Книга: Nome, Alaska: Nome Census Area, Alaska, Bering Straits Native Corporation, Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Frederick Roth, Gunnar Kaasen, Balto, Nome, Norway, Jafet Lindeberg, Erik Lindblom

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Nome (Inupiaq: Sitnasuaq) is a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city population was 3,590. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901, and was once the most populous city in Alaska. Nome is in the Unorganized Borough and lies within the region of the Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC). The Sitnasuak Village Corporation (a sort of subsidiary of BSNC) has its land holdings in and around Nome. The city of Nome claims to be home to the world's largest gold pan, although this claim has been disputed by the Canadian city of Quesnel, British Columbia.