Kasigluk, Alaska

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Kasigluk, Alaska is a small, predominantly Yup'ik Alaska Native village in western Alaska known for its subsistence lifestyle and location along the Johnson River.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kasigluk, Alaska canonical 1
New Kasigluk 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place
unincorporated community
village
access primarily by small aircraft
river boats in summer
winter ice roads
areaCode 907
borough Bethel Census Area
censusDesignation census-designated place
climate subarctic climate
country United States
economy subsistence hunting and fishing
elevation approximately 10 feet
ethnicGroup Alaska Natives
federalCodeType FIPS code
GNISFeatureIDType GNIS feature ID
hasFeature permafrost in surrounding area
hasSchool Z.J. Williams Memorial School
hasSettlementPart New Kasigluk
linked to: Kasigluk, Alaska

Old Kasigluk
housingType primarily single-family homes
indigenousPeople Yup'ik
linked to: Yupik
knownFor fishing
hunting
subsistence lifestyle
trapping
locatedIn Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta
western Alaska
linked to: southwestern Alaska
locatedOn Johnson River
populationMajority Yup'ik people
linked to: Yup’ik people
postalCode 99609
powerSource diesel-generated electricity
primaryLanguage Central Alaskan Yup'ik
English
region Bethel Recording District
religion predominantly Christian
religiousTradition Moravian Church presence
schoolDistrict Lower Kuskokwim School District
state Alaska
subsistenceResource moose
salmon
waterfowl
whitefish
timezone Alaska Standard Time
linked to: Alaska Time Zone
timezoneDST Alaska Daylight Time
transportation Kasigluk Airport
waterBody Johnson River sloughs

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bethel Census Area hasSettlement Kasigluk, Alaska
Kasigluk, Alaska hasSettlementPart New Kasigluk
linked to: Kasigluk, Alaska