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  Location: North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico Population: 263.8 million (1995 estimate) Capital: Washington, D.C. Comparative area: About half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about one-half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly smaller than China; about 2½ times the size of Western Europe (Note: Comparisons include only the 50 states and District of Columbia) Religions: Protestant 56 percent, Roman Catholic 28 percent, Jewish 2 percent, other 4 percent, none 10 percent (1989) Landscape: Ranges from warm beaches of Florida and Hawaii to the frozen northlands of Alaska, and from the level Midwestern prairies to the snow-capped Rocky Mountains; the largest state is Alaska, which stretches almost as wide as the mainland United States Recognized by International Olympic Committee: 1894 Source: Knight-Ridder/Tribune
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