Ketchikan
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Summary
Ketchikan is a city in the United States[1]. Ketchikan ranks in the top 2% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,659 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ketchikan Gateway Borough[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Tongass Narrows[5]
- Twinned administrative body: Palm Desert[6], Gero[7]
- Postal code: 99901[8], 99950[9]
- Commons category: Ketchikan, Alaska[10]
- Located in time zone: Alaska Time Zone[11]
- Local dialing code: 907[12]
- Inception: August 25, 1900[13]
- Located in/on physical feature: Revillagigedo Island[14]
- Official website: https://www.ketchikan.gov/[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ketchikan, Alaska[16]
- Commons gallery: Ketchikan, Alaska[17]
- Population: 40[18], 8050[19], 8192[20]
- Capital of: Ketchikan Gateway Borough[21], Revillagigedo Island[22]
- Official name: Ketchikan[23]
- Number of households: 50[24]
- Native label: Kichx̱áan[25]
- Different from: Ketchikan Indian Community[26]
- Elevation above sea level: 0 m[27]
- Area: 15.273418 km²[28], 15.273425 km²[29], 11.272972 km²[30], 4.000453 km²[31], 12.696406 km²[32], 9.879505 km²[33], 2.816901 km²[34]
- Water as percent of area: 26.1922 percent[35]
- Territory overlaps: Ketchikan urban area[36]
- Mean age: 31.0[37]
- Water area: 4.000453 km²[38]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Ketchikan include Ketchikan International Airport[39], an international airport[40], in United States[41]; Ketchikan Gateway Borough[42], a borough of Alaska[43], in United States[44], founded in 1963[45]; and Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base[46], a seaplane base[47], in United States[48].
Why It Matters
Ketchikan has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Ketchikan is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]
Entities named for Ketchikan include Ketchikan International Airport[39], an international airport[40], in United States[41]; Ketchikan Gateway Borough[42], a borough of Alaska[43], in United States[44], founded in 1963[45]; and Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base[46], a seaplane base[47], in United States[48].