Capital City: |
Juneau |
![Alaska: Map and State Flag](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090109031750im_/http://bensguide.gpo.gov/images/icons/alaska.jpg)
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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 |
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