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Country state names and state codesStates and territories of the United States of AmericaThe United States of America Includes 50 states and the District of Columbia over an area of 9,826,630 km². It is the 3rd largest country in the world by area, occupied by 304 million people. (Note: China is slightly larger when its disputed areas are included.) The capital is Washington in the District of Columbia.
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Australia is the world's smallest continent, covering 7,741,220 km². It is the largest country in the Southern Hemisphere but is fairly sparsly populated, with only 21 million people living in the 6 states, 2 major territories and some smaller territories and islands. Australia is the 6th largest country in the world. The name Australia comes from the Latin Australis, meaning "Southern." The capital is Canberra.
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States |
Code |
Capital |
Population |
Size km² |
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Australian Capital* Northern Territory* New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia |
AC NO NW QL SA TS VC WT |
Canberra Darwin Sydney Brisbane Adelaide Hobart Melbourne Perth |
350,000 200,000 540,000 4,200,000 1,600,000 500,000 5,400,000 2,200,000 |
2,358 1,420,970 809,444 1,852,642 1,043,514 90,758 237,629 2,645,615 |
Canada is the world's second largest largest country in total area, covering most of Northern America.(Russia is the largest country in the world, covering 17,098,242 km².) Some 33 million people occupy the country's 9,984,670 km². The capital is Ottowa, a municipality within the Province of Ontario.. The name Canada likely comes from the Iroquoian word kanata, meaning "village."
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Capital |
Population |
Size km² |
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Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Northwest Territory* Nunavut* Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon* |
AB BC MB NB NF NS NT NU ON PE PQ SK YU |
Edmonton Victoria Winnipeg Fredericton St. John's Halifax Yellowknife Iqaluit Toronto Charlottetown Quebec City Regina Whitehorse |
3,455,000 4,355,000 1,184,000 750,000 508,000 934,000 42,000 32,000 13,000,000 140,000 7,800,000 1,000,000 31,000 |
661,848 944,735 647,797 72,908 405,212 55,284 1,346,106 2,093,190 1,076,395 5,660 1,542,056 651,036 482,443 |
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