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Map of the United States with Alaska highlighted. Alaska is a state of the United States in the northwest extremity of the North American continent. According to the 2020 United States Census, Alaska is the 3rd least populous state with 733,391 inhabitants [1] but is the largest by land area spanning 570,640.95 square miles (1,477,953.3 km 2). [2]
city-borough) Unified Home Rule: 1964/1975: Anchorage Borough formed in 1964, merged with city in 1975 to form unified city-borough: Derived from the presence of a safe place to anchor and unload supplies for construction of the Alaska Railroad c. 1913, thereby creating a community. 167.59 286,075: 1,707 sq mi (4,421 km 2) Bristol Bay Borough ...
This is a list of places in Alaska, including cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places.The list also includes information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and upper zip code bounds, if applicable.
It is 33 miles (53 km) north of the Arctic Circle on Alaska's western coast. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 28.7 square miles (74 km 2), of which 27.0 square miles (70 km 2) is land, and 1.6 square miles (4.1 km 2), or 5.76%, is water.
The main road access is via the Kenai Spur Highway, which leads south 11 miles (18 km) to the city of Kenai and north to Captain Cook State Recreation Area. A second road, the Nikiski Emergency Escape Route, also leads south to the City of Kenai.
The state is bordered by Canada's Yukon and British Columbia to the east (making it the only state to border only a Canadian territory); the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Ocean to the south and southwest; the Bering Sea, Bering Strait, and Chukchi Sea to the west; and the Arctic Ocean to the north. Alaska's territorial waters touch Russia's ...
Anderson lies 289 miles (465 km) north of Anchorage, the most populous city of Alaska, and 81 miles (130 km) southwest of Fairbanks. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 47.3 square miles (122.5 km 2 ), of which 43.7 square miles (113.3 km 2 ) is land and 3.6 square miles (9.2 km 2 ), or 7.49%, is water.
Whittier is a city at the head of the Passage Canal in the U.S. state of Alaska, about 58 miles (93 km) southeast of Anchorage. [4] The city is within the Chugach Census Area, one of the two entities established in 2019 when the former Valdez–Cordova Census Area was dissolved. [5] It is also a port for the Alaska Marine Highway. [6]