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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alaska
- Census area
- Nome
- Incorporated
- October 6, 1969
- Mayor
- Adrien Barr
- State senator
- Donny Olson ( D )
- State rep
- Neal Foster (D)
- Total
- 2.51 sq mi (6.51 km )
- Land
- 2.43 sq mi (6.30 km )
- Water
- 0.081 sq mi (0.21 km )
- Elevation
- 16 ft (5 m)
- Time zone
- UTC-9 ( Alaska (AKST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-8 (AKDT)
- Fips code
- 02-08740
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Encyclopedic overview
Brevig Mission (Inupiaq: Sitaisaq, Sitaisat, or Sinauraq) is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska. The population was 428 at the 2020 census. It is named for the Norwegian Lutheran pastor Tollef L. Brevig, who served at the mission that would later bear his name. First settled in 1900, the mission became known as Teller Mission before receiving its current name. The mostly Inupiat Eskimo population continues to practice subsistence. Brevig Mission is a dry village, which means the sale or possession of alcohol is illegal.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brevig Mission” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.