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| | Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | It is bordered by Yukon Territory and British Columbia, Canada to the east, the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Ocean to the south, the Bering Sea, Bering Strait, and Chukchi Sea to the west, and the Beaufort Sea and the Arctic Ocean to the north. |
 | | Alaska is the largest state in the United States in terms of land area (it is larger in area than all but 18 of the world's nations) at 570,374 square miles (1,477,261 km²), over twice as large as Texas, the next largest state. |
 | | With a population of 626,932, according to the 2000 U.S. census, Alaska is ranked 48th out of the 50 States. |
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