Religion In Alaska
Coordinates: 64°N 150°W / 64°N 150°W / 64; -150
State of Alaska | ||||
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Nickname(s): The Last Frontier | ||||
Motto(s): North to the Future | ||||
Official language(s) | None | |||
Spoken language(s) | English 89.7% Native (Eskimo–Aleut and Na-Dene languages) 5.2% Spanish 2.9% |
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Demonym | Alaskan | |||
Capital | Juneau | |||
Largest city | Anchorage | |||
Area | Ranked 1st in the U.S. | |||
- Total | 663,268 sq mi (1,717,854 km2) |
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- Width | 2,261 miles (3,639 km) | |||
- Length | 1,420 miles (2,285 km) | |||
- % water | 13.77 | |||
- Latitude | 51°20'N to 71°50'N | |||
- Longitude | 130°W to 172°E | |||
Population | Ranked 47th in the U.S. | |||
- Total | 731,449 (2012 est) | |||
- Density | 1.26/sq mi (0.49/km2) Ranked 50th in the U.S. |
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- Median household income | US$64,333 (4th) | |||
Elevation | ||||
- Highest point | Mount McKinley (Denali) 20,320 ft (6194 m) |
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- Mean | 1900 ft (580 m) | |||
- Lowest point | Ocean sea level |
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Before statehood | Alaska Territory | |||
Admission to Union | January 3, 1959 (49th) | |||
Governor | Sean Parnell (R) | |||
Lieutenant Governor | Mead Treadwell (R) | |||
Legislature | Alaska Legislature | |||
- Upper house | Senate | |||
- Lower house | House of Representatives | |||
U.S. Senators | Lisa Murkowski (R) Mark Begich (D) |
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U.S. House delegation | Don Young (R) (at-large) (list) | |||
Time zones | ||||
- east of 169° 30' | Alaska: UTC-9/-8 | |||
- west of 169° 30' | Aleutian: UTC-10/-9 | |||
Abbreviations | AK US-AK | |||
Website | www.alaska.gov |
Alaska (i/əˈlæskə/) is a state in the United States, situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with the international boundary with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait. Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area, the 4th least populous and the least densely populated of the 50 United States. Approximately half of Alaska's 731,449 residents live within the Anchorage metropolitan area. Alaska's economy is dominated by the oil, natural gas, and fishing industries; it has these resources in abundance.
Alaska was purchased from Russia on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million ($118 million adjusted for inflation) at approximately two cents per acre ($4.74/km²). The land went through several administrative changes before becoming an organized (or incorporated) territory on May 11, 1912, and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959.
The name "Alaska" (Аляска) was already introduced in the Russian colonial period, when it was used only for the peninsula and is derived from the Aleut alaxsxaq, meaning "the mainland" or, more literally, "the object towards which the action of the sea is directed". It is also known as Alyeska, the "great land", an Aleut word derived from the same root.
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