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Quick Facts: Alaska
Alaska's Web Site and Kids Page

Capital City: Juneau

Alaska: Map and State Flag

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Nickname: Last Frontier, Great Land, Land of the Midnight Sun
Motto: North To The Future
Statehood: January 3, 1959 (49th)
Origin of State's Name: Russian version of Aleutian word "Alakshak" meaning "great lands" or "peninsula."
Largest Cities: Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Sitka, Soldotna
Border States: None
Land Area: 570,374 sq. mi., Largest state
State Bird: Willow Ptarmigan
State Flower: Forget Me Not (myosotis alpestris)
State Tree: Sitka spruce (picea sitchensis)
State Song: Alaska's Flag
E-mail your Congressperson: U.S. House: 110th Congress
U.S. Senate: 110th Congress

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Last updated: January 25, 2008
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