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Anvik
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city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alaska
- Census area
- Yukon-Koyukuk
- Incorporated
- October 6, 1969
- Mayor
- Jason Jones
- State senator
- Click Bishop ( R )
- State rep
- Mike Cronk (R)
- Total
- 11.93 sq mi (30.89 km )
- Land
- 9.49 sq mi (24.58 km )
- Water
- 2.44 sq mi (6.31 km )
- Elevation
- 52 ft (16 m)
- Density
- 7.4/sq mi (2.85/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-9 ( Alaska (AKST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-8 (AKDT)
- Fips code
- 02-03880
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Anvik (Deg Xinag: Gitr'ingith Chagg) is a city, home to the Deg Hit'an people, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. The name Anvik, meaning "exit" in the Central Alaskan Yup'ik language, became the common usage despite multiple names at the time, and may have come from early Russian explorers. The native name in the Deg Xinag language is Deloy Ges. As of the 2020 census, Anvik had a population of 70.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anvik” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.