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Point Hope
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city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alaska
- Borough
- North Slope
- Incorporated
- January 5, 1966
- Mayor
- Henry Nashookpuk
- State senator
- Donny Olson ( D )
- State rep
- Robyn Burke ( D )
- Total
- 5.07 sq mi (13.14 km )
- Land
- 5.00 sq mi (12.95 km )
- Water
- 0.073 sq mi (0.19 km )
- Elevation
- 20 ft (6.1 m)
- Density
- 166.0/sq mi (64.08/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-09:00 ( AKST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-08:00 ( AKDT )
- Fips code
- 02-61630
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Encyclopedic overview
Point Hope (Inupiaq: Tikiġaq, IPA: [tikeʁɑq]) is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 674, down from 757 in 2000. In the 2020 Census, the population rose to 830.
Like many isolated communities in Alaska, the city has no road or rail connections to the outside world, and must be accessed by sea or by air at Point Hope Airport.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Point Hope” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.