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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alaska
- Census area
- Yukon-Koyukuk
- Incorporated
- October 26, 1971
- Mayor
- Tiffany George
- State senator
- Click Bishop ( R )
- State rep
- Mike Cronk (R)
- Total
- 24.51 sq mi (63.47 km )
- Land
- 17.65 sq mi (45.72 km )
- Water
- 6.85 sq mi (17.75 km )
- Elevation
- 128 ft (39 m)
- Density
- 26.7/sq mi (10.32/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-9 ( Alaska (AKST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-8 (AKDT)
- Fips code
- 02-27530
- Website
- http://www.ci.galena.ak.us/
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Galena (/ɡəˈliːnə/) (Koyukon: Notaalee Denh) is a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2020 census the population was 472, slightly up from 470 in 2010. Galena was established in 1918, and a military airfield was built adjacent to the city during World War II. The city was incorporated in 1971.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Galena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.