Destination United States of America

Name: United States of America

Location: in central North America,

between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans,

bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south.

Area: 9.83 million km²

Climate: mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida,

arctic in Alaska, semi arid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River,

and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest;

low winter temperatures in the northwest.

Physical Features: lowest point: Death Valley -86 m

highest point: Mount McKinley 6,194 m

Population: more than 300 million people

Main cities: - New York (pop. 24.112.176),

- Los angeles

- Chicago

- capital - Washington DC (pop. 8.026.607)

Language: English is the national language,

but the 10% of the population speak spanish at home.

Currency: The dollar (USD)

Popular tourist attractions:

- Ellis Island

- The Statue of Liberty

- The American Museum of Natural History

- Central Park

- Walt Disney World

- Waikiki Beach