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The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, the Atlantic Coast, and the Atlantic Seaboard, is the region encompassing the coastline where the Eastern United States meets the Atlantic Ocean; it has always played an major socioeconomic role in the development of the United States.
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands.
Northern America is the northernmost subregion of North America, as well as the northernmost region in the Americas.The boundaries may be drawn significantly differently depending on the source of the definition.
A map of North America's physical, political, and population characteristics as of 2018. North America is a continent [b] in the Northern and Western Hemispheres. [c] North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean.
U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions. Since 1950, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. [1] [2] The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used... for data collection and analysis", [3] and is the most commonly used classification system.
New England is a subregion of the northeastern U.S. that is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Canada, and the state of New York.It includes six states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
The Northeastern United States (also referred to as the Northeast, the East Coast, [b] or the American Northeast) is one of the four census regions defined by the United States Census Bureau.
The Southeastern United States, also known as the American Southeast or simply the Southeast, is a geographical region of the United States located in the eastern portion of the Southern United States and the southern portion of the Eastern United States.