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ALASKA . . .
Alaska adopted the flag for
official state use in 1959.
The blue field represents the
sky, the sea, and mountain lakes,
as well as Alaska's wildflowers.
Emblazoned on the flag are eight
gold stars: seven from the constellation
Ursa Major, or the Big Dipper.
The eighth being the North Star,
representing the northern most
state.
In 1867 the United States purchased
Alaska from Russia for just
over $7,000,000 - one of the
greatest land deals ever recorded.
Alaska became an official state
on Jan 3, 1959 as the 49th state.
The capital city is Juneau and
the largest city is Anchorage.
Juneau is the only state capital
in the continental United States
that is only accessible by boat
or plane.
Alaska is the largest state
and is bigger than Montana,
Texas, California and combined.
Alaska is only bordered by Canada
Yukon Territory and the province
of British Columbia and it has
approximately 40,500 miles of
coast and shoreline. Three sides
of Alaska border water and has
has more coastline then all
of the other U.S states combined..
The highest point in North America
is located in Alaska, Mt. McKinley,
which is 20,320 ft and the lowest
point is sea level at the Pacific
Ocean.
Alaska climate is very different
throughout the state. In the
south, southeast and parts of
the central it is temperate
and mild, damp and rainy. The
northern part of the state is
very dry with very cold Arctic
condition and heavy snows and
common.
Alaska is very beautiful and
is covered by glaciers, lakes
and rivers. It also has major
mountain peaks of the Alaska,
Brooks and Coast mountain ranges.
The southern part of Alaska
is covered with forested national
parks and preserves. There are
also many rivers valleys and
streams.
Alaska
does not use county names, but
has 16 Boroughs and 11 geographical
Census Areas
Aleutians
East Borough
Aleutians West Census Area Anchorage
Borough Bethel Census
Area Bristol Bay Borough
Denali Borough Yukon-Koyukuk
Census Area Dillingham
Census Area Fairbanks
North Star Borough
Haines Borough Juneau
Borough Kenai Peninsula
Borough Ketchikan Gateway
Borough Kodiak Island
Borough Lake and Peninsula
Borough Matanuska-Susitna
Borough Nome Census
Area North Slope Borough
Northwest Arctic Borough
Prince of Wales-Outer
Ketchikan Sitka Borough Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon
Census Area Southeast
Fairbanks Census Area Valdez-Cordova
Census Area Wade Hampton
Census Area Wrangell-Petersburg
Census Area Yakutat
Borough
Skagway-Angoon Census
Area Yukon-Koyukuk
Census Area
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