Noorvik, Alaska

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Noorvik, Alaska is a small Inupiat village in northwest Alaska known for its subsistence lifestyle and location above the Arctic Circle.

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Noorvik, Alaska canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
human settlement
accessibleBy air
boat (seasonal)
seasonal snowmobile trails
areaCode 907
country United States of America
distanceToKotzebueInMiles about 45
elevationInMeters 4
FIPSCode 02-55740
foundedBy Iñupiat people
linked to: Coastal Iñupiat
GNISFeatureID 1417800
governedAs city government
hasAirport Noorvik Airport
hasBoroughSeat Kotzebue, Alaska
hasClimate subarctic climate
hasCulturalRegion Inupiaq culture area
linked to: Inupiat region
hasDemographicCharacteristic predominantly Alaska Native population
hasIndigenousLanguage Iñupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq
hasLifestyle subsistence lifestyle
hasMajorEthnicGroup Iñupiat
linked to: Coastal Iñupiat
hasNotableEvent first community counted in the 2010 United States Census
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity subsistence fishing
subsistence gathering
subsistence hunting
hasPrimaryReligion Christianity
hasSchoolDistrict Northwest Arctic Borough School District
hasState Alaska
hasTraditionalActivities berry picking
caribou hunting
salmon fishing
seal hunting
incorporationDate 1964-06-11
latitude 66.8389 N
locatedAbove Arctic Circle
locatedIn Alaska
Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
locatedInRegion northwest Alaska
linked to: northwestern Alaska
locatedInTimeZone Alaska Time Zone
locatedNear Kotzebue Sound
locatedOn Kobuk River
longitude 161.0328 W
partOf North Slope–Kotzebue region
linked to: North Slope, Alaska
populationCensus2010 668
populationCensus2020 694
postalCode 99763

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Kobuk River nearbySettlement Noorvik, Alaska