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Contiguous United States

The contiguous United States, also known as the U.S. mainland, officially referred to as the conterminous United States, consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia of the in central .
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  • Type: Region with 329,000,000 residents
  • Description: the 48 states of the United States (all but Alaska and Hawaii) and the District of Columbia
  • Also known as: “conterminous United States”, “contiguous United States”, “contiguous United States of America”, “continental United States”, “CONUS”, “lower 48”, “mainland U.S.”, “mainland United States”, “mainland United States of America”, and “U.S. mainland”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ellsworth and Lakeside.

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated community in , , United States. As of the 2000 census, the community had a population of 32.

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated community in southern , , United States. It lies along Nebraska Highway 2 and Nebraska Highway 250, south of the city of , the county seat of Sheridan County, at an elevation of 3,881 feet. is situated 5 miles west of Contiguous United States.

Contiguous United States

Latitude
42.0518° or 42° 3′ 6″ north
Longitude
-102.3304° or 102° 19′ 50″ west
Population
329,000,000
Elevation
3,999 feet (1,219 metres)
Open location code
85JV3M29+PR
Geo­Names ID
12746282
Wiki­data ID
Q578170
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Contiguous United States” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الولايات الأمريكية المتجاورة”
  • Armenian: “Մայրցամաքային նահանգներ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kontinental ABŞ”
  • Belarusian: “Кантынентальныя штаты”
  • Belarusian: “Кантынэнтальныя ЗША”
  • Belarusian: “Кантынэнтальныя штаты ЗША”
  • Belarusian: “Кантынэнтальныя штаты”
  • Bulgarian: “Континентални щати”
  • Burmese: “တဆက်တည်းဖြစ်သော အမေရိကန်ပြည်ထောင်စု”
  • Catalan: “Estats Units contigus”
  • Catalan: “Estats Units d’Amèrica contigus”
  • Central Kurdish: “ویلایەتە یەکگرتووە پێکلکاوەکان”
  • Chinese: “美国本土”
  • Chinese: “美國本土”
  • Corsican: “Stati Uniti contigui”
  • Corsican: “Stati Uniti cuntigui”
  • Corsican: “Stati Uniti d’America contigui”
  • Corsican: “Stati Uniti d’America cuntigui”
  • Corsican: “SUA contigui”
  • Corsican: “SUA cuntigui”
  • Czech: “Sousedící státy Spojených států amerických”
  • Danish: “Kontinentale USA”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Conus”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Qıtay DYA”
  • Dutch: “Aaneengesloten staten”
  • Dutch: “aaneengesloten Verenigde Staten van Amerika”
  • Dutch: “aaneengesloten Verenigde Staten”
  • Esperanto: “Koheraj subŝtatoj”
  • Esperanto: “konektita Usono”
  • Esperanto: “kontinenta Usono”
  • Esperanto: “Malsupra Kvardekoko”
  • Faroese: “Tað kontinentala USA”
  • French: “É-U contigus”
  • French: “États-Unis contigus”
  • French: “États-Unis d’Amérique contigus”
  • Galician: “Estados Unidos continentais”
  • German: “Contiguous United States”
  • German: “CONUS”
  • German: “zusammenhängende Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika”
  • German: “zusammenhängende Vereinigte Staaten”
  • Greek: “συνεχόμενες Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής”
  • Greek: “συνεχόμενες Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες”
  • Hawaiian: “ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻia pili”
  • Hawaiian: “ʻAmelika Mokuʻāina Hui Pū ʻia pili”
  • Hawaiian: “Mokuʻāina Hui Pū ʻia pili”
  • Hebrew: “ארצות הברית היבשתית”
  • Hebrew: “ארצות הברית הרציפה”
  • Hebrew: “ארצות הברית של אמריקה הרציפה”
  • Hungarian: “az Egyesült Államok egybefüggő területe”
  • Hungarian: “az Egyesült Államok összefüggő területe”
  • Hungarian: “Egyesült Államok egybefüggő területe”
  • Hungarian: “kontinentális Egyesült Államok”
  • Hungarian: “USA egybefüggő területe”
  • Indonesian: “Daratan utama Amerika Serikat”
  • Irish: “na Stáit Aontaithe comhtheagmhálacha”
  • Italian: “Stati Uniti contigui”
  • Italian: “Stati Uniti d’America contigui”
  • Japanese: “アメリカ合衆国本土”
  • Korean: “미국 본토”
  • Latvian: “Kontinentālie štati”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kontinental USA”
  • Macedonian: “Континентални САД”
  • Macedonian: “Континентални Соединети Држави”
  • Malay: “Tanah Besar Amerika Syarikat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “det kontinentale USA”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “det kontinentale USA”
  • Norwegian: “Det kontinentale USA”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Estats Units contigús”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Estats Units d’America contigús”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “EUA contigús”
  • Persian: “سرزمین اصلی ایالات متحده آمریکا”
  • Polish: “kontynentalne Stany Zjednoczone”
  • Polish: “Kontynentalne Stany Zjednoczone”
  • Portuguese: “Estados Unidos contíguos”
  • Portuguese: “Estados Unidos continental”
  • Portuguese: “lower 48”
  • Romanian: “Statele Unite ale Americii Continentale”
  • Romanian: “Statele Unite continentale”
  • Romanian: “SUA continentală”
  • Russian: “континентальная США”
  • Russian: “Континентальные штаты”
  • Russian: “нижние 48 штаты”
  • Russian: “смежные Соединённые Штаты”
  • Russian: “Смежные штаты”
  • Scots: “contiguous U.S.”
  • Scots: “contiguous Unitit States o Americae”
  • Scots: “contiguous Unitit States”
  • Scots: “Contiguous Unitit States”
  • Scots: “mainlaund Unitit States o Americae”
  • Scots: “mainlaund Unitit States”
  • Serbian: “гранични САД”
  • Serbian: “доњих 48”
  • Serbian: “континентални САД”
  • Serbian: “копнени САД”
  • Slovenian: “celinske Združene države Amerike”
  • Slovenian: “celinske Združene države”
  • Slovenian: “Celinske Združene države”
  • Spanish: “Estados Unidos contiguos”
  • Spanish: “Estados Unidos continental”
  • Swedish: “Sammanhängande USA”
  • Tagalog: “Kalupaang Estados Unidos”
  • Tagalog: “magkakadikit na Estados Unidos”
  • Tamil: “தொடர்ந்திணைந்துள்ள ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்கா”
  • Turkish: “Kıta ABD’si”
  • Turkish: “Kıtasal Amerika Birleşik Devletleri”
  • Ukrainian: “Континентальні штати”
  • Ukrainian: “Суміжні штати”
  • Urdu: “متصل ریاستہائے متحدہ”
  • Venetian: “Stati Unii contìngui”
  • Vietnamese: “48 tiểu bang vùng hạ”
  • Vietnamese: “Hoa Kì lục địa”
  • Vietnamese: “Hoa Kì tiếp giáp”
  • Vietnamese: “Hoa Kỳ lục địa”
  • Vietnamese: “Hoa Kỳ tiếp giáp”
  • Welsh: “taleithiau cyfagos UDA”
  • Western Frisian: “kontinintale Feriene Steaten fan Amearika”
  • Western Frisian: “kontinintale Feriene Steaten”
  • Western Frisian: “kontinintale FSA”
  • Western Frisian: “Legere 48 steaten”
  • Western Frisian: “oaniensletten Feriene Steaten fan Amearika”
  • Western Frisian: “oaniensletten Feriene Steaten”
  • Western Frisian: “oaniensletten FSA”
  • Yue Chinese: “美國本土”

Localities in the Area

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