Fairbanks [1] (widely distributed Fairbanks [2] ; English Fairbanks ) - a city in the center of Alaska ( USA ), the administrative center of Borough Fairbanks North Star . The population of the city is 30,224 people, with suburbs - 82,840 people. Located on the right bank of the Tanana River .
| City | |
| Fairbanks | |
|---|---|
| Fairbanks | |
| A country |  USA |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | Fairbanks North Star |
| The mayor | John Eberhart |
| History and Geography | |
| Founded | 1901 |
| City with | 1903 |
| Area | 84.6 km² |
| Center height | 136 m |
| Timezone | UTC − 9 ; summer UTC − 8 |
| Population | |
| Population | 32 070 people ( 2010 ) |
| Density | 379.7 people / km² |
| Agglomeration | 97 581 |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +1 907 |
| Postal codes | 99701, 99702, 99705, 99706, 99707, 99708, 99709, 99710, 99711, 99712, 99714, 99716, 99767, 99775- (UAF), 99790 |
| ci.fairbanks.ak.us (English) | |
The largest educational center in Alaska . Near the city is the University of Alaska Fairbanks of Alaska ( Eng. University of Alaska Fairbanks ) and the Fort Wainwright large military base ( Eng. Fort Wainwright ).
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History
The city of Fairbanks was founded at the beginning of the 20th century in connection with the Gold Rush in Alaska and is named after the then Senator from Indiana Charles Warren Fairbanks , who later became Vice President of the United States. The first gold deposits were discovered by an American of Italian descent - Felix Pedro in 1902 [3] .
During World War II , the route of distillation of aircraft from the USA to the USSR passed through the city. In the city, American planes supplied by Lend-Lease were received by the Soviet mission, and then the pilots of the Soviet Union drove them along the Alsib highway to the eastern front [4] .
| Population census | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census year | Us. | % ± | |
| 1910 | 3541 | ||
| 1920 | 1155 | -67.4% | |
| 1930 | 2101 | 81.9% | |
| 1940 | 3455 | 64.4% | |
| 1950 | 5771 | 67% | |
| 1960 | 13 311 | 130.7% | |
| 1970 | 14,711 | 10.5% | |
| 1980 | 22 645 | 53.9% | |
| 1990 | 30 843 | 36.2% | |
| 2000 | 30,224 | -2% | |
| 2010 | 31,535 | 4.3% | |
| 1910-ND source: [5] | |||
Climate
The climate in Fairbanks is temperate continental. Winter is long and cold. It lasts from late September to early May. Summer is short and warm; most of the precipitation falls in the summer [6] . The maximum temperature is plus 37.9 ° C, the minimum is 54.4 ° C [7] .
| Fairbanks Climate | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Jan | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Absolute maximum, ° C | 10 | 8.3 | 13.3 | 23.3 | 32,2 | 35.6 | 37.9 | 33.9 | 28.9 | 22.2 | 12,2 | 7.2 | 37.9 |
| Average maximum, ° C | −17.9 | −13.3 | −3.9 | 6.4 | 15.9 | 21.6 | 22.8 | 19.1 | 12,4 | −0.3 | −11.6 | −15.9 | 2.9 |
| Average temperature, ° C | −23.1 | −19.9 | −11.6 | −0.2 | 9.3 | 15.4 | 18.6 | 14.5 | 8.1 | −4.7 | −16.5 | −21.1 | −3 |
| Average minimum ° C | −28.3 | −26.4 | −19.3 | −6.8 | 2.7 | 9.2 | 11.1 | 7.9 | 1,5 | −9.1 | −21.4 | −26.2 | −8.8 |
| Absolute minimum, ° C | −54.4 | −50 | −48.9 | −35.6 | −18.3 | −2.2 | −1.1 | −6.1 | −19.1 | −33.3 | −47.8 | −52.2 | −54.4 |
| Precipitation rate, mm | 14.2 | 9.1 | 7.1 | 5.3 | 15,2 | 35.6 | 43.9 | 44,2 | 28,4 | 23,4 | 17.3 | 18.8 | 262.6 |
| Source: Weather.com | |||||||||||||
Economics
Fairbanks is located in the fertile Tanana Valley , in which, despite the harsh climate, crops are grown. In the 1920s, self-sufficiency in food was almost achieved.
Tourism is developed - 350 thousand people a year. Served by Fairbanks Airport.
Sport
Since 1984, between the cities of Whitehorse, the territory of Yukon , Canada and Fairbanks, Alaska , the USA , international dog sled races have been held - Yukon Quest .
Twin Cities
- Yellowknife ( English Yellowknife ), Canada
- Mu-i-Rana ( Norwegian. Mo i Rana ), Norway
- Tainan ( Chinese Ex . 臺南 , Pinyin : Táinán ), Taiwan
- Fanano ( Italian: Fanano ), Italy
- Erdenet ( Mong. Erdenet ), Mongolia
- Pune ( Hindi पुणे ), India
- Aix-les-Bains ( French Aix-les-Bains ), France
- Mombetsu ( Japanese 紋 別 市 ), Japan
- Yakutsk ( Yakut. Dyokuuskay ), Russia
Notes
- ↑ Alaska // Atlas of the World / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; ch. ed. G.V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - S. 167. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).
- ↑ Fairbanks // Dictionary of modern geographical names / Rus. geo about . Mosk. center; Under the total. ed. Acad. V.M. Kotlyakova . Institute of Geography RAS . - Yekaterinburg: U-Factoria, 2006.
- ↑ Lael Morgan. Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush . - Epicenter Press, 1999 .-- 356 p. - ISBN 9780945397762 .
- ↑ Yaroslavtsev V.A. Sky without Borders . - Krasnoyarsk. - S. Chapter: On the call sign “wild cat”.
- ↑ United States Census Bureau
- ↑ The Physical Environment: an Introduction to Physical Geography - Michael Ritter Archived on May 16, 2008.
- ↑ Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce Archived June 3, 2009.