Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kenai Peninsula Borough
Borough
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
Alaska's location within the U.S.
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Incorporated	January 1, 1964
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	2.37553/sq mi (0.917195/km2)
Time zone	UTC−9 (Alaska)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−8 (ADT)
Congressional district	At-large

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. The borough seat is Soldotna, 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.

Geography

View of Seldovia, located along Kachemak Bay

The borough has a total area of 24,752 square miles (64,110 km²), of which 16,075 square miles (41,630 km²) is land and 8,677 square miles (22,470 km²) (3.4%) is water.

Adjacent boroughs and census areas

• Bethel Census Area, Alaska - northwest
• Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska - north
• Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska - north
• Chugach Census Area, Alaska - east
• Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska - west
• Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska - south

National protected areas

• Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (part of Gulf of Alaska unit)
  • Chiswell Islands
  • Tuxedni Wilderness
• Chugach National Forest (part)
• Katmai National Park and Preserve (part)
  • Katmai Wilderness (part)
• Kenai Fjords National Park
• Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
  • Kenai Wilderness
• Lake Clark National Park and Preserve (part)
  • Lake Clark Wilderness (part)

Ecology

Bear Lake, Tutka Bay, and the Trail Lakes, have been the site of salmon enhancement activities. All three sites are managed by the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association Some of the fish hatched at these facilities are released into the famous Homer fishing hole. Cook Inlet Keeper and the Cook Inlet Regional Citizen's Advisory Council are groups that attempt to influence public policy on the use of the area's resources.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the census of 2020, there were 58,799 people.

Communities

The George A. Navarre Building on Binkley Street in downtown Soldotna serves as the administrative headquarters for the borough and its school district. Navarre moved to Kenai in 1957, owned and operated a variety of Kenai-based businesses, and was the borough's mayor from 1966 to 1972. His son, Mike Navarre, was mayor from 1996 to 1999 and 2011 to 2017.

Cities

• Homer
• Kachemak
• Kenai
• Seldovia
• Seward
• Soldotna

Census-designated places

Unincorporated communities

• Jakolof Bay
• Kachemak Selo
• Razdolna
• Voznesenka

Ghost town

• Portlock

Education

The school district for the whole borough is Kenai Peninsula Borough School District.

See also

In Spanish: Borough de Península de Kenai para niños