Alaska , US

Alaska, Alaska is one of fifty states that make up the United States of America. Its capital is Juneau and its most populous city is Anchorage. It is located in the far northwest of North America, in the West region of the country, Pacific division. It borders the Arctic Ocean to the north, Canada to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the south, and the Bering Sea to the west. At 1,717,856 km² it is the largest state in the country and the seventh largest subnational entity in the world, behind the republic of Saja (Russia), Western Australia, Krai of Krasnoyarsk (Russia), Greenland (Denmark), Nunavut (Canada) and Queensland (Australia); 710,231 people in 2010,

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Alaska has a total area of 663,267.98 square miles (1717856 km²).

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Alaska Quick Facts

Population :	731,545
Country :	United States of America
Different from :	Alaska
Head of government :	Governor of Alaska
Area :	1717856 km²
Water as percent of area :	14.24%
Land as percent of area :	85.76%
Easternmost point :	Point(179.770555555 51.958888888)
Northernmost point :	Point(-156.4746 71.387)
Legislative body :	Alaska Legislature
Official language :	English
Altitude :	1,903 feet / 580 meters
Capital :	Juneau
Establishment :	January 01, 1959 (62 years ago)
Time Zone :	Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone
Local time :	04:23:40 (18th April 2021)
Weather :	27℉ Mostly Clear 7-days weather

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Alaska has 3 neighbors .

Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug federal subject of Russia
British Columbia province of Canada
Yukon territory of Canada

Lake and Peninsula Borough
Anchorage Municipality
Haines Borough
Wrangell
Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Fairbanks North Star Borough
Sitka
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Juneau
Bristol Bay Borough
North Slope Borough
Kenai Peninsula Borough
Yakutat
Petersburg
Denali Borough
Aleutians East Borough
Skagway
Unorganized Borough
Northwest Arctic Borough
Kodiak Island Borough

Year	Population	Method
1960	226,167	census
1970	300,382	census
1980	401,851	census
1990	550,043	census
2000	626,932	census
2010	710,231	census
2011	722,128	estimation process
2012	730,443	estimation process
2013	737,068	estimation process
2014	736,283	estimation process
2015	737,498	estimation process
2016	741,456	estimation process
2017	739,700	estimation process
2018	735,139	estimation process
2019	731,545	estimation process

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People born in Alaska (64)

People born in Alaska, including film director Mark A.Z. Dippé, fictional character in Star Trek William Riker, strength athlete Jesse Marunde, you can see a list of people who born in Alaska.

Hope Summers (character from Marvel Comics)
Reuben Langdon (American stunt man and voice actor)
Andrew Lynch (American singer-songwriter)
Barrett Willoughby (American writer)
Christine Hume (American writer)
Das Williams (Member of California State Assembly)
David Salmon (American politician)
Jennifer Jolly (Journalist and Broadcaster)
Kirsten Gum (Sportscaster, reality show host, raw chef)
Lenne Hardt (American actress)
Rebecca Rotzler (American politician)
Richard A. Scott (comics artist)
Sue Henry (writer)
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Ed Iten (musher)
Robert T. Fletcher III
Sinrock Mary (Reindeer herder)
Takashi Ohno (American politician)

Largest Cities in Alaska (more)

Cities, Towns, Villages, Neighborhoods & Other Populated Places in Alaska.

City Name	Title	County	Population
Anchorage	City in Alaska, United States	Anchorage Municipality	294,356
City of Fairbanks	City in Alaska, USA	Fairbanks North Star Borough	32,751
Juneau	City in and state capital of Alaska, United States	Juneau City and Borough	31,974
Fairbanks	City in Alaska, USA	Fairbanks North Star Borough	30,917
Wasilla	City in Alaska, USA	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	10,838
Sitka	City-borough in Alaska, USA	Sitka City and Borough	8,493
Kusilvak Census Area	Census area in Alaska, United States	Kohīma	8,314
Ketchikan	City in Alaska, USA	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	8,284
Kenai	City in Alaska	Kenai Peninsula Borough	7,807
Meadow Lakes	Census designated place in Alaska, United States	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	7,570
Palmer	City in Alaska, USA	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	7,456
Bethel	City in Alaska, USA	Bethel Census Area	6,586
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	Former census area of Alaska, United States (until 2008)	Etah	6,203
Homer	City in Alaska, USA	Kenai Peninsula Borough	5,922
Kodiak	City in Alaska, USA	Kodiak Island Borough	5,813
Soldotna	City in Alaska, USA	Kenai Peninsula Borough	4,719

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Alaska Counties (more)

Towns, Neighborhoods & Other Populated

County Name	Population
Anchorage Municipality	288,000
Matanuska-Susitna Borough	108,317
Fairbanks North Star Borough	96,849
Kenai Peninsula Borough	58,708
Juneau City and Borough	31,974
Bethel Census Area	18,386
Ketchikan Gateway Borough	13,901
Kodiak Island Borough	12,998
Nome Census Area	10,004
North Slope Borough	9,832
Valdez-Cordova Census Area	9,202
Sitka City and Borough	8,493
Northwest Arctic Borough	7,621
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	6,893
Aleutians West Census Area	5,634
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	5,230