Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska

 





If you go to Alaska first, visit anchorage. Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska. Its population (agglomeration) has a population of 374 thousand people, almost half the residents of Alaska. In the city home to about 280 thousand people.

The city is surrounded by national parks on all sides. Anchorage is situated between two bays of cook, near the Chugach mountains. From anchorage the roads for all of napravleniyam to the reserves. Book an excursion or tour in anchorage here.

The city's history begins in 1867 when Henry Sard agreed about the transaction (the purchase of Alaska) with the Russian Empire.

 



Even then, the first settlements were established in areas of fishing and mining. As you know, anchorage is a consequence of the construction of Railways. Then the road construction took about 9 years (from 1914 to 1923 gg). Only in 1920, anchorage became a city. Already in 1930 there was built the first airport named after R. Merrill. And in 1950-ies was built a second airport named after T. Stevens. Today pass through the airport large freight flows between the US and Asia. International airport every year continues to receive tourists. As you know, in 1964 there was an earthquake, which destroyed a large number of architectural monuments 20 years. It was the largest earthquake in the area ever before, and amounted to 9 points. The 1960s were devoted to recovery work.





The nature of Alaska is what has always attracted tourists. Denali national Park, Kenai Peninsula, one of the main attractions of Alaska. If to speak about the city of anchorage, then it is possible to allocate such places as the heritage center of Alaska, anchorage Museum, the Museum of fine arts, the Museum of aviation, hydroaeroport farm with musk oxen and the Alaska zoo. Interestingly, in the centre of town you can see the objects of the present wildlife. Proximity to parks and reserves is one of the main characteristics of the city of anchorage.





Nasienie city is quite diverse: the indigenous population represented the Caucasoid race and is about 70%, Latinos, blacks, Asians and Indians.

Thanks okrestnosti city mountains and made the Pacific currents, the climate of Alaska is moderate. The average temperature in January is -9 degrees and the average summer temperature is 14 degrees.

 

 

Source: prirodadi.ru