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    Population
    684,232 (official estimate 2008).

    Population Density
    0.4 per sq km.

    Capital
    Juneau.

    Time
    Alaska: GMT - 9 (GMT - 8 from second Sunday in March to first Sunday in November) in the greater part of the state .
    Hawaii-Aleutian: GMT - 10 west of 169° 30’.

    The Last Frontier or Land of the Midnight Sun.

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    Alaska Travel Industry Association
    2600 Cordova Street, Suite 201, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA
    Tel: (907) 929 2842.
    Website: www.travelalaska.com

    Alaska Public Lands Information Center
    605 West Fourth Avenue, Suite 105, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA
    Tel: (907) 271 2737.
    Website: www.nps.gov/aplic
    Other offices in Fairbanks, Ketchikan and Tok.


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