Located in North America, the United States of America is a country with a federal district, 50 states and 326 Indian reservations. The country also has five major unincorporated territories namely American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.

The U.S. shares land borders with Canada to the north and Mexico to the south and maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba and Russia. On July 4, 1776, the U.S. declared its independence from Great Britain.

Barack Obama, 51, is the incumbent and 44th president of the U.S. He assumed office on January 20, 2009.

Washington, D.C. is the capital of the U.S. while New York City is the country’s largest city. Here is the 2012 list of the 12 most handsome living U.S. citizens:

#12. Scott Eastwood

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#11. Adam Senn

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#10. Robert Downey, Jr.

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#9. Chris Evans

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#8. ‘The Rock” Dwayne Johnson

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#7. “T.I.” Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. 

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#6. Paul Walker

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#5. Channing Tatum

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#4. Sean O’Pry

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#3. Lenny Kravitz

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#2. Tom Cruise

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#1. Brad Pitt