The USA is a large country

The USA is a large country. It consist of 50 states. Its area is only a little smaller than the area of Europe. The population is about 205 million people.

Washington is the capital of the USA. George Washington was the first American President and his name was given to the capitol of the young nation.

There are many parks, gardens and beautiful buildings, such as the White House the Capitol the National Gallery of Art

The White House is the home of the President. Here the President lives and works.The White House is a large building. It has 132 rooms. All presidents except G.Washington live there.

New York is the biggest city in the USA. American tourist companies call it “the wonder city of the world” but Maxim Gorky called it “the city of the yellow devil”

The Statue of Liberty. It stands on a small island at the entrance to New York harbour. It is nearly 100 metres above the water level. The figure shows a young woman. She holds a tour in her right hand above her head and a tablet with the date “July 4th, 1776” in her left hand.

Empire State Building is one of the tallest building. It has 102 floors and is 448 metres high. New York is the city of sky-scrapes.

Columbia University . It was founded in 1754 is one of the biggest universities of the USA. Brooklyn Bridge. It was completed in 1883. The bridge is over the East River and connect Manhattan with Brooklyn.

There are a lot of other large cities in the USA. Chicago is one of the biggest industrial cities. San Francisco is a big port. Boston is one of the first town founded on the Atlantic coast of America.