| Capital
City: |
Juneau |
| Location: |
58.38858 N, 134.13342 W |
| Area: |
656,424 sq. mi. |
| Population: |
609,000 ( 7/97 ) |
| Statehood: |
January 3, 1959; 49th
State |
| Song: |
Alaska's
Flag |
| Words by: Marie Drake |
| Music by: Elinor Dusenbury |
| Nickname: |
Last Frontier, Great
Land |
| Origin of
states name: |
Based on Eskimo word "Alakshak" |
| meaning "great lands" or
"peninsula. |
| Time
zone: |
Pacific |
| Other Cities: |
Anchorage, Fairbanks |
| Border
States: |
None |
| Geographic Center: |
60 mi. northwest of Mount McKinley |
| Coastline: |
6640 mi. |
| Highest Point: |
Mt. McKinley; 20,320 feet |
| Agriculture: |
Seafood, nursery stock,
dairy products, |
| Vegetables, livestock. |
| Industry: |
Petroleum & natural gas, gold &
other |
| mining, food processing, tourism. |
| National
Park: |
Kobuk Valley, Gates of
the arctic; |
| Topography: |
Pacific & arctic mountain systems, |
| Central plateau & arctic slope |
| Temperature
Summer: |
F° 35 to 75 |
| Temperature Winter: |
F° -30 to 40 |
| Flower: |
Forget me not |
| Tree: |
Sitka spruce |
| Newspapers: |
Juneau
Daily News Online |
| Attractions: |
Alaska
and Hawaii, Roadside America |
