दक्षिणपूर्वी अलास्का में एक शहर जो रूसी अमेरिका की राजधानी थी और 1867 से 1 9 06 तक अलास्का की राजधानी के रूप में कार्य किया

sitka's Usage Examples:

at Sitka; the average temperature is 40.6° F., rainfall 59 in.

The summers are much cooler than on the mainland at Sitka, but the winter temperature of the islands and of south-eastern Alaska is very nearly the same.

He is assisted by two bishops, one for Alaska residing at Sitka, one for Orthodox Syrians residing in Brooklyn.

Thus we have to go north as far as Sitka in 57° N.

In October 1906 the seat of government of Alaska was removed from Sitka to Juneau.

The Pacific coast Transition zone is noted for its forests of giant conifers, principally Douglas fir, Sitka spruce, Pacific cedar and Western hemlock, Here, too, mosses and ferns grow in profusion, and the sadal (Gaultheria shailon), thimble berry (Rubus nootkamus), salmon berry (Rubus spectabilis) and devils club, (Fatsia horr-ida) are characteristic shrubs.

American naturalists regard the big brown bears of Alaska as a distinct group. They range from Sitka to the extremity of the Alaskan Peninsula, over Kodiak Island, and inland.

Near the Pacific Coast the forests consist principally of hemlock, cedar and Sitka spruce.

HICKS, WILLIAM (1830-1883), British soldier, entered the Bombay army in 1849, and served through the Indian mutiny, being mentioned in despatches for good conduct at the action of Sitka Ghaut in 1859.

Far the most abundant are coast and Alpine hemlocks and the tide-land or Sitka spruce.

sitka's Meaning':

a town in southeastern Alaska that was the capital of Russian America and served as the capital of Alaska from 1867 until 1906