Member State of the United States of America. Located in the far northeast of the country, in the New England region, it covers an area of 86 027 km 2 and has a population of 1,294,500 residents (2004). It borders the Atlantic Ocean in the southeast, the Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick in the northwest and northeast, respectively, and the State of New Hampshire in the southwest. The…
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Forests, coast and sea Maine is located at the northeastern end of the United States of America, on the border with Canada. Initially, Maine was the territory of what is now a French colony. The country later became British property. Maine is the largest of the New England states in the United States. Maine has exceptionally large areas of forest, about 90% of the country is forested. Maine is therefore…
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