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Kotzebue (/ ˈ k ɒ t s ə b j uː / KOTS-ə-bew) or Qikiqtaġruk (/ k ɪ k ɪ k ˈ t ʌ ɡ r ʊ k / kik-ik-TUG-rook, Inupiaq: [qekeqtɑʁʐuk]) is a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.
Maniilaq Health Center in Kotzebue is the primary health care facility for the residents of the Northwest Arctic Borough and Point Hope. The 80,000 square foot hospital houses facilities to provide primary, emergency, psychiatric, dental, and long-term care, as well as an inpatient wing with 17 beds for recovering patients.
The Kotzebue Sound, a significant wildlife area, is a prominent water body within the Northwest Arctic Borough. The largest polar bear sighted in history, a male weighing 2,209 pounds (1,002 kg), was sighted at Kotzebue Sound.
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NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. (NANA) is one of thirteen Alaska Native Regional Corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA) in settlement of Alaska Native land claims. NANA was incorporated in Alaska on June 7, 1972. [1] NANA is a for-profit corporation with a land base in the Kotzebue area in northwest ...
The four units have a total area of about 11,000,000 acres (4,500,000 ha) and are managed from the Northwest Arctic Heritage Center in Kotzebue, Alaska. [1] Bering Land Bridge National Preserve has administrative offices in Nome. [2]
Map of Kotzebue Sound Barrier islands and lagoons at Cape Espenberg. Kotzebue Sound is an arm of the Chukchi Sea in the western region of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is on the north side of the Seward Peninsula and bounded on the east by the Baldwin Peninsula. It is 100 miles (160 km) long and 70 miles (110 km) wide.