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Kotzebue is a city located in northwest Alaska, situated on the coast of the Chukchi Sea. It serves as an important hub for the surrounding remote Arctic region, supporting local Indigenous communities and serving as a center for transportation and commerce in one of Alaska's most isolated areas.
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- Official name
- Kotzebue
- Population
- 3102
- Area
- 74.079519
- Elevation
- 6
- Official website
- www.cityofkotzebue.gov
- Image
- Aerial view of Kotzebue 2013.jpg
- Households
- 96
- Dialing code
- 907
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- native label
- Qikiqtaġruk
- Commons category
- Kotzebue, Alaska
- postal code
- 99752
- inception
- 1958-10-14
- water as percent of area
- 5.8879
- P8168
- RDE
- water area
- 4.361738
- per capita income
- 31371
- mean age
- 26.0
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Kotzebue (/ˈkɒtsəbjuː/ KOTS-ə-bew) or Qikiqtaġruk (/kɪkɪkˈtʌɡrʊk/ kik-ik-TUG-rook, Inupiaq: [qekeqtɑʁʐuk]) is a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the borough's seat, by far its largest community and the economic and transportation hub of the subregion of Alaska encompassing the borough. The population of the city was 3,102 as of the 2020 census, down from 3,201 in 2010.
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