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Ketchikan Kichx̱áan | |
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City | |
![View from a cruise ship of the Newtown area of Ketchikan. In the foreground is the intersection of Schoenbar Rd. and Water Street.[1]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Ketchikan%2C_Alaska%2C_Estados_Unidos%2C_2017-08-16%2C_DD_59-63_PAN.jpg/250px-Ketchikan%2C_Alaska%2C_Estados_Unidos%2C_2017-08-16%2C_DD_59-63_PAN.jpg) View from a cruise ship of the Newtown area of Ketchikan. In the foreground is the intersection of Schoenbar Rd. and Water Street.[1] | |
| Nickname(s): Salmon Capital of the World, Rain Capital of Alaska, Alaska's First City | |
  Ketchikan Location in Alaska | |
| Coordinates: 55°21′00″N 131°40′24″W / 55.35000°N 131.67333°W / 55.35000; -131.67333Coordinates: 55°21′00″N 131°40′24″W / 55.35000°N 131.67333°W / 55.35000; -131.67333 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Alaska |
| Borough | Ketchikan Gateway |
| Incorporated | August 25, 1900[2] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lew Williams III[3] |
| • Governing body | City Council |
| • State senator | Bert Stedman (R) |
| • State rep. | Dan Ortiz (I) |
| Area [4] | |
| • Total | 5.90 sq mi (15.27 km2) |
| • Land | 4.35 sq mi (11.27 km2) |
| • Water | 1.54 sq mi (4.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 8,050 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 8,208 |
| • Density | 1,391.89/sq mi (537.40/km2) |
| • City and Borough | 13,477 |
| • City and Borough Estimate (2014) | 13,787 |
| Time zone | UTC-9 (AKST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-8 (AKDT) |
| ZIP codes | 99901, 99950[5] |
| Area code | 907 |
FIPS code | 02-38970 |
GNIS feature ID | 1423039, 2419408 |
| Website | www.city.ketchikan.ak.us |
Ketchikan is a city in Alaska, United States. Ketchikan is on Revillagigedo Island.
References |
↑ Emanuel, Richard P. (2002). "Economic Development of Alaska Territory". Alaska Geographic (Anchorage: The Alaska Geographic Society) 29 (3): 42.
↑ 1996 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory. Juneau: Alaska Municipal League/Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs. January 1996. p. 78..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
↑ 2015 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory. Juneau: Alaska Municipal League. 2015. p. 84.
↑ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Jun 22, 2017.
↑ "ZIP Codes by City". United States Postal Service. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
 State of Alaska | |
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Juneau (capital) | |
| Regions | Aleutian Islands • Arctic Alaska • Bush Alaska • Interior • Kenai Peninsula • Mat‑Su Valley • North Slope • Southeast • Seward Peninsula • Southcentral • Southwest • |
| Largest cities | Anchorage • Bethel • Dillingham • Fairbanks • Homer • Juneau • Kenai • Ketchikan • Kodiak • Kotzebue • Nome • Palmer • Petersburg • Seward • Sitka • Soldotna • Unalaska (Dutch Harbor) • Utqiaġvik • Valdez • Wasilla |
| Transportation | Alaska Railroad • Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport • Alaska Marine Highway • Bush airplane |
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