Capitol: Juneau.
Name Origin: Russian
version of Aleutian word "Alakshak" meaning "great lands" or "peninsula.".
Nickname: Last
Frontier, Great Land, Land of the Midnight Sun.
Land Area: 570,374
sq. mi., Largest state in the US.
Largest Cities:
Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Sitka, Soldotna.
State Bird:
Willow Ptarmigan
State Flower:
Forget Me Not.
State Tree:
Sitka spruce.
State Slogan: Beyond
Your Dreams, Within Your Reach