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Where In the World Is the United States of America Located?

July 29, 2020 by Karen Hill

The United States is a country located on the North American continent in the Western Hemisphere.

It is also located in the Northern Hemisphere.

The United States is one of 191 independent countries in the world.

The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific.

The United States also has several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.

The United States is the third largest country by total area, with 3.79 million square miles of land.

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About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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