Handout "Alaska"
In the year 1867, the United States bought Alaska
from Russia for about 7.2 million US Dollar.
On January 3rd, 1959, Alaska became the 48th
state of the United States of America.
The main cities in Alaska are Juneau, Anchorage
and Fairbanks. The kapital city is Juneau.
Alaska is a very large state, about 4 times bigger
than Germany and it is the largest state in the
United States.
Only about half a million people live there, that
means there are only 0.4 people per square kilometer
In Gernamy, there about 280 people per square kilometer.
That ist 700 hundred times more as in Alaska.
Alaska has a beautiful countryside, there are a lot mountains, the biggest is McKinley 6194m higth.
In Alaska are very nice seas, you can go fishing there very well.The biggest seas are Bencharof, Iliamna, Nakmet an Ugashilk.Alaska is very famous too because of the gold-rush
at the end of the 19 th centery and because of its important oil fields in the Prudhoe
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