Anchorage, Alaska
| Anchorage, Alaska | |||
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| Unified Borough and City | |||
| Municipality of Anchorage | |||
Anchorage skyline and Bootleggers Cove as photographed from Point Woronzof Park on an April evening.
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| Nickname(s): The City of Lights and Flowers | |||
| Motto: Big Wild Life | |||
 Location of Anchorage within Alaska |
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| Coordinates: 61°13′N 149°54′W / 61.217°N 149.900°WCoordinates: 61°13′N 149°54′W / 61.217°N 149.900°W | |||
| Country |  United States of America |
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| State |
 Alaska
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| Borough | Anchorage | ||
| Settled | 1914 | ||
| Incorporated | November 23, 1920 (city) January 1, 1964 (borough) September 15, 1975 (unified municipality) |
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| Named for | The anchorage at the mouth of Ship Creek | ||
| Government | |||
| • Body | Anchorage Assembly | ||
| • Mayor | Ethan Berkowitz | ||
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| Area | |||
| • Unified Borough and City | 1,968.6 sq mi (5,099 km2) | ||
| • Land | 1,704.7 sq mi (4,415 km2) | ||
| • Water | 263.9 sq mi (683 km2) | ||
| • Urban | 78.8 sq mi (204 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 102 ft (31 m) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Unified Borough and City | 291,826 | ||
| • Estimate (2015) | 298,695 | ||
| • Rank |
1st in Alaska 64th in the United States |
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| • Density | 171.2/sq mi (66.1/km2) | ||
| • Urban | 251,243 (US: 149th) | ||
| • Metro | 396,142 (US: 134th) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Anchoragite | ||
| Time zone | AKST (UTC-9) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | AKDT (UTC-8) | ||
| ZIP code | 99501–99524, 99529-99530, 99599 | ||
| Area code(s) | 907 | ||
| Geocode | 1398242 | ||
| FIPS code | 02-03000 | ||
| Website | City of Anchorage | ||
| Sister cities |
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 Chitose, Japan |
 Darwin, Australia |
 Incheon, South Korea |
 Magadan, Russia |
 Tromsø, Norway |
 Whitby, United Kingdom |
Anchorage (officially called the Municipality of Anchorage) (Dena'ina Athabascan: Dgheyaytnu) is a unified home rule municipality in the U.S. state of Alaska. With an estimated 298,695 residents in 2015, it is Alaska's most populous city and contains more than 40 percent of the state's total population; among the 50 states, only New York has a higher percentage of residents who live in its most populous city. All together, the Anchorage metropolitan area, which combines Anchorage with the neighboring Matanuska-Susitna Borough, had a population of 396,142 in 2013.
Anchorage is located in the south-central portion of Alaska at the terminus of the Cook Inlet on a peninsula formed by the Knik Arm to the north and the Turnagain Arm to the south. The city limits span 1,961.1 square miles (5,079.2 km2) which encompass the urban core, a joint military base, several outlying communities and almost all of Chugach State Park.
Anchorage International Airport is a common refueling stop for many international flights and is home to a major FedEx Hub which the company calls a "critical part" of its global network of services.
Anchorage has been named an 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.
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