Združene države Amerike
(, »Iz mnogih, eno«) (tradicionalno)''In God We Trust'' (»V Boga zaupamo«) (od 1956 do danes) |image_map = Location_United_States.svg |national_anthem = ''The Star-Spangled Banner'' |official_languages = angleščina
(''de facto'') |capital = Washington, D.C. |latd=38 |latm=53 |latNS=N |longd=77 |longm=02 |longEW=W |government_type = federativna ustavna republika |leader_title1 = predsednik |leader_name1 = Joe Biden (D) |leader_title2 = podpredsednik |leader_name2 = Kamala Harris (D) |leader_title3 = predsednik predstavniškega doma |leader_name3 = Kevin McCarthy (R) | largest_city = New York | area_km2 = 9.631.420 | area_rank = 3.1 | area_magnitude = 1 E12 | percent_water = 4,87 | population_estimate = 301.693.000 | population_estimate_year = | population_estimate_rank = 3. | population_census = 281.421.906 | population_census_year = 2000 | population_density = 31 | population_densitymi² = 80 | population_density_rank = 172. | demonym = Američan, Američanka | GDP_PPP_year = 2006 | GDP = 13,049 bilijona USD | GDP_PPP = 13,049 bilijona USD | GDP_PPP_rank = 1. | GDP_PPP_per_capita = $43.555 | GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 3. | GDP_nominal = 13,77 bilijona USD | GDP_nominal_rank = 1. | GDP_nominal_year = 2007 | GDP_nominal_per_capita = 45.652 USD | GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 8. | HDI_year = 2019 | HDI = 0,926 | HDI_rank = 17. | HDI_category = zelo visok |Gini = 48,5 |Gini_year = 2020 |Gini_category = visok | sovereignty_type = Neodvisnost | sovereignty_note = od Velike Britanije | established_event1 = razglašena | established_event2 = priznana | established_event3 = Ustava Združenih držav Amerike | established_date1 = 4. julij 1776 | established_date2 = 3. september 1783 | established_date3 = 4. marec 1787 | currency = ameriški dolar ($) | currency_code = USD | country_code = USA | time_zone = | utc_offset = −5 do −10 | time_zone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = −4 do −10 | cctld = .us .gov .edu .mil | calling_code = 1 | footnotes = 1 Včasih so ZDA navedene na tretjem mestu. Položaj morda pripada Kitajski. }}
Združene države Amerike (tudi Združene države, ZDA; angleško ''United States of America'' ) so zvezna republika v Severni Ameriki, sestavljena iz 50 zveznih držav (48 geografsko povezanih in dveh ločenih zveznih držav). Država se razteza med Atlantikom na vzhodu ter Tihim oceanom na zahodu in si deli severno mejo s Kanado ter južno z Mehiko. Njena prestolnica je Washington, D.C.
Deželo zaznamuje več hiosnovnih dejavnikov: geografske značilnosti te tretje največje države na svetu, zgodovina, ki govori o ljudeh izpred 15 tisoč let in do danes, prebivalstvo, ki sestavlja družbo, kultura s tradicijo zlivanja priseljencev v samostojno kulturno entiteto, gospodarstvo in uprava. Zaradi vpliva, ki so ga ZDA razvile na vojaški, gospodarski, kulturni in politični ravni v svetu, je po propadu Sovjetske zveze govoriti o Združenih državah kot o edini svetovni supersili.
Eden najpomembnejših vidikov pri dojemanju pomena ZDA je njen učinek talilnega lonca. Tega simbolizira nacionalni moto ''E Pluribus Unum'' (slovensko ''Iz mnogih eno''). Prvič je bil uporabljen za potrebo združevanja 13 britanskih kolonij v Severni Ameriki med ameriško revolucijo, nov pomen pa je dobil, ko so se v državo pričele prilivati mase migrantov. Ti so namreč morali najti skupne življenjske smernice in načela, kar je povzročilo zlivanje mnogoterih kultur v eno. Združene države so tako pred vsem drugim dežela imigrantov, ki so oblikovali novo kulturo. Uspešno povezovanje priseljencev v nacionalno celoto naj bi bilo doseženo z izenačenjem vseh državljanov, ki je bilo zagotovljeno v deklaraciji neodvisnosti ter v Ustavi ZDA. K takšnemu idealu pa naj bi dežela stremela tudi danes, saj še ni dosežen. Odtod izhaja tudi ameriška politična misel, ki so jo navedli očetje naroda: »Vsi ljudje se rodijo enaki in obdarjeni z neodtujljivimi pravicami do življenja, svobode ter iskanja sreče«.
Pojem »Amerika« je bil oblikovan v zgodnjem 16. stoletju, in sicer po Amerigu Vespucciju, italijanskem raziskovalcu in kartografu, ki je nedolgo za Kolumbom raziskoval obale Južne Amerike in potrdil obstoj novoodkrite celine. Celotno ime Združene države Amerike pa je bilo uradno prvič navedeno v Deklaraciji neodvisnosti iz leta 1776. Danes je uradno ime krajšano na Združene države (angleško ''United States''), ZDA (angleško ''USA''), v angleščini tudi ''The States'' ali ''US'', v svetu zahodne kulture pa tudi le na ime Amerika. V preteklosti je bil za obe ameriški celini priljubljen naziv ''Columbia''. Prebivalci ZDA so označeni za Američane, to ime je namreč le redko uporabljeno za prebivalce ostalih držav katere od Amerik. V Wikipediji
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