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Anchorage

consolidated city-borough and largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska
City City in the United States Q39450

Facts

38 properties

Identity

Instance of
city in the United States, big city, consolidated city-county[6][7]
Inception
1914[36]
Official website
www.muni.org, www.ci.anchorage.ak.us[37][38]
Native label
Dgheyay Kaq', Dgheyaytnu
Nickname
The City of Lights and Flowers
Official name
Municipality of Anchorage, Anchorage

Location

Country
United States[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 61.217°, -149.894°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Alaska[2]
Shares border with
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Chugach Census Area, Kenai Peninsula Borough[8][9][10]

Population and size

Area
5.0k (5.0k–5.1k, n=3)
Elevation above sea level
31 m
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 31 m GeoNames 1,378 m edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Population
290k (174k–301k, n=14)[39][40][41][42][43]

Codes

Local dialing code
907[35]
Postal code
100k (100k–100k, n=25)[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]
More facts +23
Capital of
Alaska
Part of
organized borough[34]
Catchphrase
Big Wild Life
Described by source
Belarusian encyclopedia
Different from
Anchorage
Flag
flag of Anchorage[12]
Head of government
Dave Bronson (2021–present), Suzanne LaFrance (2024–present)[4][5]
History of topic
timeline of Anchorage, Alaska
List of monuments
National Register of Historic Places listings in Anchorage, Alaska
Located in the statistical territorial entity
Anchorage metropolitan area
Mean age
23.1 (2020)
Member of
GovAI Coalition[1]
Motto text
Big Wild Life
NCI Thesaurus ID
C107757
Named after
anchorage[11]
Number of households
118,640 (2020), 106,970 (2020)
Office held by the head of government
Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska
Open data portal
Anchorage's Open Data Portal
Per capita income
23,125 USD (2020), 41,127 USD (2020)
Territory overlaps
Anchorage urban area, Anchorage Northeast urban area
Twinned administrative body
Chitose, Darwin, Incheon, Magadan, Tromsø Municipality, Whitby, Harbin[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
Water area
663.860984 km² (2010)
Water as percent of area
13.0708% (2010), 12.20%
🏷️ Also known as
en Anchorage, Alaska en Municipality of Anchorage en The City of Lights and Flowers en Anchorage en Anchorage, AK ar بلدية أنكوراج ar أنكوراج، ألسكا ar أنكوراج ar أنكوريج ar أنكوراج، ألاسكا de Anchorage Municipality de Municipality of Anchorage de Anchorage Borough el Άνκορεϊτζ el Άνκορατζ el Ανκορέιτζ es Anchorage (Alaska) es La ciudad de las luces y las flores es Municipalidad de Anchorage es Municipio del área metropolitana de Anchorage
🔖 Identifiers · 73
ROR ID
04gacp295
ISNI
0000000406374804
VIAF cluster ID
146479909
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n81028135
GND ID
4246931-4
GRID ID
grid.472604.3
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Anchorage on an April evening.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
18218
BBC Things ID
1182dab8-ff77-46db-8ce0-9d39b2d652df
Ballotpedia ID
Anchorage,_Alaska
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12011329f
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12005261
Show all 73 identifiers +61
Curlie ID
Regional/North_America/United_States/Alaska/Localities/A/Anchorage/
De Agostini ID
Anchorage
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--79835
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
u3QBD
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
562070
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Anchorage-Alaska
FAST ID
1212412
FIPS 55-3 (locations in the US)
02-03000
FIPS 6-4 ID
02020
Facebook location ID
106199619411091
FactGrid item ID
Petra Kronberger
Freebase ID
/m/0g_wn2
GNIS Feature ID
1398242, 2419025
GeoNames ID
5879400, 5879348
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
7013298, 2124017
Google Maps Customer ID
2701520250012461283
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
anchorage
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0003780
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Anchorage
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
694871
Gynopedia ID
Anchorage
HASC
US.AK.AN
ICPSR Geographic Names Thesaurus ID
30216
INaturalist place ID
1794
IdRef ID
028235991
Interlingual Index ID
i84214
International Jewish Cemetery Project ID
usa/alaska-ak/anchorage
J9U entity ID
987007552872305171
KBpedia ID
Anchorage
Lex ID
Anchorage
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2801560603
MusicBrainz area ID
3dcca86a-1de1-4656-b60f-0d206597716b
NE.se ID
anchorage
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3869185
OpenHistoricalMap relation ID
2791067
OpenStreetMap relation ID
2605259
OpenWeatherMap city ID
5879400
Our Campaigns container ID
8352
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
アンカレッジ
Quora topic ID
Anchorage-AK, Municipality-of-Anchorage
RKD thesaurus ID
97509
Reddit topic ID (obsolete)
anchorage
Ringgold ID
53482
Scilit organization ID
62951
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID
geografico/1208166
Subreddit
Anchorage, anchorage
Taxonomicon ID
1803892
Topic's main category
Category:Anchorage, Alaska
Tripadvisor ID
60880
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10042300
UMLS CUI
C3831540
UN/LOCODE
USANC
Vikidia article ID
it:Anchorage_(Alaska), fr:Anchorage
Wellcome Collection concept ID
e37z99m4
Who's on First ID
85915707
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["AdministrativeDivision", {"AnchorageMunicipality", "Alaska", "UnitedStates"}]
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
09078369-n
World Historical Gazetteer place ID
14158686
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJhCKpHrKDJhHBpGV8dG73
Yale LUX ID
place/c9326004-5ac4-4adc-9db7-97e370b40ba9
Yle topic ID
18-289578, 18-69363
📚 Sources · 2
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Located in time zoneP421
America/Anchorage 2026-09-26 A/ADM2 · US GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
where from?
Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
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OpenAlex IDP10283
I2801560603 2026-09-27 OpenAlex (CC0 1.0) as of 2026-09-27
where from?
Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20260927 · as of 2026-09-27
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex snapshot, openalex.org). Values as shipped.
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex snapshot, openalex.org). Values as shipped.
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
🔗 Connections
People born here 75
Cyclops, Jessica Jaymes, Mario Chalmers, Mark Begich, Obed Vargas, Irene Bedard, Mary Peltola, Annie Parisse +67 more
Contained subdivisions 32
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, 2025 Russia–United States summit, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, University of Alaska System, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaskan Command, Eagle River, Knik River +24 more
← Headquarters location 24
Alaska Railroad Corporation, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau, PenAir, Alaska Volcano Observatory, Northern Air Cargo, Ravn Alaska, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Central Express +16 more
People who died here 17
Marie Smith Jones, Peter Freuchen, Wally Hickel, Israel Keyes, William Allen Egan, Francis Thomas Hurley, Keith Harvey Miller, Bill Sheffield +9 more
Residents 8
Dan Sullivan, Bill Walker, Kikkan Randall, Jeff Pain, Ty Conklin, Ifeoma Ozoma, Emma Broyles, Les Gara
Twinned administrative body 7
Darwin, Harbin, Incheon, Tromsø Municipality, Magadan, Chitose, Whitby
← Place of publication 7
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Journal of Commerce, Anchorage Times, Anchorage Press, Insurgent49, Petroleum News, The Anchorage Gazette
← Twinned administrative body 7
Darwin, Harbin, Incheon, Tromsø Municipality, Magadan, Chitose, Whitby
← Category combines topics 6
Category:People from Anchorage, Alaska, Category:Births in Anchorage, Alaska, Category:Sports in Anchorage, Alaska, Category:Deaths in Anchorage, Alaska, Category:Airports in Anchorage, Alaska, Category:Populated places in Anchorage, Alaska
← Significant place 4
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Chugach National Forest, Becharof National Wildlife Refuge
Instance of 3
big city, consolidated city-county, city in the United States
Shares border with 3
Kenai Peninsula Borough, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Chugach Census Area
← Place served by transport hub 3
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Lake Hood Seaplane Base, Merrill Field
← Shares border with 3
Kenai Peninsula Borough, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Chugach Census Area
← Work location 3
Mike Gravel, Mark Begich, Nick Begich
Located in this place 2
1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Sullivan Arena
Located in time zone 2
UTC−08:00, UTC−09:00
← Location of formation 2
Alaska Airlines, 36 Crazyfists
Capital of 1
Alaska
Category for people born here 1
Category:Births in Anchorage, Alaska
Category for people who died here 1
Category:Deaths in Anchorage, Alaska
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Anchorage, Alaska
Country 1
United States
Different from 1
Anchorage
FactGrid item ID 1
Petra Kronberger
Flag 1
flag of Anchorage
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Alaska
Named after 1
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
Named after 1
anchorage
Owned entities 1
Sullivan Arena
Topic's main category 1
Category:Anchorage, Alaska
← Applies to jurisdiction 1
flag of Anchorage
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Anchorage, Alaska
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Alaska
← Filming location 1
The Frozen Ground
← Place of burial 1
Ada Blackjack
← Train depot 1
Alaska Railroad Corporation
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Cultural Significance

Things named for Anchorage include Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport[44], an international airport[45], in United States[46].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Anchorage include Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport[44], an international airport[45], in United States[46].

🛰️ Living Edge · news-derived, source-cited

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Located in the administrative territorial entity Alaska high0.99confirmed39 independent sources

evidence “11 attacks at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, rather than visiting Ground Zero, the Pentagon or the Flight 93 National Memorial.” prnewswire.com · 2026-09-28 · read source

Located in the administrative territorial entity AK emerging0.87confirmed4 independent sources

evidence “- Place that envelope inside a larger envelope with the appropriate postage, and mail it to the Anchorage, AK, address listed above.” banana1015.com · read source

Related Entities

Alaska Alaska Airlines Alaska Pacific University Arctic Health Research Center Child Support Services Division Dan Sullivan Jessica Jaymes Mario Chalmers Mike Gravel United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . usatoday.com. usatoday.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . muni.org. Retrieved . muni.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  42. [42] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [43] ↑ . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Ueschar · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Belarusian encyclopedia
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65737: pages 301-558"
  2. 10w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tabular data series → Data:US presidential elections by county/Anchorage, Alaska.t
    "Created claim: Tabular data series: Data:US presidential elections by county/Anchorage, Alaska.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidential ele"
  3. 13w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → consolidated city-borough and largest city in the U.S. state
    Located in time zone → —
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → u3QBD
    "Changed labels, descriptions, aliases and claims: Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs; normalize text; remove alias=label/mul (Difool/WikidataCleanup)"
  4. 26w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Chugach Census Area, Kenai Peninsula Borough
    Per capita income → 23,125 United States dollar, 41,127 United States dollar
    Inception → 1914
    Territory overlaps → Anchorage urban area, Anchorage Northeast urban area
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: NCI Thesaurus ID: C107757, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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