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Within Vinony's link graph, Bethel is referenced by 516 other articles, and connects out to Alaska, Juneau and African Americans.
The entry is geolocated on the map in AK.
It sits within the topics 1957 establishments in Alaska, Bethel, Alaska and Cities in Alaska.
Its subject is documented across 49 Wikipedia language editions.
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 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Bethel
- Population
- 5471
- Area
- 14.508927
- Elevation
- 1
- Official website
- www.cityofbethel.org
- Image
- Bethel, Alaska aerial view (8269873695).jpg
- Households
- 9
- Dialing code
- 907
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- Commons category
- Bethel, Alaska
- postal code
- 99559
- inception
- 1957-08-00
- native label
- Mamterilleq
- P8168
- Kirchschlag
- per capita income
- 20584
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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.