Utqiagvik
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Utqiagvik is the northernmost city in Alaska, located at the Arctic's edge. It matters as a significant settlement in one of the world's most extreme environments and serves as an important hub for Arctic research and indigenous Inupiat culture.
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Utqiaġvik, formerly known and still sometimes referred to as Barrow, is the borough seat and largest city of the North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located north of the Arctic Circle, it is one of the northernmost cities and towns in the world and the northernmost in the United States, with nearby Point Barrow as the country's northernmost point.
Utqiaġvik's population was 4,927 at the 2020 census, an increase from 4,212 in 2010. It is the 12th-most populated city in Alaska.
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