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Out of the information of each country, pay attention especially to the geography, capital, population, extension and GDP (Gross Domestic Product) per capita (which is the value of total output of goods and services of a country within its national territory divided by the average population). Per capita = per head, per inhabitant. (Data derives from the World Development Indicators, World Bank)
United States
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Population: 308,798,278 inhabitants
Land surface: 9,826,630 km2
Currency: US Dollars
GDP per capita: US$ 41,890.
Language: English
Religion: Protestants (58%); Catholics (26%); Jews (2%); Muslims (2%); others (2%); not religious (10%).
Official name: The United States of America.
Administrative division: Federal State with 50 states and the Federal District of Columbia.
Capital: Washington D.C. 4,098,000 (2003).
Other cities (inhabitants – 2000): New York 8,008,278; Los Angeles 3,694,820; Chicago 2,896,016; Houston 1,953,631; Philadelphia 1,517,550; Los Angeles 3,694,820; Chicago 2,896,016; Houston 1,953,631.
Government: Presidential and Federal
Dependencies: Eastern Samoa, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.
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Canada
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Population: 33,169,734 inhabitants
Land surface: 9,984,670 km2 Currency: Canadian dollar GDP per capita: US$ 33,376 Language: English and French Religion: Predominantly Catholic (45.7%) and Protestant. Official name: Canada. Capital: Ottawa 1,093,000 inhabitants (2003). Other cities (inhabitants – 2000): Toronto 5,411,300; Montreal 3,490,600; Vancouver 1,922,000. Government: Parliamentary Geography. It is the second largest country in the world. It is divided into five natural regions. The "Maritime Provinces" correspond to the Atlantic coast, cold mountainous region with tundra vegetation. The "Canadian Shield" is an area of pristine sands covered by large forests and rich in minerals. Forests cover more than half of the arable land. In the south, on the shores of the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence River, there is a flat area with fertile soils, where more than 60% of the population and large urban centers are concentrated. In the prairies of the southwest, there is intensive agriculture activity (wheat, potatoes, oats and barley). The Pacific coast is a mountainous region with extensive forests. The “Great North” is a demographic vacuum with very cold climate and tundra vegetation. The country is divided into 10 provinces and three territories: Yukon, Northwest and Nunavut (the latter created in 1999 as a land of the Inuit population). The country has vast mineral resources: the world's largest producer of asbestos, nickel, zinc and silver, and the second of uranium. It has significant deposits of lead, copper, sulfur, gold, iron, oil and gas. |
Mexico
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Geography. It occupies the southern part of North America. Most of the territory is made up of mountain ranges, among which include the Sierra Madre of the west by the Pacific, the Sierra Madre of the east by the Gulf of Mexico, the Sierra Madre of the south and the Sierra Transvolcanica Belt in the center. The climate ranges from the dry, deserted and steppe in the north to the tropical rain in the southeast, while it is temperate in the central highlands, where the bulk of the population is concentrated. The subsoil offers abundant hydrocarbon deposits, both onshore and on the continental shelf. Due to diversity, the vegetation is varied. Because of their economic activity, the forests of the southeast and temperate forests on the slopes of the Sierra Transvolcanica are very important.
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