Noorvik

Also known as Noorvik, Alaska

city in the Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Alaska
Borough: Northwest Arctic
Incorporated: March 11, 1964
Mayor: Vern Cleveland
Tribal president: Wilber Howarth Sr.
State senator: Donny Olson ( D )
State rep: Robyn Burke ( D )
Total: 1.27 sq mi (3.28 km )
Land: 0.84 sq mi (2.17 km )
Water: 0.43 sq mi (1.11 km )
Elevation: 0 ft (0 m)
Density: 827.9/sq mi (319.65/km )
Time zone: UTC-9 ( Alaska (AKST) )
Summer dst: UTC-8 (AKDT)
Fips code: 02-55140

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Noorvik
Population: 694
Area: 3.51885
Elevation: 0
Image: Noorvik, AK.jpg
Households: 12
Dialing code: 907

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postal code: 99763
water as percent of area: 30.9667
native label: Nuurvik
P8168: Eunice Jepkorir
water area: 1.089672
per capita income: 20803
mean age: 48.6
Commons category: Noorvik, Alaska

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The Friends' Church in Noorvik

Noorvik (Inupiaq: Nuurvik, meaning "A place to move to") is an Iñupiat city in the Northwest Arctic Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 694, up from 668 in 2010. Located in the NANA Region Corp, Noorvik has close ties with the largest city in the region, Kotzebue. Residents speak a dialect of Iñupiaq known as Noorvik Inupiaq. Noorvik was the first town to be counted in the 2010 census.