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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Noorvik, Alaska canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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

Kobuk River → nearbySettlement → Noorvik, Alaska ⓘ