Anchorage is located in south central Alaska

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2. Geographical position Area: 5079 sq. Km.

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.

3. Climate

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.

4. Population

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.

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Architectural sights
• 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)

6. Anchorage Attractions

ANCHORAGE ATTRACTIONS
BIKE TRAILS
NATURAL AND PROTECTED
AREAS
OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT

7. Kind of sports

KIND OF SPORTS

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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

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