The largest by area and 3rd least populous in the United of States

• State capital: Juneau

• The most populous city: Anchorage

• Population: 736 thousand (2020 U.S. Census Bureau)

• History: officially proclaimed a state on January 3, 1959

• Nick name: The Last Frontier

• Geology:

  • The only non-contiguous U.S. state on continental North America

  • Bordered by Canada by east, Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Ocean to the south and southwest, the Berning Sea, Bering Strait, and Chukchi Sea to the west, and the Arctic Ocean to the north

Source: Wikipedia