Why is America called America?

Miguo, Japan's name for the United States, Japan uses "rice" to represent me in the United States, so it is called "Miguo".

United States of America.

It covers an area of 9.37 million square kilometers, 4,500 kilometers from east to west, 2,700 kilometers from north to south and 22,680 kilometers from coastline.

The population is about 333 million (as of February 20021year), of which non-Hispanic whites account for 60. 1%, Hispanics account for 65.438+08.5%, Africans account for 65.438+03.4%, Asians account for 5.9%, mixed-race children account for 2.8%, Indians and Indians.

General English. About 46.5% of the population believes in Christianity, 20.8% in Catholicism, 1.9% in Judaism, 0.9% in Islam, 0.7% in Buddhism, 0.5% in Orthodox Church, 1.2% in other religions, and 22.8% in no religion (a few people belong to multi-religious beliefs.

American profile

Located in the middle of North America, the territory also includes Alaska in the northwest of North America and Hawaii in the central Pacific Ocean. It borders Canada in the north, the Gulf of Mexico in the south, the Pacific Ocean in the west and the Atlantic Ocean in the east. Most areas have a continental climate, while the south has a subtropical climate. The temperature difference between the central and northern plains is very large. The average temperature in Chicago is MINUS 3 degrees in June and 24 degrees in July. 65438+ 10, the average temperature along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico is 1 1℃, and it is 28℃ in July.

It was originally a settlement of Indians. /kloc-At the end of 0/5, Spain, the Netherlands, France and Britain began to immigrate to North America.

By 1773, Britain had established 13 colonies. 1775 The War of Independence broke out.

1776 On July 4th, the Declaration of Independence was adopted and the United States of America was formally proclaimed.

The federal constitution was promulgated in 1787, and Washington became the first president in 1789.

In 100 years after 1776, the territory of the United States almost expanded by 10 times.

The above contents refer to the general situation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the United States.