Municipality of Anchorage

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The Municipality of Anchorage is Alaska’s most populous local government jurisdiction, encompassing the city of Anchorage and surrounding communities and serving as the region’s primary political, economic, and cultural center.

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instanceOf consolidated city-borough
local government jurisdiction
adjacentToProtectedArea Chugach State Park
area about 1961 square miles
about 5080 square kilometers
bordersBodyOfWater Cook Inlet
Knik Arm
Turnagain Arm
capital Anchorage
climate subarctic climate
contains Anchorage
Bird Creek
Chugiak
Eagle River
Girdwood
Indian
Portage Valley
surface form: Portage

Whittier Access Corridor communities
country United States of America
daylightSavingTimeZone Alaska Daylight Time
executiveHead Mayor of Anchorage
federalCongressionalDistrict Alaska at-large congressional district
fireDepartment Anchorage Fire Department
governmentType mayor–assembly system
hasInternationalAirport Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
hasPort Port of Alaska
hostsMilitaryInstallation Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson
incorporatedAsCity 1920
isCulturalCenterOf Southcentral Alaska
surface form: southcentral Alaska
isEconomicCenterOf Alaska
isMostPopulousJurisdictionIn Alaska
isTransportationHubFor Alaska
largestCity Anchorage
legislativeBody Municipality of Anchorage self-linksurface differs
surface form: Anchorage Assembly
medianHouseholdIncomeRankInAlaska among highest
mergerWith Municipality of Anchorage self-linksurface differs
surface form: Greater Anchorage Area Borough
officialWebsite https://www.muni.org/
population approximately 290000 (2020)
primaryEconomicSectors government and military
oil and gas support services
tourism
transportation and logistics
primaryLawEnforcementAgency Anchorage Police Department
schoolDistrict Anchorage School District
state Alaska
timeZone Alaska Time Zone
unifiedWithBorough 1975

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Anchorage Museum ownedBy Municipality of Anchorage
Port of Alaska ownedBy Municipality of Anchorage
Port of Alaska operatedBy Municipality of Anchorage
Glenn Highway traverses Municipality of Anchorage
Chugach State Park locatedIn Municipality of Anchorage
this entity surface form: Anchorage Municipality
Municipality of Anchorage legislativeBody Municipality of Anchorage self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Anchorage Assembly
Municipality of Anchorage mergerWith Municipality of Anchorage self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Greater Anchorage Area Borough
Turnagain Arm partOf Municipality of Anchorage
this entity surface form: Municipality of Anchorage region
Girdwood locatedIn Municipality of Anchorage
this entity surface form: Anchorage Municipality
Girdwood municipality Municipality of Anchorage
Fire Island locatedIn Municipality of Anchorage
subject surface form: Fire Island (Alaska)
this entity surface form: Anchorage Municipality
Lake Hood Seaplane Base locatedIn Municipality of Anchorage
this entity surface form: Anchorage Municipality