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Alaska State Symbols (316 words) |
 | Alaska's state marine mammal is the Bowhead Whale and was adopted in 1983. |
| Alaska's state fossil is the Woolley Mammoth and was adopted in 1986. |
| Alaska's state tree is the Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) and was adopted in 1962. |
| North Star State - definition of North Star State in Encyclopedia (2020 words) |
| The state is bordered on the north by Canada (Manitoba and Ontario), on the east by Wisconsin and Lake Superior, on the south by Iowa, and on the west by North Dakota and South Dakota. |
| It is the northernmost of the 48 contiguous states (Alaska reaches significantly farther north), reaching to 49° 23' 4" north latitude, due to a small piece of the state known as the Northwest Angle. |
| The state population, as of 2003, was 5,059,375 (1.75% of the total national population), with a growth rate of 12.4% in the last 10 years (compared to 13.1% for the nation). |
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