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Kenai Peninsula Borough | |
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Left to right, from top: Overhead view of Homer and Kachemak Bay, sunrise on Kachemak Bay, view of Kenai Lake, the Coral Seymour Memorial Ballpark, view of Mount Alice at Seward, view of the Kenai Mountains | |
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 Location within the U.S. state of Alaska | |
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| Coordinates: 60°25′00″N 151°15′00″W / 60.416666666667°N 151.25°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Alaska |
| Incorporated | January 1, 1964[1][2] |
| Named for | Kenai Peninsula |
| Seat | Soldotna |
| Largest city | Kalifornsky |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24,752 sq mi (64,110 km2) |
| • Land | 16,075 sq mi (41,630 km2) |
| • Water | 8,677 sq mi (22,470 km2) 35.1% |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 58,799 |
| • Estimate (2022) | 60,690  |
| • Density | 2.4/sq mi (0.92/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−9 (Alaska) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−8 (ADT) |
| Congressional district | At-large |
| Website | www |
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Kenai Peninsula Borough is a borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,799, up from 55,400 in 2010.[3] The borough seat is Soldotna,[4] the largest city is Kenai, and the most populated community is the census-designated place of Kalifornsky.
The borough includes most of the Kenai Peninsula and a large area of the mainland of Alaska on the opposite side of Cook Inlet.
- ^ "Kenai Peninsula Borough, Resolution No. 1: Legal Status - Borough and Borough School District" (PDF). Kenai Peninsula Borough. January 4, 1964. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
- ^ 1996 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory. Juneau: Alaska Municipal League/Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs. January 1996. p. 8.
- ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
- ^ "Kenai Peninsula Borough Profile". National Association of Counties. Retrieved November 3, 2021.