Anchorage is located in south central Alaska презентация

GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION
AREA: 5079 SQ. KM.
ANCHORAGE IS LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA. LOCATED AT 61 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE, THE CITY IS LOCATED SLIGHTLY NORTH OF OSLO, HELSINKI, STOCKHOLM AND ST. PETERSBURG, BUT MUCH SOUTH OF REYKJAVIK OR MURMANSK. THE CITY IS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA, KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK BAY, NORTH OF THE KENAI PENINSULA, NORTHWEST OF PRINCE WILHELM STRAIT, SOUTHEAST ALASKA AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN OF NORTH AMERICA.

CLIMATE
THE CHUGACH MOUNTAIN RANGE PARTIALLY PREVENTS THE INVASION OF ARCTIC AIR MASSES FROM THE NORTH OF ALASKA. THE WARMEST MONTH IS JULY WITH AN AVERAGE DAILY MAXIMUM OF 18.6 °, THE COLDEST MONTH IS JANUARY WITH AN AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE OF -8.3 °. THE CLIMATE HERE IS DRY COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES ON THE SOUTHERN COAST OF ALASKA - ONLY 423 MM OF PRECIPITATION, WHILE IN JUNEAU IT FALLS 1587 MM, AND IN SITKA - 2258 MM.

POPULATION
POPULATION: 0.35 MILLION PEOPLE.
DENSITY 66.4 PEOPLE / KM²
ANCHORAGE WAS 260 283, THE PROPORTION OF WHITE AMERICANS AT THAT TIME WAS 72.2%; AFRICAN AMERICAN - 5.8%; NATIVE AMERICANS - 7.3; ASIANS - 5,6. THE MOST COMMON LANGUAGES OF THE POPULATION AFTER ENGLISH WERE: SPANISH (4%), TAGALOG (1.5%) AND KOREAN (1.4%). [8] THE PROPORTION OF PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 WAS 29.1%; THE PROPORTION OF PERSONS OVER 65 YEARS OF AGE IS 5.5%. THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE POPULATION IS 32 YEARS. SEXUAL COMPOSITION: 101.6 MEN PER 100 WOMEN.

ARCHITECTURAL SIGHTS OF THE XX CENTURY IN THE CITY IS ALMOST NOT PRESERVED. THE REASON FOR THIS WAS AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A MAGNITUDE OF 9.2, WHICH OCCURRED ON MARCH 27, 1964. HOWEVER, THE CITY HAS MUSEUM ATTRACTIONS:
ALASKA NATIVE HERITAGE CENTER
ANCHORAGE MUSEUM AT THE RASMUSON CENTER
THE ANCHORAGE MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ART
MUSEUM OF AVIATION (ALASKA AVIATION HERITAGE MUSEUM)
ZOO OF ALASKA (ALASKA ZOO)
HYDRO HOFA AIRPORT (LAKE HOOD FLOATPLANE BASE)
FARM WITH MUSK OXEN (MUSK OX FARM)
Architectural sights

ANCHORAGE ATTRACTIONS
BIKE TRAILS
NATURAL AND PROTECTED AREAS
OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT

KIND OF SPORTS

RELIGION IN ANCHORAGE
36.2% OF THE PEOPLE IN ANCHORAGE ARE RELIGIOUS:
- 4.0% ARE BAPTIST
- 0.6% ARE EPISCOPALIAN
- 8.9% ARE CATHOLIC
- 1.8% ARE LUTHERAN
- 1.7% ARE METHODIST
- 2.2% ARE PENTECOSTAL
- 0.7% ARE PRESBYTERIAN
- 9.2% ARE ANOTHER CHRISTIAN FAITH