Far North (Russian America)

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Far Northern Governorate
Дальнесеверная губерния
Timeline: Russian America
OTL equivalent: The North Slope Borough and parts of the Northwest Arctic Borough, the Yukon, and the
Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area.

Governorate of Alaska


Flag	Coat of Arms
Location of the Far North in Alaska

Capital

Truslivy

Language
Official

Russian (de facto)

Others

English, Iñupiaq, Tagalog

Religion
Main

Eastern Orthodox

Others

Animists, Catholics, Shamanists

Ethnic Groups
Main

Inuit and Russians

Others

English, Filipinos, Norwegians

Demonym

Far Northerners (en)
Дальнесеверяне (ru)

Area

392,378 sq vrs
(446,550 km² • 172,414 sq mi)

Population

85,252 (2017 Census)

Established

9 July 1972

Admission

1 January 1994

Time Zone

ZAPV (UTC−10:00)

Summer

ZALV (UTC−09:00)

Abbreviations

• AK-DS (ISO 3166-2)
• АЛЯ-ДАС (GOST 7.67)
• ДС (colloquial)

The Governorate of the Far North (Russian: Дальнесеверная губерния, Dalnesevernaya guberniya), commonly referred to as the Far North (Дальний Север, Dalny Sever) is a governorate of Alaska. The Far North is the largest governorate in area and the least populous of Alaska's 18 governorates.

The North Slope of Alaska — The Far Northern Tundra.

The territory along the Arctic coast remained mostly untouched by Europeans up until the 1970s. Following the discovery of oil and the subsequent boom, the region was reorganized into an incorporated territory (including territory originally belonging to Bering and Yukon). In 1994, the territory was upgraded into a full governorate.

Alaska Pipeline Closeup Underneath — Trans-Alaskan pipeline.

With a total area of 542,463 square kilometers, the Far North is the largest of Alaska's governorates and is comparable in size to Yemen. The largest single group living within the governorate are the Inupiat. The remainder of the territory is comprised mostly of Alaskan and foreign-born workers in association with the oil industry. The governorate has no official language, with Russian being the lingua franca for the region. English, Inupiat, and Tagalog are also widely spoken within the governorate.