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Alaska's State Facts: Alaska Travel Industry Association: 907-929-2200 http://www.TravelAlaska.com Capital: Juneau Population: 626,932 Governor: Frank H. Murkowski (R, to December 2006) Entered the Union: January 3, 1959 As the: 49th state Motto: North to the Future
Nicknames: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Flower: Forget-me-not Bird: Willow Ptarmigan Song: "Alaska's Flag" Sports Teams: None Origin of Name: From the Aleut word meaning "great land," or "that which the sea breaks against" Major Industries: Oil, Fisheries, Wood Historical Sites: Sitka National Historical Park Totem Pole Collection Points of Interest: Denali National Park, Mendenhall Glacier in North Tongass National Forest, and the active volcanoes in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes at the Katmai National Park Bordering States:
Alaska does not border any states. However, it does border Canada and
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