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Hooper Bay
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city in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alaska
- Census area
- Kusilvak
- Incorporated
- February 7, 1966
- Mayor
- Benjamin Nukusuk
- State senator
- Donald Olson ( D )
- State rep
- Neal Foster (D)
- Total
- 7.53 sq mi (19.50 km )
- Land
- 7.50 sq mi (19.42 km )
- Water
- 0.031 sq mi (0.08 km )
- Elevation
- 26 ft (8 m)
- Density
- 183.4/sq mi (70.81/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-9 ( Alaska (AKST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-8 (AKDT)
- Fips code
- 02-33470
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Hooper Bay (Central Yupik: Naparyarmiut) is a city in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 1,375, up from 1,093 in 2010.
On August 3, 2006, a major fire destroyed approximately fifteen acres of the city including thirty-five structures, twelve homes, the elementary school, middle school, high school, teacher housing complex, stores, offices and storage shelters, leaving 70 people homeless.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hooper Bay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.