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@SLIDE TITLE =                                 Alaska                              |STATES.SLD
                                                                   
     
     
      


 
         State Capital: Juneau         State Abbreviation:  AK
             
         Population (1991): 550,000    Size (square miles): 591,000
         Population Rank:   49         Size Rank:           1      
 

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         Motto: North to the future 

         Nickname: (Unofficial) The Last Frontier

         Name Origin: Derived from Eskimo word "Alakshak" which means 
         "great lands" 

         State Bird:   Willow Ptarmigan
               Flower: Forget Me Not
               Tree:   Sitka Spruce
               Song:   Alaska's Flag

         Climate: Extended summer days and winter nights, moist and mild in 
         the south, dry and cold in the north 

         Industries: Oil, gas, tourism and fishing 
 
  
   
