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  2. Northern United States - Wikipedia

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    During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Northern states comprised the U.S. states that supported the United States of America, referred to as the Union. In this context, "the North" is synonymous with the Union, while "the South" refers to the states that seceded from the U.S. to form the Confederate States of America .

  3. North America - Wikipedia

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    North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), representing approximately 16.5% of the Earth 's land area and 4.8% of its total surface area. It is the third-largest continent by size after Asia and Africa, and the fourth-largest continent by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe.

  4. Northeastern United States - Wikipedia

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    Rochester, New York is the ninth-largest city in the Northeast and the 112th-largest city in the United States. It had a population of 211,328 in 2020. The Rochester metro has a population of 1,090,135. Worcester, Massachusetts is the tenth-largest city in the Northeast and the 114th-largest city in the United States.

  5. Geography of North America - Wikipedia

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    With an estimated population of 580 million and an area of 24,709,000 km 2 (9,540,000 mi 2 ), the northernmost of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere [1] is bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the west; the Atlantic Ocean on the east; the Caribbean Sea on the south; and the Arctic Ocean on the north. The northern half of North America is ...

  6. North Dakota - Wikipedia

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    North Dakota ( / dəˈkoʊtə / ⓘ də-KOH-tə) [4] is a landlocked U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south, and Montana to the west.

  7. United States Northern Command - Wikipedia

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    The United States Northern Command ( USNORTHCOM) [8] is one of eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense. The command is tasked with providing military support for non-military authorities in the U.S., and protecting the territory and national interests of the United States within the continental United States ...

  8. United States - Wikipedia

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    The first documented use of the phrase "United States of America" is a letter from January 2, 1776. Stephen Moylan, a Continental Army aide to General George Washington, wrote to Joseph Reed, Washington's aide-de-camp, seeking to go "with full and ample powers from the United States of America to Spain" to seek assistance in the Revolutionary War effort.

  9. Northwestern United States - Wikipedia

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    Northwestern United States. Coordinates: 46°N 117°W. The two dark red states are almost always, and the three striped states usually, included as making up the Northwestern United States. The Northwestern United States, also known as the American Northwest or simply the Northwest, is an informal geographic region of the United States.