Alaska Map

Alaska is the largest state of the United States in the region. It is located at the northwest corner of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia over to west across the Bering Strait. Alaska is the fourth least populous and least populous U.S. 50. About half of Alaska 722 718 [3] people live in Greater Anchorage.

Alaska from Russia was 30 Purchased in March 1867 for $ 7.2 million ($ 113 million in today's dollars), about two cents per acre ($ 4.74/km ²). The land went through several administrative changes before becoming an organization (or integrated) zone on May 11, 1912 and the 49 State of the United States to Jan. 3, 1959.

Geography

Alaska has a long coastline than all other U.S. states combined. It is the only non-contiguous U.S. states in North America, about 500 miles (800 km) from British Columbia (Canada) separate Alaska from Washington State. Alaska is an enclave of the United States. It is technically part of the continental United States, but is often not included in the use of slang, Alaska is not part of the contiguous United States, often called the "Lower 48". The capital of Juneau is located on the mainland of North America, but is not connected by road to the rest of the road system in North America.

Climate

The climate in Juneau and Southeast enclave is a mid-latitude oceanic climate (Koppen climate classification CFB) in the southern sections and sub-Arctic oceanic climate (Köppen CFCs) in the north. On an annual basis, the enclave, at once the most hot and humid in Alaska with milder temperatures in winter and heavy rainfall throughout the year. Juneau averages over 50 inches (1270 mm) of precipitation per year, while other areas over 275 inches (6990 mm​​) were obtained. It is also the only region in Alaska, where the average daily temperature above freezing temperatures during the winter months.

History of Alaska

Many indigenous peoples of Alaska occupied for thousands of years before the arrival of European peoples in the region. The Tlingit develop a modern matriarchy in Southeast Alaska, along with parts of British Columbia and the Yukon. Even in South Asia, the Haida, are now also known for their unique art, and decimated the Tsimshian people, whose population is heavily influenced by a smallpox epidemic in the 1860s. The Aleutian Islands are still the home of the people of the Aleutian shipping company, although they should be used between the first native of Alaska from Russia. West and south-western Alaska, the homeland of Yup'ik, while their cousins, the Alutiiq lived in what is now south-central Alaska. The Gwich'in people of the interior of the North is now best known for its dependence on caribou in the Arctic National Refuge Wildlife hotly contested. North Slope and Little Diomede Island are inhabited by the Inuit widespread.

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