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Chapter 11American and British geography 11.1 American and British Locations American and British Locations Where are the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? America The United States is situated in the central part of North America with its two youngest states: Alaska in the northwestern part of North America and Hawaii in the central Pacific. The country is bounded by Canada on the north and by Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico on the south with the Atlantic Ocean on the east and Pacific Ocean on the west. The total area of the country is 9,372,614 square kilometers. The whole country includes 50 states and a federal district, the District of Columbia, which is the seat of the Federal Government. British Great Britain (Scottish Gaelic: Breatainn Mhòr, Welsh: Prydain Fawr) is the largest island of the British Isles, the largest island in Europe and the eighth-largest island in the world. It lies to the northwest of Continental Europe, with Ireland to the west, and makes up the largest part of the territory of the state known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is surrounded by over 1,000[citation needed] smaller islands and islets. The historic nations of England, Scotland and the principality of Wales are mostly situated on the island, along with their capital cities, London, Edinburgh and Cardiff respectively.