Savoonga
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city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alaska
- Census area
- Nome
- Incorporated
- October 6, 1969
- Mayor
- Myron Kingeekuk
- State senator
- Donald Olson ( D )
- State rep
- Neal Foster (D)
- Total
- 5.87 sq mi (15.21 km )
- Land
- 5.87 sq mi (15.21 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 0 ft (0 m)
- Density
- 142.2/sq mi (54.91/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-09:00 ( AKST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-08:00 ( AKDT )
- Fips code
- 02-67460
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Encyclopedic overview
Savoonga is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is located on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. As of the 2020 census, Savoonga's population was 835, up from 671 in 2010.
Savoonga was incorporated in 1969. In 1971, it became joint owner of St. Lawrence Island along with the island's only other city, Gambell.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Savoonga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.