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Wales (Inupiaq: Kiŋigin, IPA:) is a city [4] [5] in the Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States.At the 2010 census the population was 145, [4] down from 152 in 2000. It is the westernmost city on the North American mainland, although Adak, located on Adak Island, is the westernmost city in Alaska.
The longest place names in Poland are Sobienie Kiełczewskie Pierwsze and Przedmieście Szczebrzeszyńskie, with 30 letters (including spaces). The longest place name in the Netherlands is Westerhaar-Vriezenveensewijk (28 characters, including a hyphen). The longest street name is Laan van de landinrichtingscommissie Duiven-Westervoort in Duiven.
A very long railway station sign for a very long name only pronounceable by Welsh people. A Bay State fire department's patch, with the longest place name in the United States. This page is meant for Wikipedians to list articles about places with unusual names .
At 58 characters it is the longest place name in the United Kingdom and second longest official one-word place name in the world. SEE MORE: Watch Naomi Watts pronounce the longest town name in Britain
The long name was supposedly contrived in 1869 as an early publicity stunt to give the station the longest name of any railway station in Britain. [17] According to Sir John Morris-Jones the name was created by a local tailor, whose name he did not confide, letting the secret die with him.
This is a list of places in Alaska, including cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places.The list also includes information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and upper zip code bounds, if applicable.
Utqiaġvik, the northernmost town in the U.S. formerly called Barrow, is a hub of the region, with 5,000 people. Note that Utqiaġvik, population 5,000, is not Ennis. For one, Utqiaġvik is 100 ...
Map of the United States with Alaska highlighted. Alaska is a state of the United States in the northwest extremity of the North American continent.According to the 2020 United States Census, Alaska is the 3rd least populous state with 733,391 inhabitants [1] but is the largest by land area spanning 570,640.95 square miles (1,477,953.3 km 2). [2]