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General Information Nickname: Last Frontier State bird: Willow Ptarmigan State flower: Forget-Me-Not Capital: Juneau Date of admission to the Union: 3rd Jan 1959 Population: 626,932 (2000) Population density: 0.4/sq km 2000 total overseas arrivals/US ranking: 52,000/35 Time: Alaska (GMT - 9) in the greater part of the State; Hawaii-Aleutian (GMT - 10) west of 169° 30’. Daylight Saving Time is observed. The State: The largest state in the USA, Alaska is a sparsely-populated land of immense natural beauty with 3000 rivers, three million lakes and more than 5000 glaciers against a backdrop of commanding mountains and thousands of square miles of dense forests. From www.columbusguides.com, Copyright © 2004 Highbury Columbus Travel Publishing Terms and Conditions apply.