Although Wyoming, North Dakota and Vermont have fewer inhabitants than Alaska, the population density is lower than any of the states. In fact, if in New York would be the same population density as in Alaska, then Manhattan would be lived only 29 people. Instead, Manhattan inhabit more than 1.5 million people. Imagine the difference!

 

Alaska - Forty-ninth state of the United States of America. It is located in the north-western part of the North American continent. By area, Alaska is the largest state of the USA. Official transfer of Alaska took place 18 October 1867 in Sitka (Sitka).

 

The name "Alaska" is derived from the Aleut language: the word «alasxaq» means "the mainland", and in a literal translation - "the land on which the sea rushes." Alaska was purchased by the United States from Russia at the initiative of the Secretary of State William Seward (William Seward). The area acquired the territory of 600 000 square miles (1,554,000 square kilometers). The cost of land is equal to 5.9 cents per acre.

 

This deal, some prominent journalists called "Seward's whim" because they doubt that Alaska will contribute to the progress of the United States. Alaska opened the Danish explorer Vitus Bering (Vitus Jonassen Bering) during his trip to Siberia in 1741.

 

The first settlement in Alaska was founded on the island of Kodiak (Kodiak Island) in 1784 by Russian fur traders and whalers. In the east, on the border with Alaska, Canada, the Yukon Territory and British Columbia. Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Alaska, wash it in the south, and the Chukchi Sea, Bering Strait and Bering Sea - in the west. In the north it has a common border with the Beaufort Sea and the Arctic Ocean.

 

Alaska does not border with any other US state. It is the only state in North America, with the main noncontiguous territory of the United States, from Washington state it is separated 805 km Canadian lands. It is also the only state to which the capital - Juneau (Juneu) - can not be reached by road, but only by air or water.

 

Alaska - the largest state in the US. Its total area is now about 1,477,277 square meters. km. Its territory is almost two times more than the state of Texas, which is the second largest state of America. The southern and central part of Alaska - the southern coastal region. This region is home to most of the population of Alaska. There are many growing towns, such as Palmer (Palmer), Wasilla (Wasilla) and Anchorage (Anchorage).

 

The density of population in Alaska is the lowest in the entire United States. The coastal state line extends approximately 10,619,400 km. State stretches in length from north to south almost 2,252,600 km and a maximum width from east to west - about 4,344,300 km.