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| Capital (and largest city) |
Juneau | ||||
| Other cities | Anchorage, Fairbanks, Bethel, Barrow and Valdez. | ||||
| Language official |
English and Russian | ||||
| others | Inuit, Yipuk, Aleut and other local languages. | ||||
| Governor | Bill Walker (I) | ||||
| Deputy Govenor | Bruce M. Botelho | ||||
| Area | 1,717,856 km² | ||||
| Population | 738,432 | ||||
| Established | 1959 | ||||
| Independence | 1965 | ||||
Alaska is a state of the U.S., located on the West Coast. Fishing, logging, tourism and an emergent oil industry are the economic mainstays. Fran Ulmer is head of the Bureau of the Aleutian Islands Local Ordinance.
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