 CZECH REPUBLIC
00855 CAMBODIA
TOP
--
D
Code Place
0045 DENMARK
00246 DIEGO GARCIA
00253 DJI BOUTI
001-767 DOMINICAN ISLAND
001-809 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
TOP
E
Code Place
00593 ECUADOR
0020 EGYPT
00503 ELSALVADOR REPUBLIC
00240 EQUITORIAL GUINEA
00372 ESTONIA
00251 ETHIOPIA
00291 ERITREA
TOP
--
F
Code Place
00298 FAROE ISLAND
0049 FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
00679 FIJI
00358 FINLAND
00500 FOLKLAND ISLANDS
0033 FRANCE
00594 FRENCH GUIANA
00689 FRENCH POLINESIA
TOP
G
Code Place
00241 GABONESE REPUBLIC
00220 GAMBIA
00502 GUATEMALA
00995 GEORGIA
00233 GHANA
00350 GIBRALTAR
0030 GREECE
00299 GREEN ISLAND
001-473 GRENADA
00590 GUADELOUPE
00671 GUAM
00224 GUINEA REPUBLIC
00245 GUINEABISSAU REPUBLIC
00592 GUYANA
TOP
--
H
Code Place
00509 HAITI
001-808 HAWAII
00504 HONDURAS
00852 HONGKONG
0036 HUNGERY
TOP
I
Code Place
00354 ICELAND
0062 INDONASIA
0098 IRAN
00964 IRAQ
00353 IRELAND
00972 ISRAEL
0039 ITALY
00225 IVORY COAST
00873 INDIAN OCEAN REGION
TOP
J
Code Place
001-876 JAMAICA
0081 JAPAN
00962 JORDAN
TOP
K
Code Place
007-373 KAZAKHSTAN
00254 KENYA
00996 KYRGYZSTAN
00686 KIRIBATI
00850 KORIA (NORTH) PDR
00965 KUWAIT
TOP
L
Code Place
00856 LAOS PDR
00371 LATVIA
00961 LEBANON
00266 LESOTHO
00231 LIBERIA
00218 LIBIYA
0041 LIECHTENSTEIN
00370 LITHUVANIA
00352 LUXEMBOURG
TOP
M
Code Place
00853 MACAO
00351 MADEIRA
00261 MALAGASY (MADAGASCAR)
00265 MALAWI
0060 MALAYSIA
00960 MALDIVES
00223 MALI
00356 MALTA
00976 MANGOLIA
00670 MARIANA ISLAND
00692 MARSHAL ISLAND
00596 MARTINIQUE
00222 MAURITANIA
00230 MAURITIUS
00269 MAYOTTE
0052 MEXICO
00691 MICRONESIA
00373 MOLDAVIA
00377 MONACO
001-664 MONTESERRAT
00212 MOROCCO
00258 MOZAMBIQUE
00389 MACEDONIA
TOP
N
Code Place
00264 NAMIBIA
00674 NAURU
00977 NEPAL
00599 NETHERLAND ANTTILLES
0031 NETHERLANDS
00687 NEW CALEDONIA
0064 NEWZELAND
00505 NICARAGUA
00227 NIGER
00234 NIGERIA
00683 NIVE ISLAND
00672 NORFOLK ISLAND
0047 NORWAY
TOP
O
Code Place
00968 OMAN
TOP
P
Code Place
0092 PAKISTAN
00680 PALAU
00507 PANAMA
00675 PAPUA NEWGUINEA
00595 PARAGUAY
0051 PERU
0063 PHILLIPPINES
0048 POLAND
00351 PORTUGAL
001-787 PUERTO RICO
00872 PACIFIC OCEAN REGION
TOP
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Q
Code Place
00974 QATAR
TOP
R
Code Place
00262 REUNION
00230 RODRIGUEZ ISLAND
0040 ROMANIA
00250 RWANDA
TOP
S
Code Place
00378 SAN MARINO
00239 SAOTOME PRINCIPE ISLAND
00966 SAUDI ARABIA
00221 SENEGAL
00248 SEYCHELLES
00232 SIERRA LEONE
0065 SINGAPORE
00386 SLOVENIA
00677 SOLOMAN ISLANDS
00252 SOMALIA
0027 SOUTH AFRICA
0082 SOUTH KOREA
0034 SPAIN
0094 SRILANKA
001-869 ST.CHRISTOPHAR(ST.KITTS/NEVIS)
00290 ST HELENA
001-758 ST LUCIA
00508 ST PIERRA AND MIQUELOS
001-784 ST VINCENT
00249 SUDAN
00597 SURINAM
00268 SWAZILAND
0046 SWEEDAN
0041 SWITZERLAND
00963 SYRIA
0042 SLOVAK REP
TOP
T
Code Place
007-377 TADZHIKSTAN
00886 TAIWAN
00255 TANZANIA
0066 THAILAND
00228 TOGOLESE REPUBLIC
00676 TONGA
0027 TRANSKEI
001-868 TRINIDALAND TOBAGO
00216 TUNISIA
0090 TURKEY
00993 TURKMEKISTAN
001-809 TURKS CYCOS ISLAND
00688 TUVALU
00690 TOKELAV (OCENIA)
TOP
U
Code Place
00971 U.A.E
001 U.S.A
00256 UGANDA
00380 UKRAINE
0044 UNITED KINGDOM
00598 URUGUAY
007 USSR (MASCOW)
00998 UZBEKISTAN
TOP
V
Code Place
00678 VANAUTU (NEW HEBRIDES)
0039 VATICAN CITY
0027 VENDA
0058 VENEZUELA
0084 VIETNAM
001-284 VIRGIN IS (BRITISH)
001-340 VIRGIN ISLAND (USA)
TOP
W
Code Place
00685 WESTERN SAMOA
00681 WALLIS FUTUNA ISLAND
TOP
Y
Code Place
00967 YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC (ADEN)
00381 YUGOSLAVIA
TOP
Z
Code Place
00243 ZAIRE
00260 ZAMBIA
00263 ZIMBABWE
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has its own unique legal system, of which all but one
(Louisiana's) is based on English common law; judicial review
of legislative acts
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Political NA
pressure
groups and
leaders:
Distribution of 45 (2004)
family income
- Gini index:
Agriculture - wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork,
products: poultry, dairy products; fish; forest products
Currency USD
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Military Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard;
branches: note - Coast Guard administered in peacetime by the
Department of Homeland Security, but in wartime reports to the
Department of the Navy
Military 18 years of age; 17 years of age with written parental consent
service age (2006)
and
obligation:
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