'''Juneau''' is the capital of and second largest city in [[Alaska]].
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'''Juneau''' is the capital of and second largest city in [[Alaska]]. In 2000 it had a population of 30,711 <ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=16000US0236400&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US39%7C16000US3916000&_street=&_county=Juneau&_cityTown=Juneau&_state=04000US02&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=]2000 Census Data</ref>, and it is a gateway to Alaska and north-western [[Canada]] as many cruiseships make port in Alaska as they sail the Inside Passage.