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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. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
This is a list of state and territorial capitols in the United States, the building or complex of buildings from which the government of each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and the organized territories of the United States, exercise its authority.
Capital de jure (pro-slavery) of the Territory of Kansas. Topeka: Capital de facto (anti-slavery) of the Territory of Kansas. Minneola: 1858: Declared capital by territorial legislature, although this action was later declared void. [51] Topeka: 1861: Capital of the State of Kansas. Kentucky [52] Statehood in 1792: Williamsburg (VA) 1699
The capital cities of states in the United States Subcategories. This category has the following 53 subcategories, out of 53 total. Former colonial and ...
Plymouth (de jure) Brasília Brazil: South America: Rio de Janeiro was the capital until 1960. See also: Capitals of Brazil. Bratislava Slovakia: Europe: Brazzaville Congo: Africa: Bridgetown Barbados: North America: Brussels Belgium: Europe Brussels also serves as de facto capital of the European Union. [1] European Union (de facto) Bucharest ...
A map showing the contiguous United States and (in insets at the lower left) the two states that are not contiguous Map highlighting Alaska and Hawaii's geographical relationship to the contiguous United States.
The United States of America is a federal republic of 50 states, a federal district and 14 territories.It is located mostly in central North America.The U.S. has three land borders, two with Canada and one with Mexico, and has sea borders with Cuba, the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Bermuda and Russia, and is otherwise bounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea, the Arctic Ocean and the ...
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