Nuiqsut

Also known as Nuiqsut, Alaska

city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Alaska
Borough: North Slope
Incorporated: June 24, 1975
Mayor: Lillian Kaigelak
State senator: Donny Olson ( D )
State rep: Robyn Burke ( D )
Total: 8.89 sq mi (23.02 km )
Land: 8.89 sq mi (23.02 km )
Water: 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
Elevation: 23 ft (7 m)
Density: 57.6/sq mi (22.24/km )
Time zone: UTC-9 ( Alaska (AKST) )
Summer dst: UTC-8 (AKDT)
Fips code: 02-56320
Gnis feature id: 1416680 , 2419439
Website: City of Nuiqsut

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Nuiqsut
Population: 512
Area: 24.40086
Elevation: 7
Image: Nuiqsut Aerial View.jpg
Households: 67
Dialing code: 99789

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postal code: 99789
water as percent of area: 0
P8168: Beth Phoenix
water area: 0
per capita income: 37699
Commons category: Nuiqsut, Alaska
native label: Nuiqsat

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Article

Nuiqsut (Inupiaq: Nuiqsat, IPA: [nuiχsɐt]) is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 512 at the 2020 Census and 92.5% Alaska Native. It is located in the midst of a vast quantity of oil reserves and the closest community to ConocoPhillips oil drilling project named Willow Project in the Alpine, Alaska oil field of the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska. It owns the surface rights, but not the subsurface rights of the Alpine field, which are with the regional Arctic Slope Regional Corporation.

Geography