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Area: 1,717,855 square kilometers or 663,267 square miles. Alaska is a state of the United States of America, located at the northwest end of the North American continent. Alaska borders Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, facing Russia across the Bering Strait. Alaska is the largest, least populous, and least populous state in the United States (due to most of its location in the far north). Approximately half of Alaska's 731,449[3] residents live in the Anchorage metropolitan area. Dominating the economy of Alaska are the oil, natural gas, and fishing industries, which are also resources in which Alaska has abundant reserves. Tourism is also an important component of the state's economy.