Alaska

Alaska
The largest United States in terms of area, with 1,481,346 square kilometers, Alaska is located near Russia and within the territory of Canada, in the northwest corner of the continent of North America, bordered on the east by the Canadian provinces of Yukon and British Columbia, and bordered on the side Western Bering Sea, Bering Strait, and Chukchi Sea. From the south it is bordered by the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Alaska, and includes the Arctic Ocean and the Beaufort Sea of the most important strategic states and this state is famous for fishing, fur and ice huts Igloo known as Igloo Igloo. The nickname for this state is Land of the Midnight Sun, while Alaska belongs to the language of the Aleutian inhabitants, meaning great lands or lands colliding with the sea. A few Muslims in Alaska found Alaska's most important mosques, the Al Rasheed Mosque in Anchorage and the Islamic Center in the same city.
Attractions in Alaska
Denali National Park
. Mendenhall glacier in the north of the Tongass forests
. Katami National Park, which contains the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, is a region known for volcanic activity.
The capital of Alaska
Alaska was divided in 1912 and joined the United States on 3 January 1959 and became the 49th state. The state constitution was ratified on April 24, 1956.
The most important big cities in Alaska
Anchorage has a population of 270,951.
The city of Fairbanks is 30,970 inhabitants.
City of Istica Sitka 8.876 inhabitants.
Alaska has 27 counties.
Geography of Alaska
With an area of 1.481,353 square kilometers, Alaska is one of the largest states in the northwestern part of North America.
It is separated from western Canada by the rest of the United States. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, Beaufort Sea and south by Alaska Bay and the Pacific Ocean.
Alaska is about a fifth of the United States and is on the edge of the Seward peninsula, both miles away from the Russian Far East.
The Seward peninsula is easy, and the population density is very small.
Alaska extends southwards towards Russia in both the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands, about 109 km from the Kamandorski Islands, both separating the Bering Sea from the Pacific Ocean.
The Alaska Peninsula region is permanently covered by grass but free of trees and climate. The climate is extremely harsh, with fog and frost in winter and violent storms. The Alotian Islands are strategically important and contain several active volcanoes.

One of the most important rivers in Alaska is the Yukon, which cuts the state from west to east, extending 1,931 km from the Canadian border to the Bering Sea.
Alaska residents
Alaska has a population of about 655,435 thousand according to 2004 statistics. The percentage of whites of European origin is 69.3%, African Americans 3.5%, Native Americans, Native Americans 15.6%, Other Races 1.6%, Mixed Races 5.4% and Hispanics 4.1%, according to 2000 statistics. The percentage of those who own their homes is 67.2% according to 2003 statistics, while the population suffering from poverty is 14.7% according to 2003 statistics and the unemployment rate is 6.4% according to 2005 statistics.
Alaska Economy
Alaska's total production is $ 38.5 billion, with average per capita income per year of $ 34,654, according to 2004 statistics.
The unemployment rate reached 6.4% in 2005.
The production of the industrial sector is $ 678 million.
The production of the government sector is $ 6.268 million.
Production of insurance and health is $ 1.119 million.
Production of other services is $ 1.7 million.
According to 2003 statistics.
Alaska is the last state in terms of crop production. South Alaska is the best arable area in the Matanuska Valley, with greenhouses, dairy and potatoes at the top.