Unorganized Borough

The Unorganized Borough within Alaska

The Unorganized Borough (English for Unorganized District ) is the part of the US state of Alaska that is not incorporated into one of the nineteen organized boroughs of Alaska. The Unorganized Borough extends over about 970,500 km² and is therefore larger than Germany and France combined; However, it is inhabited by only about 82,000 people (as of 2000), which makes up 13% of the population of Alaska. The largest city in the region is Bethel .

That the entire area of ​​a state is not divided into counties or equivalent units occurs only in Alaska in the USA. From 1970 to 2013 the Unorganized Borough was divided into eleven census areas . Since the removal of the Petersburg Census Area there are ten:

Aleutians West Census Area Bethel Census Area Dillingham Census Area Hoonah-Angoon Census Area Kusilvak Census Area

Nome Census Area Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area Southeast Fairbanks Census Area Valdez-Cordova Census Area Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area

With the exception of the incorporated cities, public services are organized directly by the state of Alaska as the region has no communities .

The disorganized state of the huge area and its future has been discussed recently. In recent years there have been plans to integrate parts of the Unorganized Borough into existing administrative units.

Web links

Commons : Unorganized Borough  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 61 ° 0 ′  N , 161 ° 0 ′  W