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| | Sitka City and Borough, Alaska - Questionz.net , answers to all your questions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | Sitka was the capital of Alaska in Russian times, and is still an important town in that state. |
 | | It was the site of the ceremony in which the Russian flag was lowered and the American flag raised after Alaska was purchased by the United States in 1867. |
 | | Adjacent boroughs and census areas * Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska - northeast * Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska - southeast Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there are 8,835 people, 3,278 households, and 2,219 families residing in the borough. |
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