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Alaska is a U.S. state situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent. Bordering the state to the east is Yukon, a Canadian territory, and the Canadian province of British Columbia, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait.
It was admitted as the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959.

Capital: Juneau
Major Cities: Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan