It was the purchase of Alaska which almost doubled the area of the US.
Because Alaska is a very large area and contains a huge amount of valuable resources, including gold and oil.
People native to the area we know as "Alaska" refer to the area as "Alaska," just in a different language.
McCarthy, Alaska has a population of approximately 28 people. It is located in the Valdez-Cordova area.
It depends on the actual area that France claimed and sold in 1803, but it was at least as large in area as the purchase of Alaska from Russia (1867). One estimate is as large as 828,000 square miles, which is substantially larger than the area of Alaska (about 665,000 square miles). However, Alaska was cheaper, at about 2 cents an acre, compared to 4 cents per acre for Louisiana.
Seward's legacy was the purchase of the area that eventually became the state of Alaska. As Secretary of State he purchased the area for $7 million from Russia.
In terms of population in 2014 Hawaii had a population count of 1,360,301 people. In 2014, Alaska had a population count of 710,231 people.
With a 663268 square mile area (according to Wikipedia), Alaska is 17.48156% of The United States by Area.
Alaska is the largest state with a land area of 663,267 sq mi.
The Koyukon Athabaskan people are natives to the area around Mount McKinley in Alaska. There are about 2300 of them living in that area.
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Alaska has a total area of 663,268 square miles.