Utqiagvik

Also known as Ukpiaġvik, Ukpeaġvik, Utqiaġvik, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Alaska, Barrow, Alaska, Barrow, AK, Utqiagvik, AK

most northerly city in Alaska, United States of America

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Utqiagvik is the northernmost city in Alaska, located at the Arctic's edge. It matters as a significant settlement in one of the world's most extreme environments and serves as an important hub for Arctic research and indigenous Inupiat culture.

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Instance of: city in the United States
Named after: John Barrow
Official name: Utqiagvik
Country: United States
Located in: North Slope Borough
Population: 4928
Area: 7.013815
Elevation: 3
Time zone: Alaska Time Zone
Capital of: North Slope Borough
Official website: www.utqiagvik.us
Image: Barrow Alaska.jpg
Households: 409
Dialing code: 907

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twinned administrative body: Ushuaia
Commons category: Utqiagvik, Alaska
postal code: 99723
inception: 1959-06-08
native label: Utqiaġvik
water as percent of area: 12.3743
P8168: Badya
different from: Barrow
water area: 6.889651
Köppen climate classification: tundra climate
mean age: 44.7

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Utqiaġvik, formerly known and still sometimes referred to as Barrow, is the borough seat and largest city of the North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located north of the Arctic Circle, it is one of the northernmost cities and towns in the world and the northernmost in the United States, with nearby Point Barrow as the country's northernmost point.

Utqiaġvik's population was 4,927 at the 2020 census, an increase from 4,212 in 2010. It is the 12th-most populated city in Alaska.

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