village of Noorvik

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The village of Noorvik is a small Inupiat community in northwest Alaska, located above the Arctic Circle and known for its subsistence lifestyle and river-based culture.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
village of Noorvik canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
village ⓘ
accessibleBy boat ⓘ
small aircraft ⓘ
snowmachine ⓘ
areaCode 907 ⓘ
borough Northwest Arctic Borough ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
economyBasedOn subsistence fishing ⓘ
subsistence gathering ⓘ
subsistence hunting ⓘ
ethnicGroup Iñupiat ⓘ
linked to: Inuit
foundedAs Iñupiat settlement ⓘ
governedBy city council ⓘ
hasClimate subarctic climate ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Iñupiat traditions ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Northwest Arctic region ⓘ
linked to: Western Arctic
hasHealthFacility local health clinic ⓘ
hasIndigenousPeople Iñupiat ⓘ
linked to: Coastal Iñupiat
hasPermafrost discontinuous permafrost zone ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguage English ⓘ
Iñupiaq ⓘ
linked to: Inupiaq
hasPrimaryReligion Christianity ⓘ
hasRelief low-lying river delta ⓘ
hasRiverCulture Kobuk River ⓘ
hasSchool Aqqaluk Noorvik School ⓘ
hasTraditionalActivities caribou hunting ⓘ
salmon fishing ⓘ
seal hunting ⓘ
hasTraditionalHousing wood-frame houses ⓘ
hasTransportation Noorvik Airport ⓘ
incorporationStatus 2nd-class city ⓘ
knownFor river-based culture ⓘ
subsistence lifestyle ⓘ
locatedAbove Arctic Circle ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Northwest Arctic Borough ⓘ
northwest Alaska ⓘ
linked to: northwestern Alaska
locatedInTimeZone Alaska Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn Kobuk River ⓘ
populationCensus2010 668 ⓘ
populationCensus2020 694 ⓘ
postalCode 99763 ⓘ
region Arctic Alaska ⓘ
linked to: North Slope, Alaska
schoolDistrict Northwest Arctic Borough School District ⓘ
state Alaska ⓘ
usesEnergySource diesel-generated electricity ⓘ

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

Kobuk River → hasMouthNear → village of Noorvik ⓘ