Sitka, Alaska
city in Alaska, USA
Sitka (Tlingit: Sheetʼká; Russian: Ситка) is a city in Alaska, originally founded as New Archangel (Russian: Ново-Архангельск / Новоaрхангельск, romanized: Novo-Arkhangelsk / Novoarkhangelsk) by the Russian Rule between 1799 and 1867, and was the capital of Russian America.
Sitka, Alaska | |
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 Downtown Sitka in 1984 | |
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| Coordinates: 57°03′12″N 135°20′05″W / 57.05333°N 135.33472°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Alaska |
| Colonized | 1799, 1804 |
| Incorporated[1] | November 5, 1913 (city) September 24, 1963 (borough) December 2, 1971 (unified municipality) |
| Named for | Tlingit for “People on the outside of Shee” |
| Area | |
| • City and Borough | 4,815.14 sq mi (12,471.16 km2) |
| • Land | 2,870.06 sq mi (7,433.42 km2) |
| • Water | 1,945.09 sq mi (5,037.75 km2) |
| • Urban | 2 sq mi (5 km2) |
| Elevation | 26 ft (8 m) |
| Population | |
| • City and Borough | 8,458 |
| • Density | 2.95/sq mi (1.14/km2) |
| • Urban | 7,668 |
| Time zone | UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-8 (AKDT) |
| Area code | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-70540 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1414736 |
| Website | www |
References
change- ↑ From November 1867 to February 1873, the earliest American settlers in Sitka established and conducted affairs under a "provisional city government", as Alaskan communities were prohibited from legally incorporating until the U.S. Congress passed legislation allowing them to do so in 1900. Mayors of Sitka under this government included William Sumner Dodge and John Henry Kinkead. See Atwood, Evangeline; DeArmond, Robert N. (1977). Who's Who in Alaskan Politics. Portland, Oregon: Binford & Mort for the Alaska Historical Commission. p. 24.; Wheeler, Keith (1977). "Learning to cope with 'Seward's Icebox'". The Alaskans. Alexandria, Virginia: Time–Life Books. pp. 57–64. ISBN 0-8094-1506-2.
- ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ↑ "QuickFacts: Sitka city and borough, Alaska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
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