USA – The Facts
- Full name: United States of America
- Population: 305.8 million (UN, 2007)
- Capital: Washington DC
- Largest city: New York City
- Area: 9.8 million sq km (3.8 million sq miles)
- Major language: English
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 76 years (men), 81 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 US dollar = 100 cents
- Main exports: Computers and electrical machinery, vehicles, chemical products, food and live animals, military equipment and aircraft
- GNI per capita: US $43,740 (World Bank, 2006)
- Internet domain: .us
- International dialling code: +1
- President: George W Bush
- The press
- USA Today - national daily
- Wall Street Journal - business daily
- Christian Science Monitor - church-owned daily
- Los Angeles Times - daily
- Washington Post - daily
- Boston Globe - daily
- New York Post - daily
- New York Times - daily
- Philadelphia Inquirer - daily
- Baltimore Sun - daily
- Chicago Tribune - daily
Newsweek - news weekly - Time - news weekly
- U.S.News & World Report - news weekly
- Television
- ABC - major commercial network
- CBS - major commercial network
- NBC - major commercial network
- Fox - major commercial network
- CNN - pioneer of 24-hour rolling TV news, operates domestic and international streams
MTV - pioneer of music television - HBO (Home Box Office) - pay TV network; originator of some of American TV's most critically-acclaimed programmes
- PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) - public TV, serves some 350 non-commercial member stations
- Radio
- NPR (National Public Radio) - non-commercial network of member stations; news, information and cultural programmes
- Clear Channel - America's largest commercial radio operator, owns more than 1,200 stations
- CBS Radio - major commercial operator with nearly 180 stations in major markets
- ABC Radio Networks - operates flagship stations coast-to-coast
- External broadcasting
- Voice of America - government-funded, programmes for global audiences in many languages
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - government-funded, targets eastern Europe, former
- Soviet Union and the Caucasus in local languages
- Radio Free Asia - government funded, targets China, North Korea and southeast Asia
- Al-Hurra - government-funded, satellite TV for Middle East
- Radio Sawa - government-funded, Arabic-language radio for Middle East
- Radio Farda - government-funded, Persian-language radio
- Radio and TV Marti - government-funded services for Cuba
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