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Skagway is a city located in Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, on the Alaska Panhandle. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 862. The port of Skagway is a popular stop for cruise ships, and the tourist trade is these days a big part of the city's business. The White Pass and Yukon Route narrow gauge railroad, part of the area's mining past, is nowadays in operation purely for the tourist trade and runs throughout the summer months.

Skagway (originally spelled Skaguay) is from the Tlingit name for the area, "Skagua." It means "the place where the north wind blows."

Skagway geography

Skagway is located at 59°28'7" North, 135°18'21" West (59.468519, -135.305962).

Skagway is located in a narrow glaciated valley at the head of the Tayna Inlet, the north end of the Lynn Canal, which is the most northern fjord on the Inside Passage on the south coast of Alaska. It is in the Alaska panhandle 90 miles northeast of Juneau, Alaska's capital city.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1,202.7 km² (464.4 mi²). 1,171.8 km² (452.4 mi²) of it is land and 30.8 km² (11.9 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 2.56% water.

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