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Maine business

Maine is a state in the northeastern United States, part of New England. The population of 1,328,188 people (41 th place among US states, data 2011). Capital is Augusta, the largest city is Portland.

Area is about 91,646 square km. The administrative center is the city of Augusta; the largest city and port is Portland Casco Bay on the coast. Most of the territory occupied by the spurs of the Appalachian Mountains (up to 1606 m - Mount Katahdin). The climate is temperate humid. The average January temperature is about 5 ° C, in July - 15-18 ° C. Precipitation is about 1000 mm per year. There are many lakes and rapid rivers, rich hydro (power plants of more than 1.5 GW in 1973). Important sector of Maine is agriculture.

According to the US Census Bureau in 2015, the Maine population was 1,329,321 people.

Forests cover 84% of territory of Maine, according to this indicator it has no equal in the United States. The most common trees softwood: red and white spruce, fir, hemlock, white pine. In the north and north-east is dominated by spruce and fir, in the south-west - the pine and hemlock.