Alasca :State of Alaska

Alaska  is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity 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 further west across the Bering Strait. Approximately half of Alaska's 710,231 residents (as per the 2010 United States Census) live within the Anchorage metropolitan area. Alaska is the least densely populated state of the U.S.^[5]

Alaska was purchased from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million ($113 million in today's dollars) at about two cents per acre ($4.74/km²). The land went through several administrative changes before becoming an organized (or incorporated) territory on May 11, 1912, and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959.

The name "Alaska" (Аляска) was already introduced in the Russian colonial period, when it was used only for the peninsula and is derived from the Aleut alaxsxaq, meaning "the mainland" or more literally, "the object towards which the action of the sea is directed".It is also known as Alyeska, the "great land", an Aleut word derived from the same root.

ALASKA FLAG:

Alaska adopted the flag for official state use in 1959. The blue field represents the sky, the sea, and mountain lakes, as well as Alaska's wildflowers. Emblazoned on the flag are eight gold stars: seven from the constellation Ursa Major, or the Big Dipper. The eighth being the North Star, representing the northern most state. Alaska's flag was designed in 1926 by a 13-year-old Native American boy, Bennie Benson, from the village of Chignik. Bennie received a 1,000-dollar scholarship and a watch for his winning entry in the flag design contest.


PT: *  O Alasca (em inglês Alaska) é um dos 50 estados  dos Estados Unidos da América e o maior em extensão territorial, sendo maior do que os estados americanos de Texas, Califórnia  e Montana  juntos. O nome Alasca provém da palavra Alyeska, que significa “grande terra” em aleúte, um idioma esquimo-aleutiano  falado em partes do seu território.

Árvore Picea sitchensis - Símbolo do Estado

Montanha Juneau - AlasKa

DADOS E INFORMAÇÕES IMPORTANTES:
País que Pertence: Estados Unidos da América
Capital do Estado: Juneau
Cidades principais: Juneau, Barrow, Bethel, Fairbanks, Homer, Kodiak, Palmer, Nome, Unalaska
Localização Geográfica: extremo noroeste dos EUA 
População: 663.661 (2005)
Densidade Demográfica (habitantes por km²): 0,42
Altitude média: 3.060 metros
Área (em km²): 1.717.854 
Administração: 28 distritos
Principais Atividades Econômicas: extração de petróleo, minérios, serviços, indústria e pesca.
Rio Principal: rio Yukon
Temperatura média anual: 3 °C
Clima: clima polar
Índice Pluviométrico anual: 1.500 mm

PONTOS TURÍSTICOS E CULTURAIS

- Inside Passage (fiordes e geleiras)
- Skagway
- Museu da Trilha do Ouro
- Ketchikan (cidade antiga)
- Fiorde Tracy Arm
- Parque Nacional de Glacier Bay
- Monumento Nacional de Misty Fiords

Alaska report news:

http://www.alaskareport.com/

 Alaska weather:

http://www.ktva.com/

Alaska Map 

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