Kenai, Alaska

Kenai, Alaskazaknadi
Kenai
Shk'ituk't
Official seal of Kenai, Alaskazaknadi
Motto: 
"Village with a Past - City with a Future"
Location of Kenai, Alaska
Location of Kenai, Alaska
Coordinates: 60°33′31″N 151°13′47″W / 60.55861°N 151.22972°W / 60.55861; -151.22972[1]
Country United States
State Alaska
BoroughKenai Peninsula
IncorporatedMay 10, 1960[2]
Government
 • MayorBrian Gabriel[3]
 • State senatorJesse Bjorkman (R)
 • State rep.Justin Ruffridge (R)
Area
 • Total
35.96 sq mi (93.15 km2)
 • Land29.14 sq mi (75.47 km2)
 • Water6.82 sq mi (17.67 km2)
Elevation
72 ft (22 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
7,424
 • Density254.77/sq mi (98.37/km2)
Time zoneUTC−9 (Alaska (AKST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−8 (AKDT)
ZIP codes
99611, 99635
Area code907
FIPS code02-38420
GNIS feature ID1413299, 2419407
Websitewww.kenai.city
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Kenai (/ˈkn/, KEE-ny) (Dena'ina: Shk'ituk't; Russian: Кенай, Kenay) is a city in the Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.[5][6] By road, it is 158 miles southwest of Anchorage. The population was 7,424 as of the 2020 census, up from 7,100 in 2010,[7] the fifteenth-most populated city in the state.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference GR1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Directory of Borough and City Officials 1974". Alaska Local Government. XIII (2). Juneau: Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs: 45. January 1974.
  3. ^ 2015 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory. Juneau: Alaska Municipal League. 2015. p. 83.
  4. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  5. ^ "Kenai city, Alaska". Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  6. ^ "Kenai". Division of Community and Regional Affairs, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  7. ^ "2020 Census Data - Cities and Census Designated Places" (Web). State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

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