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Alaska

Last Frontier · Capital: Juneau

Last Frontier. Capital: Juneau. Based on Aleut word, meaning "Great Land" or "That which the sea breaks against"

Entered the Union · Jan. 3, 1959
Population
733,39149th
Capital
Juneau
Entered Union
195949th state
Nickname
Last Frontier
Median Age
33.4years

Basic Information

Last Frontier
733,391
Population · 2020
Natives are known as Alaskan.
AK
Postal Abbreviation
Natives: Alaskan
33.4yrs
Median Age
Driving age 16 · majority 18

State Symbols

Nickname
Last Frontier
Motto
“North to the Future”
State Song
“Alaska's Flag” — Elinor Dusenbur

Origins

Capital
Juneau
Entered the Union
Jan. 3, 1959 (49th)
Origin of the Name
Based on Aleut word, meaning "Great Land" or "That which the sea breaks against"

Economy

Industry & enterprise
Agriculture
barleycattlehaymilkoatsvegetableswood
Mining
coalgoldleadnatural gaspetroleumsilverzinc
Manufacturing
food processinglumber and wood productspetroleum and coal products. Alaska Geography

Geography

The lay of the land
656,424sq mi
Total Area
Land 570,374 · water 86,051 sq mi.
Mount McKinley (20,320 ft.)
Highest Point
Pacific Ocean (sea level)
Lowest Point
100°F
Highest Temp
100˚ F (6/27/1915)
The Landscape
Alaska is the largest state in the Union, nearly twice as large as the next largest state, Texas. One third of the state of Alaska lies north of the arctic circle. Most of the land is frozen tundra, forests and mountains. The state's Northern boundary is the Arctic Sea. The Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea form the western boundary. On the east is the Yulin territory of Canada.

Cities

Largest cities by population

Largest Cities

History

1784 — today

Famous People

Born or made in Alaska
Margaret BellWilliam EaganB Frank HeinzlemanWalter HickelSarah PalinAlaska National Sites

National Sites

Parks & landmarks
01

Glacier Bay National Monument

Glacier Nation Monument cover a few hundred square miles of shoreline where glaciers meet the sea. The area has only one maintained campground but miles of hiking trails.

02

Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park

Klondike National Historic Park includes downtown Skagway and the northern wilderness beyond. In includes a visitor center and many buildings from Alaska’s gold rush era.

03

Mt. McKinley National Park

Mt Mckinley is the highest point in North America is the center point of the National Park. The park covers over 20 million acres of unspoiled land all of which is open to the public.

04

Sitka National Historic Park

The park covers 100 acres, and includes a number of the early Russian building that made up the central Russian trading post in Alaska. There is also a visitors center that includes a Native American cultural center.

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