On July 4, 1776, they issued the Declaration of Independence, which announced their independence from Great Britain and their creation of a cooperative union. The nation was founded by the thirteen colonies of Great Britain along the Atlantic coast. European colonization began in the 16th century with several European nations setting up colonies in North America. The land that would one day become the United States was first settled by migrating tribes from Siberia that walked across a bridge of ice about 20,000 years ago. And with an area 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km 2) it is the third or fourth-largest country in the world by total area. And with a population of 331 million people, the United States is the third most populated country in the world. The capital city is Washington, D.C and the largest city by population is New York City with a population of 8.8 million people. The country also possesses territories, and insular areas, in the Caribbean and Pacific. The state of Hawaii is a set of islands in the mid-Pacific located within Polynesia and is about 2,200 miles (3,500 kilometers) from the mainland. Alaska is bordered by Canada to its east and south and by Russia to its west across the Bering Strait. The state of Alaska is in the northwestern area of the continent and is separated from the other 48 states by Canada making it an exclave. They are bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. Forty-eight of these states and the District of Columbia border each other between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The United States of America ( U.S.A or USA), commonly known as the United States ( U.S or US) or America, is a sovereign country mostly in North America. mil ccTLD (generally not used in the U.S.).
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