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General Information Nickname The Last Frontier State bird Willow Ptarmigan State flower Forget-Me-Not Capital Juneau Date of admission to the Union January 3 1959 Population 655,435 (official estimate 2004) Population density 0.4 per sq km 2003 total overseas arrivals/US ranking Under 38,000 Time Alaska (GMT - 9) in the greater part of the State; Hawaii-Aleutian (GMT - 10) west of 169 30’. Daylight Saving Time is observed in the greater part of the State, but not west of 169 30’. The State The largest state in the USA, Alaska is a sparsely populated land of immense natural beauty. At one-fifth the size of the lower 48 States, Alaska has 3 million lakes, over 3000 rivers, 17 of the USA’s 20 highest peaks, 100,000 glaciers and 15 national parks, preserves and monuments. |