About United States
The United States is a country in North America, one of the 35 countries of the Americas on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is United States of America. In Arabic, the name is written الولايات المتحدة, and the capital واشنطن العاصمة. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
The capital of the United States is Washington, D.C.. Washington, D.C. lies at about 39° north and 77° west. The official language of the United States is English. Its currency is the US Dollar, with the symbol $ and the international code USD. 6 other countries use the same currency, including Ecuador, El Salvador, and Timor-Leste.
The United States covers about 9,372,610 square kilometres, which puts it 4th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It shares land borders with 2 countries: Canada and Mexico. The largest of these neighbours by area is Canada. Its flag is easy to confuse with the flags of Liberia and Malaysia, a classic trap in the Hard level of the flags quiz. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Americas quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes the United States with the other countries of the same region.