Центральная Россия

Religion

• The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, adopted on December 15, 1791, declares the separation of church and state that the founding fathers understood as a prohibition on state establishment of religion, like the one that took place in the UK. According to a study conducted in 2002 Pew Global Attitudes Project, United States - the only developed countries, where most people say that religion is "very important" in their lives. The U.S. government does not keep official statistics on religion. According to the CIA World Factbook for 2007, 51.3% of the U.S. population consider themselves Protestants, 23.9% - Catholics, 12.1% do not belong to any denomination, 1.7% - the Mormons, and 1.6% - members of other Christian denominations, 1.7% - the Jews, 0.7% - Buddhists, 0.6% - Muslim 2.5% - other or not specified, 4% - atheists.

Administrative division

• The state consists of 50 states that are equal subjects of the federation, the Federal District of Columbia and the dependent territories. Each state has its own constitution, legislative, executive and judicial power. Most of the names of states derived from the names of Indian tribes and the names of the kings of England and France. States are divided into districts - the smaller administrative units, less than the state and not less than the city. In all there are 3141 District. Powers of district administration and the relationship with the municipal authorities located within their residential areas vary greatly from state to state. Local life settlements governed municipalities. Established a special status for unincorporated areas.

Washington

• At the capital of the new state after the American Revolution, claimed many of the city. So in 1790 it was decided to build a new city near the Potomac River. The capital was named Washington in honor of the first president, George Washington. The first architect who planned and designed the city, was the Frenchman Pierre Langfang. Washington - the capital of the United States since 1800. Washington as a separate city was abolished as a result of administrative reform in 1873, so the capital of the United States officially called District of Columbia. According to the U.S. Constitution and the Law on Residence, DC has a special status as the capital of the federal state. Area - 0.2 thousand km ². Population: Within the Federal District of 602 thousand inhabitants. With the suburbs (in Maryland and Virginia) - 5.4 million inhabitants.

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