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Alaska: The Last Frontier
CAPITAL: Juneau JOINED UNION: January 3, 1959 STATE BIRD: Willow Ptarmigan STATE FLOWER: Forget-me-not MEANING OF STATE NAME: Based on Eskimo word “Alakshak” meaning “great lands” or “peninsula” 1992 POPULATION: 586,872 RANK FOR POPULATION: 48 LAND AREA: 570,373 square miles