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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alaska
- Borough
- Unorganized
- Census area
- Bethel
- Ancsa regional corporation
- Calista
- Incorporated
- August 1957
- Type
- Council–manager government
- Mayor
- Rose Henderson
- Vice mayor
- Teresa Keller
- State senator
- Lyman Hoffman ( D )
- State rep
- Nellie Jimmie (D)
- City council
- Mark Springer , Pamela Conrad , Alicia Miner , Kelsi Kime, Greg Schiedler
- Total
- 50.11 sq mi (129.78 km )
- Land
- 44.51 sq mi (115.27 km )
- Water
- 5.60 sq mi (14.51 km )
- Elevation
- 3.3 ft (1 m)
- Estimate 2021
- 6,270
- Density
- 142.1/sq mi (54.87/km )
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Encyclopedic overview
Bethel (Central Yupik: Mamterilleq) is a city in the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the Kuskokwim River approximately 50 miles (80 km) from where the river flows into Kuskokwim Bay. It is the largest community in western Alaska and in the Unorganized Borough, as well as the eighth-largest in the state. Bethel has a population of 6,325 as of the 2020 census, up from 6,080 in 2010.
Annual events in Bethel include the Kuskokwim 300 dogsled race; Camai, a Yup'ik dance festival held each spring; and the Bethel Fair held in August.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bethel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.