London 2012 Olympics Focus – United States: Culture and Facts

In the run up to the Olympics opening ceremony, we will be profiling each of the countries taking part. Next up, United States of America.

Name: United States of America

Capital: Washington D.C

National Language(s): English

Area: 9,826,675 km²

Population: 2012 estimate – 313,686,000

Currency: United States dollar

Time Zone: UTC-5 to -10

5 Interesting Facts:

• The national bird of the United States of America is the Bald Eagle.
• Half of American’s are Protestant, with a quarter of American’s being Roman Catholic.
• The Largest State in America is Alaska.
• Barack H. Obama is the president of the United States of America.
• Florida was home to the earliest European colonies on the mainland; they died out except for St. Augustine (founded by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés in 1565).

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