Alaska State Government
Alaska has ties to the Aleuts and the Russians, with the words alaxsxaq and Аляска, respectively, essentially meaning mainland.
Capital: Juneau
Largest Cities: Anchorage, Barrow, Bethel, Fairbanks, Kenai, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Nome, Sitka, Unalaska
Present Constitution Drafted: April 24, 1956
Entered Union: January 3, 1959 (49)
Motto: “North to the Future”
State Flower: Forget-Me-Not
State Tree: Sitka Spruce
State Bird: Willow Ptatmigan
