Fast facts about Alaska:
Area: 656,425 square miles
Capital City: Juneau
Largest City: Anchorage
Language: English
Currency: U.S. Dollar
Population: 626,932
Entered into United States: January 3, 1959 (49th state)
Geography: Alaska is the 49th state, and has no borders with any of the other 49 states. Alaska borders Canada to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the Southwest and the Bering Sea to the Northwest.
Fun Stuff: Alaska is the largest of the United States. Alaska has 3 million lakes. The tallest point in North America is in Alaska (Mt. McKinley). Alaska was purchased from Russia in 1867 for under 2 cents an acre. Juneau (Alaska's capital city) is the only capital in the United States accessible only by boat or plane.

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