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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.
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Name of place Number of counties Principal county Lower zip code Upper zip code Wacker: 1 Ketchikan Gateway Borough Wade Hampton: 1 Kusilvak Census Area Wainwright: 1 North Slope Borough: 99782 Wales: 1 Nome Census Area: 99783 Ward Cove: 1 Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 99928 Warm Chuck: 1 Prince of Wales-Outer Census Area Wasilla: 1
In Wales, as in England and Northern Ireland, a town is any settlement which has received a charter of incorporation, more commonly known as a town charter, approved by the monarch [citation needed]. Fifty-five boroughs in Wales were given parliamentary representation in 1536, but the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 recognised only 20 Welsh ...
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
There are two possible origins for the name of the coastal town on the north shore of Long Island Sound. One possibility is that Norwalk is from the Algonquin name Noyank meaning “point of land.”
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]
According to Today.com, the show's town is inspired by a real area in Alaska called North Slope Borough. One town in particular, Utqiaġvik, shares similarities with Ennis for its isolation and ...