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Arctic Village (Vashrąįį K'ǫǫ [2] in Gwich'in) is an unincorporated Native American village [3] and a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 census , the population of the CDP was 152.
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]
Arctic Village Airport (IATA: ARC, ICAO: PARC, FAA LID: ARC) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.8 km) southwest of the central business district of Arctic Village, [1] a Native American village in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is owned by the Venetie Tribal Government. [1]
Most of northern Alaska has an Arctic climate with long, extremely cold winters and short, cool summers. The average temperatures during the summer months are only several degrees above freezing and the average temperatures during winter are as low as −20 to −30 °F (−29 to −34 °C), and can dip to −50 to −60 °F (−46 to −51 °C).
Arctic Village may refer to: Arctic Village, Alaska; Arctic Village (book) China's Arctic village This page was last edited on 1 July 2010, at 10:49 (UTC). ...
It is 33 miles (53 km) north of the Arctic Circle on Alaska's western coast. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 28.7 square miles (74 km 2 ), of which 27.0 square miles (70 km 2 ) is land, and 1.6 square miles (4.1 km 2 ), or 5.76%, is water.
Fort Yukon (Gwichyaa Zheh in Gwich'in) is a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, straddling the Arctic Circle. The population, predominantly Gwich'in Alaska Natives, was 428 at the 2020 census, down from 595 in 2000. Fort Yukon was the hometown of the late Alaska Congressman Don Young.
Galena first appeared on the 1890 U.S. Census as the unincorporated native village of "Notaloten". [16] It would not appear again until 1930, when it would first return as the village of Galena. It formally incorporated as a city in 1971. As of the census [17] of 2010, there were 470 people, 190 households, and 123 families residing in the city.