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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]
Thus for Hawaii, the largest CDPs are ranked, as of the 2020 United States census. Note 2: The 4 municipalities of the Northern Mariana Islands are listed. Each municipality is divided into smaller villages, but the municipalities are considered the primary subdivisions (as in how Saipan is usually listed as the capital rather than Capitol Hill ...
City of Anchorage merged with Greater Anchorage Area Borough in 1975 to form the Municipality of Anchorage. [15] 2 Fairbanks: Fairbanks North Star Borough: 22,645: 3 Juneau: City & Borough of Juneau: 19,528: The City of Juneau and the Borough of Juneau merged in 1970, which includes the former city of Douglas. [16] 4 Sitka: City & Borough of ...
In land area, Juneau (proper) is the largest state capital and the second-largest city overall in the United States, [24] with 2,716.7 square miles (7,036 km 2) being made up of land and 538.3 square miles (1,394 km 2) consisting of water (16.54%).
CITY GUIDES: Alaska’s largest city is a place to climb mountains and meet local wildlife, discovers Alan Dymock, with post-adventure refreshments available in 12 different breweries to delight ...
Alaska: 1959 American Samoa: 1900 ... South Carolina: 1788 249,073 345,591 415,115 ... List of largest cities of U.S. states and territories by historical population;
At 1,706 sq mi (4,420 km 2) of land area, the city is the fourth-largest by area in the U.S. [11] Anchorage is in Southcentral Alaska, at the terminus of the Cook Inlet, on a peninsula formed by the Knik Arm to the north and the Turnagain Arm to the south. [12]
Sitka (Tlingit: Sheetʼká; Russian: Ситка) is a unified city-borough in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Alaska.It was under Russian rule from 1799 to 1867. The city is situated on the west side of Baranof Island and the south half of Chichagof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of the Pacific Ocean (part of the Alaska Panhandle).