Juneau is the capital of Alaska State. It is a unified municipality situated on the Gastineau Channel within the Alaska Panhandle. During the year 1970, the Borough and City of Juneau was created when the city of Juneau, the city of Douglas and the Greater Juneau Borough merged to form a home rule municipality. The current City and Borough population is around 31,000.
Juneau covers a land area which is larger than the states of Delaware and Rhode island combined. The downtown of Juneau sits at sea level and is also the base of Mount Juneau. Across the channel is Douglas Island.
The city of Juneau has gone through three name changes during the years. From Rockwell to Harrisburg and ultimately to Juneau after Joe Juneau. All three names along with the existing name were named after prospectors. The native people of the area, the Tlingit, called the region DzÃ