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The Territory of Alaska or Alaska Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from August 24, 1912, until Alaska was granted statehood on January 3, 1959. The territory was previously Russian America, 1784–1867; the Department of Alaska, 1867–1884; and the District of Alaska, 1884–1912.
O Alasca é uma gigantesca península. O Estado limita-se a norte com o oceano Ártico, a oeste com o estreito de Bering (o qual separa o Alasca da Rússia) e ao sul com o mar de Bering. O Alasca limita-se a leste com o território canadense de Yukon e com a província canadense de Colúmbia Britânica.
Há 1 dia · Alaska is bounded by the Beaufort Sea and the Arctic Ocean to the north, Canada’s Yukon territory and British Columbia province to the east, the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Ocean to the south, the Bering Strait and the Bering Sea to the west, and the Chukchi Sea to the northwest.
About half of the population of Alaska lives in the Anchorage metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, 731,158 people live in Alaska. Alaska became an organized (or incorporated) territory on May 11, 1912. It became the 49th state on January 3, 1959. The name Alaska comes from the Aleut word alaxsaq.
