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  1. Anchorage ( Tanaina: Dgheyay Kaq'; Dgheyaytnu ), officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska. With a population of 291,247 at the 2020 census, [5] [9] it contains nearly 40 percent of the state's population, and has more people than all of Northern Canada and Greenland combined.

  2. Anchorage was originally settled as a tent city near the mouth of Ship Creek in 1915, and a planned townsite was platted alongside the bluff to the south. Anchorage was mostly a company town for the Alaska Railroad for its first several decades of existence.

  3. 6 days ago · Anchorage, city (municipality), south-central Alaska, U.S. Lying at the base of the Chugach Mountains, it is a port at the head of Cook Inlet (a bay of the Pacific Ocean). In 1835 Russians established a mission across the inlet from the area that constitutes the modern city of Anchorage.

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    The state's most populous city is Anchorage, home to 291,247 people in 2020. [50] The richest location in Alaska by per capita income is Denali ($42,245). Yakutat City, Sitka, Juneau, and Anchorage are the four largest cities in the U.S. by area .

    • 665,384 sq mi (1,723,337 km²)
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  5. Two bases, Elmendorf and Fort Richardson, were established near Anchorage. In just ten years, the population swelled sevenfold to 30,000, making Anchorage the dominant town in Alaska. Many military facilities from this period formed the basis of postwar economic growth and still remain vital today.

  6. Anchorage, Alaska. Downtown Anchorage and Bootleggers Cove as photographed from Point Woronzof Park on an April evening. /  61.21667°N 149.89361°W  / 61.21667; -149.89361. Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska, United States. With a population of 291,247 residents (as of 2020), [5] it makes up nearly two-fifths of the state's population.

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  8. Nov 3, 2020 · Alaska Life. How a young City of Anchorage took shape in the decades after incorporation in 1920. By David Reamer | Histories of Alaska. Updated: November 2, 2020 Published: November 1, 2020.

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