United States of America USA The official

United States of America USA

The official name of the United States: The United States of America, is also commonly used abbreviation USA. The capital of the United States: Washington City. Major U. S. cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio.

UNITED STATES CONSISTS OF 50 STATES, ARE EQUAL MEMBERS OF THE FEDERATION AND THE FEDERAL DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. EACH STATE HAS ITS OWN CONSTITUTION, LEGISLATURE, EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY. STATES ARE DIVIDED INTO DISTRICTS (ENGLISH COUNTY, PARISH (LOUISIANA), BOROUGH (ALASKA)) - THE SMALLER ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS, LESS THAN THE STATE AND NO LESS THAN THE CITY. ALL ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS IN THE COUNTRY IS THE U. S. DISTRICT 3141. THE SMALLEST NUMBER OF DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE (3), THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS (254). THE POWERS OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MUNICIPALITY LOCATED IN THEIR RESIDENTIAL AREAS VARY GREATLY FROM STATE TO STATE. LOCAL LIFE SETTLEMENTS RUN MUNICIPALITIES.

The highest legislative body - a bicameral Congress: • The lower house - the House of Representatives; • The upper house - the Senate. The highest executive body - the U. S. president. President - Head of State, Chief of the armed forces (see List of Presidents of the USA). There is a vice-president. Highest judicial authority - the Supreme Court of the United States. The main political parties - the Republican and Democratic. There also many other smaller parties.

Houses of Parliament, London

U. S. President: Barack Obama