Kusilvak Census Area

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Kusilvak Census Area is a remote, predominantly Alaska Native region in western Alaska known for its subsistence lifestyle and scattered villages across the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kusilvak Census Area canonical 14
Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf census area ⓘ
county-equivalent ⓘ
borderedBy Bering Sea ⓘ
Bethel Census Area ⓘ
Nome Census Area ⓘ
climate subarctic climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeat none (no borough seat; part of Unorganized Borough) ⓘ
daylightSavingTimeZone Alaska Daylight Time ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic very high proportion of Alaska Native residents ⓘ
economicCharacteristic high poverty rate ⓘ
subsistence lifestyle ⓘ
economy commercial fishing ⓘ
public sector employment ⓘ
subsistence hunting and fishing ⓘ
educationAdministration Lower Kuskokwim School District ⓘ
Lower Yukon School District ⓘ
feature Kuskokwim River delta ⓘ
Yukon River delta ⓘ
coastal tundra ⓘ
federalStatus county-equivalent for census purposes ⓘ
formerName Wade Hampton Census Area ⓘ
governingBody State of Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Alaska
hasCoastlineOn Bering Sea ⓘ
housingCharacteristic village-based settlements ⓘ
landUse subsistence land use patterns ⓘ
largestCommunity Chevak ⓘ
Hooper Bay ⓘ
Scammon Bay ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta ⓘ
western Alaska ⓘ
namedAfter Kusilvak Mountains ⓘ
partOf Unorganized Borough, Alaska ⓘ
populationCharacteristic predominantly rural ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
predominantEthnicGroup Alaska Natives ⓘ
Yupʼik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
primaryLanguages Central Alaskan Yupʼik ⓘ
English ⓘ
primaryTransportationModes boats ⓘ
small aircraft ⓘ
snowmachines ⓘ
settlementPattern scattered villages ⓘ
state Alaska ⓘ
subdivisionType census area ⓘ
timeZone Alaska Time Zone ⓘ
transportationCharacteristic no road connections to Alaska highway system ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta → administrativeRegion → Kusilvak Census Area ⓘ
Nome Census Area → borders → Kusilvak Census Area ⓘ
Bethel Census Area → borderedBy → Kusilvak Census Area ⓘ
Hooper Bay, Alaska → borough → Kusilvak Census Area ⓘ
Unorganized Borough, Alaska → contains → Kusilvak Census Area ⓘ
Chevak, Alaska → locatedIn → Kusilvak Census Area ⓘ
Chevak Yup’ik → spokenIn → Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Kusilvak Census Area
Pilot Station, Alaska → locatedIn → Kusilvak Census Area ⓘ
Pilot Station, Alaska → censusArea → Kusilvak Census Area ⓘ
Wade Hampton Census Area → replacedBy → Kusilvak Census Area ⓘ
Wade Hampton Census Area → renamedAs → Kusilvak Census Area ⓘ
Kusilvak Mountains → partOf → Kusilvak Census Area ⓘ
Scammon Bay → borough → Kusilvak Census Area ⓘ
Hooper Bay → locatedIn → Kusilvak Census Area ⓘ
Cup’ik language → region → Kusilvak Census Area ⓘ
Chevak Cup’ik dialect → spokenIn → Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Kusilvak Census Area