Kenai, Alaska
Kenai, Alaska
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| Motto: "Village with a Past - City with a Future" | |
Location in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska | |
| Coordinates: 60°33′31″N 151°13′47″W / 60.55861°N 151.22972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | Kenai Peninsula |
| Incorporated | May 10, 1960 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Henry Knackstedt |
| • State senator | Jesse Bjorkman (R) |
| • State rep. | Justin Ruffridge (R) |
| Area | |
• Total | 35.97 sq mi (93.15 km2) |
| • Land | 29.14 sq mi (75.47 km2) |
| • Water | 6.82 sq mi (17.67 km2) |
| Elevation | 72 ft (22 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 7,424 |
| • Density | 254.8/sq mi (98.37/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−9 (Alaska (AKST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−8 (AKDT) |
| ZIP codes | 99611, 99635 |
| Area code | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-38420 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1413299, 2419407 |
| Website | www |
Kenai (/ˈkiːnaɪ/, KEE-ny; Dena'ina: Shk'ituk't; Russian: Кенай, Kenay) is a city in the Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. By road, it is 158 miles southwest of Anchorage. The population was 7,424 as of the 2020 census, up from 7,100 in 2010, the seventh-most populated city in the state.