Kake
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city in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alaska
- Census area
- Prince of Wales-Hyder
- Incorporated
- November 3, 1951
- Mayor
- Lloyd Davis
- State senator
- Bert Stedman ( R )
- State rep
- Rebecca Himschoot ( I )
- Total
- 13.51 sq mi (34.98 km )
- Land
- 7.67 sq mi (19.87 km )
- Water
- 5.83 sq mi (15.11 km )
- Elevation
- 56 ft (17 m)
- Density
- 70.8/sq mi (27.32/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-9 ( Alaska (AKST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-8 (AKDT)
- Fips code
- 02-36770
- Gnis feature id
- 1422926 , 2419403
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Kake
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area
- Population
- 543
- Area
- 38.775089
- Elevation
- 17
- Time zone
- Alaska Time Zone
- Official website
- www.cityofkake.com
- Image
- Cannery from boat. Large building on pilings to left holds tanks, functioned as intake point - Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK HAER AK,22-KAKE,2-37 (CT).tif
- Households
- 25
- Dialing code
- 907
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- Commons category
- Kake, Alaska
- postal code
- 99830
- inception
- 1951-11-03
- water as percent of area
- 40.1411
- P8168
- Setsuko Hara
- water area
- 15.564766
- native label
- Ḵéex̱ʼ
- per capita income
- 20422
- mean age
- 65.5
- located in/on physical feature
- Kupreanof Island
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Encyclopedic overview
Kake (/ˈkeɪk/, like 'cake') is a first-class city in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Kake had a population of 543. The name comes from the Tlingit word Ḵéix̱ʼ (Northern Tlingit) or Ḵéex̱ʼ (Southern Tlingit), which is derived from ḵée 'dawn, daylight' and x̱ʼé 'mouth', i.e. 'mouth of dawn' or 'opening of daylight'. Kake is the headquarters of the Organized Village of Kake, a federally recognized Tlingit tribe.
Geography
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