Juneau
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Juneau, Alaska Dzánti K'ihéeni |
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| City and Borough of Juneau | |||
Aerial view of Downtown Juneau, the cruise ship port, and Douglas Island from the Mount Roberts Tramway.
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 Location of Juneau City and Borough, Alaska |
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 Juneau
Juneau
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| Coordinates: 58°18′05″N 134°25′18″W / 58.3014485°N 134.4216125°WCoordinates: 58°18′05″N 134°25′18″W / 58.3014485°N 134.4216125°W | |||
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 United States
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| State |
 Alaska
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| Named | 1881 (Juneau City) 1882 (Juneau) |
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| Incorporated | 1900 | ||
| Home-rule city | October 1960 | ||
| Borough | September 30, 1963 (Greater Juneau Borough) July 1, 1970 (City and Borough of Juneau) |
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| Named for | Joe Juneau | ||
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| • Mayor | Ken Koelsch | ||
| • Governing body | Assembly | ||
| • State senator | Dennis Egan (D) | ||
| • State reps. |
Sam Kito III (D) Justin Parish (D) |
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| Area | |||
| • City and Borough | 8,430.4 km2 (3,255.0 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 7,036.1 km2 (2,715.7 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 1,394.3 km2 (539.3 sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 36 km2 (14.0 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 17 m (56 ft) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • City and Borough | 31,276 Ranked 3rd | ||
| • Estimate (2015) | 32,756 | ||
| • Density | 4.4/km2 (11.3/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 24,537 | ||
| • Urban density | 675.5/km2 (1,749.5/sq mi) | ||
| • Demonym | Juneauite | ||
| Time zone | AKST (UTC-9) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | AKDT (UTC-8) | ||
| ZIP code | 99801-99803, 99811-99812, 99824, 99821 | ||
| Area code(s) | 907 | ||
| FIPS code | 02-36400 | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 1404263 | ||
| Website | www |
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The City and Borough of Juneau (/ˈdʒuːnoʊ/ JOO-no; Tlingit: Dzánti K'ihéeni [ˈtsántʰì kʼìˈhíːnì]), is the capital city of Alaska. It is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the Alaskan panhandle, and it is the second largest city in the United States by area. Juneau has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of what was then the District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900. The municipality unified on July 1, 1970, when the city of Juneau merged with the city of Douglas and the surrounding Greater Juneau Borough to form the current municipality, which is larger by area than both Rhode Island and Delaware.
Downtown Juneau (58°18′07″N 134°25′11″W / 58.30194°N 134.41972°W) is nestled at the base of Mount Juneau and across the channel from Douglas Island. As of the 2010 census, the City and Borough had a population of 31,276. In 2014, the population estimate from the United States Census Bureau was 32,406, making it the second most populous city in Alaska after Anchorage.Fairbanks, however, is the second most populous metropolitan area in the state, with roughly 100,000 residents. Juneau's daily population can increase by roughly 6,000 people from visiting cruise ships between the months of May and September.
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