Anchorage

The history

Alaska's only real city, wedged between the Chugach Mountains and Cook Inlet — largely rebuilt after the 1964 Good Friday earthquake, the second-strongest ever recorded.

In brief

Anchorage, officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska. With a population of 291,247 at the 2020 census, it contains nearly 40 percent of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Matanuska-Susitna Borough, had a population of 398,328 in 2020, accounting for more than half the state's population. At 1,706 sq mi (4,420 km2) of land area, the city is the fourth-largest by area in the U.S.

Then & now

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Where it is