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| Capital City: | Juneau |
| 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 |
| E-mail your Congressperson: | U.S. House: 111th Congress U.S. Senate: 111th Congress Or look up your Congressperson in the Congressional Directory database! |
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