Anchorage
consolidated city-borough and largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska
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Summary
Anchorage is a city in the United States[1]. Anchorage ranks in the top 0.35% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,482 views/month, #33 of 9,394).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: GovAI Coalition[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Alaska[4]
- Country: United States[5]
- Head of government: Dave Bronson[6], Suzanne LaFrance[7]
- Instance of: big city[8], consolidated city-county[9]
- Shares border with: Matanuska-Susitna Borough[10], Chugach Census Area[11], Kenai Peninsula Borough[12]
- Named after: anchorage[13]
- Flag: flag of Anchorage[14]
- Twinned administrative body: Chitose[15], Darwin[16], Incheon[17], Magadan[18], Tromsø Municipality[19], Whitby[20], Harbin[21]
- Postal code: 99501[22], 99502[23], 99503[24], 99504[25], 99507[26], 99508[27], 99509[28], 99510[29], 99511[30], 99513[31], 99514[32], 99515[33], 99516[34], 99517[35]
- Part of: Southcentral Alaska[36], organized borough[37]
- Commons category: Anchorage, Alaska[38]
- Local dialing code: 907[39]
- Inception: 1914[40]
- Coordinate location: 61.21666666666667, -149.8936111111111[41]
- Official website: https://www.muni.org[42], http://www.ci.anchorage.ak.us[43]
- Topic's main category: Category:Anchorage, Alaska[44]
- Population: 293,357[45], 295,907[46], 298,294[47], 300,950[48], 298,695[49]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Anchorage include Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport[50], an international airport[51], in United States[52].
Why It Matters
Anchorage has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Anchorage is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]
Entities named for Anchorage include Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport[50], an international airport[51], in United States[52].