Alaska (AK) |
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Capital City: |
Juneau | |
Nickname: |
Last Frontier, Great Land, Land of the Midnight Sun | |
Motto: |
North To The Future | |
Statehood: |
May 16, 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's Bird: |
Willow Ptarmigan | |
State's Flower: |
Forget Me Not (myosotis alpestris) | |
State's Tree: |
Sitka spruce (picea sitchensis) | |
State's Song: |
Alaska's Flag | |
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