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Juneau (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 58 18 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 58.3000 decimal degrees |
Long: 134 25 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -134.4167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Gastineau Channel in SE Alaska; John Juneau and Richard Harris discovered gold nearby, stimulating a gold boom until mine closed in 1944; continued as state capital when Alaska entered the Union. |
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Juneau (preferred,C,V)
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Douglas (C,V)
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............ | in 1970 Douglas, located on an island across channel, combined with Juneau & became largest city in USA |
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Juneau (national division) (P) |
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Juneau (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled in 1880 when gold was discovered |
town (C) |
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state capital (C) |
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since 1959 |
agricultural center (C) |
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for forestry |
fish-processing center (C) |
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for salmon |
administrative center (C) |
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for state & national governments |
mill center (C) |
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for lumber |
transportation center (C) |
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has steamer & airline connections with Vancouver & Seattle |
educational center (C) |
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houses University of Alaska since 1972 |
tourist center (C) |
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includes nearby Glacier Bay National Park & Alaska State Museum |
capital (H) |
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of Alaska Territory in 1900 |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital of .... |
Alaska .......... (state) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States) [7006450] |
coextensive with .... |
Juneau Indian Village .......... (historic site) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States, Alaska, Juneau division) [9226969] |
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