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The town of Juneau (in English) is the capital of the State of the Alaska, with the the United States, since 1906.

It is located on the continental tape of the South-eastern of Alaska, at the edge of the Détroit of Gastineau. Juneau is the only capital of an American State not to be connected by the highway network. The only means of going there is the plane or the boat. In 2000, its population was of 30  711 inhabitants what made the third town of Alaska of it but far behind Anchorage (275 000 inhabitants).

History

After Or is discovered there, a camp of prospectors settles there, and the city is truly created in 1881, baptized in homage to the minor Canadian-French Joseph Juneau, originating in Saint-Paul-L' Hermit, close to Montreal. After the time of the gold diggers, large underground mines are dug at the beginning of the 20th century, which remain in exploitation until the Second world war. One can still discover the Douglas Island vestiges of them, connected to Juneau by a bridge.

Geography and demography

Juneau is located at 58°21 ′ 5 ″ NR, 134°30 ′ 42 ″ W. Its total surface area is of 8,430.4 km ²: 7,036.1 km ² of ground and 1,394.3 km ² of water, are 16,54% of the total.

The average temperature in July is of 18  °C, and in January of - 4  °C.

With the census of 2000 the city counted 30.700 inhabitants and the population density was of 4,4 hab/km ². 75% of the population were white, 11% of origin Amerindian, 5  % of origin Asian, 0,4%  the originating ones in the islands of the Pacific Ocean, 3  % the Hispanic ones and 7  % the mongrel ones. The native population is of origin Tlingit, people with the rich artistic traditions, in the fields of weaving, the sculpture (totems), the dance and the song.

According to the estimates of the Office of the census of the United States, the population of Juneau was of 30  987 inhabitants in 2005.

The city extends now on the Douglas island from the other from the strait.

Culture

One can find in Juneau the only professional theater of Alaska, the Perseverance Theater . Juneau organizes two cultural great events, the Alaska Folk Festival (annual) and the Juneau Jazz & Classics music festivals . The local orchestra Juneau Symphony plays downtown regularly. The downtown area contains several art galleries which take part in the monthly event First Friday Gallery Walk .

Among the artists originating in Juneau most known, one counts the violonists Linda and Paul Rosenthal, the sopranos Kathleen Wayne and Joyce Parry Moore; Rory Merritt Stitt, the chansonnier Buddy Tabor, and the painters David Woodie and Barbara Craver.

The Juneau Empire is the only local daily.

Évêché

  • Diocese of Juneau
  • Cathedral of the Nativity of Juneau

Internal bonds to create

  • International airport of Juneau
  • Mount Juneau
  • Mount Roberts Tram
  • Red Dog Saloon

External bonds

  • Juneau Official site
  • www.juneau.com
  • Alaska Folk Festival in Juneau

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