Chisana (also
Shushanna) is a
census-designated place (CDP) located in the
Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the
U.S. state of
Alaska. As of the
2000 census, the
population of the CDP was 0. The English name Chisana derives from the
Ahtna Athabascan name
Tsetsaan' Na', meaning literally 'copper river' (not to be confused with the river known in English as the
Copper River).
Geography
Chisana is located at (62.070992, -141.993271).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 86.7 square miles (224.7 km²), of which 86.7 square miles (224.4 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it is water. The total area is 0.10% water.
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