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Louisiana covers a total of 33,206,400 acres.
The United States bought thousands of acres of land from the French called the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
By a treaty signed on Apr. 30, 1803, the United States purchased from France the Louisiana Territory, more than 2 million sq km (800,000 sq mi) of land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. The price was 60 million francs, about $15 million; $11,250,000 was to be paid directly, with the balance to be covered by the assumption by the United States of French debts to American citizens.
The Louisiana Territory purchased from Napoleon in 1803 included New Orleans ad the 820,000 acres that now is basically the center of the US. It stretched as far north as Minnesota and as far west as where the state of Montana is now.
The Louisiana Purchase was transacted between the newly formed United States of America and France. it was in 1803 and Thomas Jefferson was President. The purchase was for 15,000,000 acres for 828,800 square miles.