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Alaska
Motto: "North to the future"
Nicknames: "The Last Frontier" - "Land of the Midnight Sun"
Capital: Juneau
Population: 648,818 (Estimate by the US Census Bureau 7/01/03) - Ranks 47th in US State Population
Size: 1,480 miles long and 810 miles wide; covers 656,425 square miles - Largest of the 50 states, it is twice the size of Texas
State Bird: Willow Ptarmigan
State Flower: Forget-Me-Not
The name Alaska is taken from an Aleut word that refers to an object to which the sea is directed. It is also sometimes loosely translated as "great land."
The United States purchased Alaska from Russia on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million, or about 2 cents per acre. On January 3, 1959, Alaska became the 49th state in the Union.
It is said that in Alaska the family car has wings, vegetables and fruit grow twice their normal size, and moose interrupt gold games whenever they feel like it! What do you think?
People who live in Alaska or who come from Alaska are called Alaskans.
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