Anchorage Alaska : Ask Biography

Administration

Full name

Anchorage

Official name

Municipality of Anchorage

Settlement type

Borough, City

Motto

Big Wild Life

Country

United States

State

Alaska

Borough

Anchorage

Government

Mayor

Dan Sullivan

Geography

Total Area

1961.1 sq mi (5079.2 km2)

Land Area

1697.2 sq mi (4395.7 km2)

Water Area

263.9 sq mi (683.5 km2)

Elevation

102 ft (31.1 m)

Demography

Density (pop.)

66.4/km² (171.9/sq mi)

Metro (pop.)

374553

Other information

Time zone

AKST (UTC-9)

- Summer (DST)

AKDT (UTC-8)

ZIP code

99501 � 99524, 99530

Area code

907

Geocode

[ 1398242]

FIPS code

02-03000

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Anchorage (officially called the Municipality of Anchorage) is a consolidated city-borough in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States. With 291,826 municipal residents in 2010 (374,553 residents within the Metropolitan Statistical Area), it is Alaska's largest city and constitutes more than 40 percent of the state's total population; only New York has a higher percentage of residents who live in the state's largest city.

Anchorage has been named All-America City four times, in 1956, 1965, 1984/85, and 2002, by the National Civic League. It has also been named by Kiplinger as the most tax friendly city in the United States.

Anchorage, Alaska

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