Sitka, Alaska
Sitka Sheet'ká | |
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| City and Borough of Sitka | |
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| Coordinates: 57°3′5.62″N 135°20′19.11″W / 57.0515611°N 135.3386417°WCoordinates: 57°3′5.62″N 135°20′19.11″W / 57.0515611°N 135.3386417°W | |
| Kintra |  United States |
| State |  Alaska |
| Colonised | 1799, 1804 |
| Incorporatit[1] | November 5, 1913 (ceety) September 24, 1963 (burgh) December 2, 1971 (unified municipality) |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Matthew Hunter[2] |
| • State senator | Bert Stedman (R) |
| • State rep. | Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (D) |
| Area | |
| • Consolidatit ceety-burgh | 12461.48 km2 (4811.40 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 7434.26 km2 (2870.38 sq mi) |
| • Water | 5027.22 km2 (1941.02 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5 km2 (2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Consolidatit ceety-burgh | 8,881 |
| • Estimate (2016)[4] | 8,830 |
| • Density | 0.71/km2 (1.84/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 6,982 |
| Time zone | UTC-9 (Alaska) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-8 (Alaska) |
| ZIP | 99835 |
| Aurie code | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-70540 |
| GNIS featur ID | 1414736 |
| Website | www |
The City and Borough of Sitka (Tlingit: Sheetʼká), umwhile Novo-Arkhangelsk, or New Archangel unner Roushie rule (Roushie: Ново-Архангельск or Новоархангельск, t Novoarkhangelsk), is a unified ceety-burgh locatit on Baranof Island an the soothren hauf o Chichagof Island in the Alexander Airchipelago o the Paceefic Ocean (pairt o the Alaska Panhandle), in the U.S. state o Alaska.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Frae November 1867 tae Februar 1873, the earliest American settlers in Sitka established an conductit affairs unner a "provisional ceety govrenment", as Alaskan commonties were prohibitit frae legally incorporatin till the U.S. Congress passed legislation allaein them tae dae sae in 1900. Mayors o Sitka unner this govrenment includit William Sumner Dodge an 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, Virginie: Time–Life Books. pp. 57–64. ISBN 0-8094-1506-2.
- ↑ "City and Borough of Sitka Alaska - Government - City Assembly". www.cityofsitka.com. City of Sitka. Archived frae the original on 31 Julie 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ↑ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 22 Juin 2017.
- ↑ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved 9 Juin 2017.
