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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alaska
- Borough
- Kenai Peninsula
- Incorporated
- May 7, 1945
- Mayor
- Dean Lent
- State senator
- Gary Stevens ( R )
- State rep
- Sarah Vance (R)
- Total
- 0.55 sq mi (1.42 km )
- Land
- 0.39 sq mi (1.00 km )
- Water
- 0.16 sq mi (0.42 km )
- Elevation
- 52 ft (16 m)
- Density
- 607.5/sq mi (234.54/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-9 ( Alaska (AKST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-8 (AKDT)
- Fips code
- 02-68340
- Website
- cityofseldovia .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Seldovia (Alutiiq: Angagkitaqnuuq; Dena'ina: Angidahtnu; Russian: Селдовия) is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Seldovia had a population of 235. It is located along Kachemak Bay southwest of Homer. There is no road system connecting the town to other communities, so all travel to Seldovia is by airplane or boat.
The Alaska Native people of Seldovia make up approximately one quarter of the population and have ancestors of Aleut and Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) descent, as well as some Dena'ina.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Seldovia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.