Fort Yukon ( Eng. Fort Yukon , Gwitchin . Gwichyaa Zheh [2] or Gwichyaa Zhee [3] ) is a city in Alaska ( USA ), the largest settlement in Yukon Koyukuk (the largest state census area). The hottest point in Alaska (absolute maximum air temperature + 38 ° C).
| City | |
| Fort yukon | |
|---|---|
| English Fort yukon gvichin . Gwichyaa zheh | |
| A country |  USA |
| State | Alaska |
| Census area | Yukon-Koyukuk |
| The mayor | Tuila Strom (2012) [1] |
| History and Geography | |
| Based | 1847 |
| Former names | Fort Youcon |
| City with | 1959 |
| Square | 19.2 km² |
| Height above sea level | 133 m |
| Timezone | UTC − 9 ; summer UTC − 8 |
| Population | |
| Population | 554 people ( 2016 ) |
| Density | 32.2 people / km² |
| Nationalities | Eskimos - 86.0% white - 10.7% |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +1 907 |
| Postcode | 99740 |
| FIPS | 02-26760 |
There is an airport .
Content
Geography
Fort Yukon is located in central Alaska at the confluence of the Porcupine River and the Yukon River . The area of the city is 19.2 km², of which 1.1 km² (approx. 5.7%) are open water areas.
June 27, 1915 in Fort Yukon was recorded air temperature + 38 ° C in the shade - the highest temperature in the history of Alaska’s meteorological observations [4] . At the same time, until 1971, Fort Yukon also held the opposite record - −61 ° C in winter.
History
Fort Yukon (then it was originally written by Fort Youcon , not Fort Yukon as it is now) was founded on June 25, 1847 by Alexander Hunter Murray, sales representative of the Hudson's Bay Company , as the trading post of the Company. The first school was founded in 1862, in 1869, two years after the sale of Alaska , the post passed to the Alaska Commercial Company . On July 12, 1898, the first post office opened in Fort Yukon. For the first half of the 20th century, the settlement regularly suffered from epidemics and floods. On June 9, 1933, the future prominent politician Don Young was born in Fort Yukon. In the 1950s, the construction of a radar station and an air force base began in the village, so in 1959 it received the status of a city.
Demographics
- Population
- 1910 - 321 inhabitants
- 1920 - 319
- 1930 - 304
- 1940 - 274
- 1950 - 446
- 1960 - 701
- 1970 - 448
- 1980 - 619
- 1990 - 580
- 2000 - 595
- 2010 - 583
- 2016 - 554
- Racial composition
- Eskimos - 86.0%
- white - 10.7%
- African Americans - 0.2%
- Asians - 0.2%
- two or more races - 2.7%
- other races - 0.2%
- Hispanics (any race) - 1.3%
Notes
- ↑ Alaska Mayors' Conference Archived May 11, 2013. on akml.org
- ↑ National names of US toponyms on uaf.edu
- ↑ Welcome to the Gwichyaa Zhee Gwich'in Tribal Government at fortyukon.org
- ↑ NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards Informations - Alaska Weather Interesting Facts and Records Archived on September 29, 2006. on arh.noaa.gov
Links
- Fort Yukon at commerce.state.ak.us
- Fort Yukon: demography, economics, crime, healthcare, etc. on the site city-data.com
- Fort Yukon at epodunk.com