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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.
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]
The storm started moving into Alaska's west coast on Sunday, affecting several communities, said Dustin Saltzman, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Fairbanks. In Kotzebue, water ...
Map showing Kotzebue Sound with the town of Kotzebue at the tip of Baldwin Peninsula Location of Baldwin Peninsula in Alaska The Baldwin Peninsula ( Iñupiaq : Qikiqtaġruk ) is a peninsula located on the Arctic Circle in the northwestern region of the U.S. state of Alaska , at 66°33′06″N 161°55′44″W / 66.55167°N 161.92889°W ...
Ralph Wien Memorial Airport (IATA: OTZ, ICAO: PAOT, FAA LID: OTZ) is a state-owned public-use airport located on the south side of Kotzebue, a city on the Baldwin Peninsula in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] Kotzebue AK airport photographed from a Boeing 737-400 combo aircraft of Alaska Airlines
Northwest Arctic Borough School District (NWABSD) is a school district headquartered in Kotzebue, Alaska.. In 1999 the district had 2,100 students in nine communities. Beginning circa 1999 the Anchorage company Education Resources Inc. was scheduled to enter a contract with NWABSD so that an employee of the company would act as the superintendent of the school di