All about... WALES,ALASKA.

Santa dropped into Wales this week...Wales, Alaska

For alternate meanings, see Wales (disambiguation)

Wales is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 152. It is the westernmost city (or settlement of any sort) on the North American mainland. Located at the western tip of the Seward Peninsula on Cape Prince of Wales Cape Prince of Wales () is the westernmost point on the mainland of the Americas.

Located on the Seward Peninsula of the U.S. , this American village is just 50 miles from Russia,across the Bering Strait Founded a century ago as a major whaling centre, a flu outbreak in 1918 decimated the outpost and today it is home to 160 people It still has a strong Kinugmiut Eskimo whaling culture, with residents travelling to nearby villages in large traditional skin boats.

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Publication:	Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Date:	Dec 27, 2003
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