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NICK NAME | The Last Frontier | |
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CAPITAL CITY | Juneau | |
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LARGEST CITY | Anchorage | |
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SECOND LARGEST CITY | Fairbanks | |
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LARGEST COUNTY | Alaska has no counties as such, largest borough is Anchorage | |
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AREA | 656,424 sq. miles; 570,374 sq. miles land, 86,051 sq. miles water. (Largest state) | |
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HIGHEST ELEVATION | 20,320 ft., Mt. McKinley (Yukon-Koyukuk census area; highest point in US. | |
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LOWEST POINT | Sea level. | |
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ABBREVIATION | AK (postal); Ala. (traditional) | |
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AREA CODE(S) | 604, 907 | |
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TIME ZONE | Alaska Standard Time | |
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PART OF REGION | Pacific Coast | |
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ADMISSION DATE | January 3, 1959 (49th State) | |
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LOCATION | In the Northwestern corner of North America, bordered on the North by Beaufort Sea, on the East by the Canadian Yukon Territory and the province of British Columbia, on the South by the Gulf of Alaska, and on the West by Chukchi and Bering seas. | |
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NAME ORIGIN | From the Aleut word alakshak, meaning 'peninsula,' 'great land,' or 'mainland.' | |
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STATE BIRD | Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) | |
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STATE FISH | Chinok (king) Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) | |
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STATE FLOWER | Forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica or M. Scorpioides) | |
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STATE MINERAL | Gold | |
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STATE SONG | Alaska's Flag | |
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STATE SPORT | Dogteam Racing (mushing) | |
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STATE STONE | Jade | |
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STATE TREE | Sitka Spruce (Picea Sitchensis) | |
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STATE MOTTO | 'North to the Future' |
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