Sitka, Alaska

City and Borough
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	Coordinates: 57°03′12″N 135°20′05″W / 57.05333°N 135.33472°WCoordinates: 57°03′12″N 135°20′05″W / 57.05333°N 135.33472°W
Country	22x20px United States
State	File:Flag of Alaska.svg Alaska
Colonized	1799, 1804
Incorporated	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 (2020)
• 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)
FIPS code	02-70540
GNIS feature ID	1414736
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Sitka (Tlingit: Sheetʼká; Russian: Ситкаcode: ru is deprecated ) is a city in Alaska, originally founded as New Archangel (Russian: Ново-Архангельск / Новоaрхангельскcode: ru is deprecated ) by the Russian Rule between 1799 and 1867, and was the capital of Russian America.

Sitka, Alaska Media

New Archangel, 1805
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The Russian-American Company's capital at Novo Arkhangelsk in 1837
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Gajaa Héencode: tli is deprecated (Old Sitka), c. 1827. The new Russian palisade atop "Castle Hill" (Noow Tleincode: tli is deprecated ) that surrounded the Governor's Residence had three watchtowers, armed with 32 cannons, for defense against Tlingit attacks.
Group of Distinguished Chiefs in Sitka (1868)
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A view of Sitka's Crescent Harbor, Indian River valley and, in the background, The Sisters
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Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020) - SITKA AIRPORT, AK
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New Archangel and Sitka, 1805
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Sitka Tribe of Alaska seal

References

↑ 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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[1] 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.

[CenPopGazetteer2020-2] "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.

[2020QF-3] "QuickFacts: Sitka city and borough, Alaska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 9, 2023.

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