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Oldest continuously inhabited European-founded city of the current 50 U.S. states. Santa Fe: New Spain United States: 1607 AD Oldest continuously inhabited state or territorial capital in the continental United States. Quebec City: New France Canada: 1608 AD Oldest city in Canada and oldest French-speaking city in the Americas. Hopewell ...
By 1900, Germany was the dominant power on the European continent and its rapidly expanding industry had surpassed Britain's while provoking it in a naval arms race. Germany led the Central Powers in World War I, but was defeated, partly occupied, forced to pay war reparations, and stripped of its colonies and significant territory along its ...
General map of Germany. This is a complete list of the 2,056 cities and towns in Germany (as of 1 January 2024). [1] [2] There is no distinction between town and city in Germany; a Stadt is an independent municipality (see Municipalities of Germany) that has been given the right to use that title.
Map of the United States with Alaska highlighted. Alaska is a state of the United States in the northwest extremity of the North American continent.According to the 2020 United States Census, Alaska is the 3rd least populous state with 733,391 inhabitants [1] but is the largest by land area spanning 570,640.95 square miles (1,477,953.3 km 2). [2]
The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) of 1980 added 53.7 million acres (217,000 km 2) to the National Wildlife Refuge system, parts of 25 rivers to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers system, 3.3 million acres (13,000 km 2) to National Forest lands, and 43.6 million acres (176,000 km 2) to National Park land. Because of ...
A native Alutiiq village, first colonized by Russia in 1784, the community never recovered from the 1964 Good Friday earthquake. Akulurak: Kusilvak Census Area: 62 ° 33' 8" N, 164 ° 33' 10" W An Alaska Native village which has been largely abandoned due to runoff from a nearby mountain pass. [2] Amalga: Juneau Borough: 1902 1927
Alaska is the least densely populated state, and one of the most sparsely populated areas in the world, at 1.2 inhabitants per square mile (0.46/km 2), with the next state, Wyoming, at 5.8 inhabitants per square mile (2.2/km 2). [70] Alaska is by far the largest U.S. state by area, and the tenth wealthiest (per capita income). [71]
This is a list of places in Alaska, including cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places. The list also includes information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and upper zip code bounds, if applicable.