Alaska
Alaska (/ əˈlæskə/ (mverani) ə-LAS-kə; Russian: Аляска, romanized: Alyaska; Aleut: Alax̂sxax̂; Inupiaq: Alaaskaq; Alutiiq: Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: Alaskaq;  Tlingit) ndi An boma lomwe lili ku Western United States kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa North America. A semi-exclave of U.S., amadutsa chigawo cha Canada cha British Columbia ndi gawo la Yukon kummawa; imagawananso malire am'nyanja ndi Chukotka Autonomous Okrug ya Russian Federation kumadzulo, kudutsa Bering Strait. Kumpoto kuli nyanja za Chukchi ndi Beaufort za Arctic Ocean, pomwe Pacific Ocean ili kumwera ndi kumwera chakumadzulo.

Alaska ndiye dera lalikulu kwambiri ku US ndi dera, lomwe lili ndi madera ambiri kuposa mayiko atatu akuluakulu (Texas, California, ndi Montana) ataphatikizidwa. Ikuyimira gawo lachisanu ndi chiwiri lalikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Ndilo dziko lachitatu lokhala ndi anthu ochepa komanso lokhala ndi anthu ochepa kwambiri, koma malo omwe ali ndi anthu ambiri mdziko muno omwe ali kumpoto kwa 60th parallel, okhala ndi anthu 736,081 pofika 2020 - kupitilira kanayi kuchuluka kwa anthu aku Northern Canada ndi Greenland. .Pafupifupi theka la anthu okhala ku Alaska amakhala mumzinda wa Anchorage. Likulu la boma la Juneau ndi mzinda wachiwiri waukulu kwambiri ku United States ndi dera, lomwe lili ndi magawo ambiri kuposa mayiko a Rhode Island ndi Delaware. Likulu lakale la Alaska, Sitka, ndi mzinda waukulu kwambiri ku U.S.

Zomwe tsopano ndi Alaska zakhala kwa anthu amitundu yosiyanasiyana kwa zaka zikwi; Anthu ambiri amakhulupirira kuti derali linali polowera ku North America polowera ku Bering Land Bridge. Ufumu wa Russia unali woyamba kulamulira derali kuyambira m'zaka za m'ma 1800, ndipo pamapeto pake unakhazikitsa Russian America, yomwe idatenga mayiko ambiri masiku ano. Zowonongeka komanso zovuta zosungira zinthu zakutalizi zidapangitsa kugulitsa kwake ku US mu 1867 kwa US $ 7.2 miliyoni (zofanana ndi $ 140 miliyoni mu 2021), kapena pafupifupi masenti awiri pa ekala ($ 4.74 / km2).

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