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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alaska
- Census area
- Hoonah-Angoon
- Incorporated
- May 7, 1963
- Mayor
- Albert Kookesh
- State senator
- Bert Stedman ( R )
- State rep
- Rebecca Himschoot ( I )
- Total
- 38.97 sq mi (100.93 km )
- Land
- 24.53 sq mi (63.54 km )
- Water
- 14.44 sq mi (37.39 km )
- Elevation
- 23 ft (7 m)
- Density
- 14.6/sq mi (5.62/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-9 (Alaska)
- Summer dst
- UTC-8 (Alaska)
- Fips code
- 02-03440
- Website
- cityofangoon .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Angoon (sometimes formerly spelled Angun, Tlingit: Aangóon) is a city on Admiralty Island, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Angoon had a population of 357. For statistical purposes, it is in the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area.
The name in Tlingit, Aangóon, means roughly "isthmus town." It is the headquarters of the Angoon Community Association, a federally recognized tribe of Tlingit people.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Angoon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.