District of Alaska

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United States territorial entity civil and military administrative district

The District of Alaska was the U.S. civil and military administrative district that governed Alaska after its purchase from Russia and before it became an organized U.S. territory.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Alaska Territory	0	4
Alaska (before statehood)	0	1
Territory of Alaska	0	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States territorial entity → civil and military administrative district →
appliesToJurisdiction	Alaska →
appliesToPeriod	post–Alaska Purchase, pre–Alaska Territory →
capital	Juneau → Sitka →
contains	Aleutian Islands → Alexander Archipelago → Arctic coastal plain of Alaska → Cook Inlet → Kodiak Island → Seward Peninsula → Yukon River → surface form: Yukon River (lower course)
country	United States of America →
currency	US dollar → surface form: United States dollar
dissolved	1912-08-24 →
endTime	1912-08-24 →
establishedBy	Alaska Purchase → surface form: Treaty of Cession (Alaska Purchase)
executiveBranch	United States Army → surface form: U.S. Army (initially) United States Department of the Interior → surface form: U.S. Department of the Interior United States Department of the Treasury → surface form: U.S. Department of the Treasury United States Navy → surface form: U.S. Navy
followedBy	Alaska → surface form: Alaska Territory
follows	Russian colonization of the Americas → surface form: Russian America
governingBody	United States government → surface form: United States federal government
hasBorderWith	Arctic Ocean → British Columbia → Dominion of Canada → Pacific Ocean → Yukon Territory →
hasCapitalFrom	Juneau, 1906 →
hasCapitalUntil	Sitka, 1906 →
historicalEra	late 19th century United States expansion →
inception	1867-10-18 →
legalStatus	district without organic act → unorganized U.S. territory →
legislativeBody	none (no elected territorial legislature) →
locatedIn	Northern Pacific Ocean → surface form: North Pacific region
locatedInContinent	North America →
partOf	United States territories → surface form: United States insular areas
precededBy	Russian colonization of the Americas → surface form: Russian America
purchasePrice	7.2 million United States dollars →
replacedBy	District of Alaska self-linksurface differs → surface form: Alaska Territory
significantEvent	Klondike Gold Rush impact on administration → creation of civil government structures in the 1880s–1890s →
startTime	1867-10-18 →
subordinateTo	United States Department of War → United States Department of the Interior → United States Department of the Treasury → Department of the Navy → surface form: United States Navy Department
treatyWith	Russian Empire →

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alaska Territorial Legislature → appliesToJurisdiction → District of Alaska →

this entity surface form: Alaska Territory

Alaska Territorial Legislature → appliesToJurisdiction → District of Alaska →

this entity surface form: Alaska (before statehood)

CA9 → circuitIncludes → District of Alaska →

University of Alaska Anchorage → foundedBy → District of Alaska →

this entity surface form: Territory of Alaska

United States Attorney for the District of Alaska → jurisdiction → District of Alaska →

Alaska Territorial Legislature → legislativeBodyFor → District of Alaska →

this entity surface form: Alaska Territory

District of Alaska → replacedBy → District of Alaska self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Alaska Territory

Alaska Purchase → successorTerritorialStatus → District of Alaska →

this entity surface form: Alaska Territory