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The United States is third in size among the world's continents, lying for the most part

between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. It extends for

more than 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometres) to within 500 miles of both

the North Pole and the Equator and has an east-west extent of 5,000

miles. It covers an area of 9,355,000 square miles (24,230,000 square

kilometres

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