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White Mountain

city in Alaska, USA

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Country: United States
State: Alaska
Census area: Nome
Incorporated: July 15, 1969
Mayor: Daniel Harrelson
State senator: Donald Olson ( D )
State rep: Neal Foster (D)
Total: 2.05 sq mi (5.30 km )
Land: 1.83 sq mi (4.73 km )
Water: 0.22 sq mi (0.57 km )
Elevation: 62 ft (19 m)
Density: 101.4/sq mi (39.14/km )
Time zone: UTC-9 ( Alaska (AKST) )
Summer dst: UTC-8 (AKDT)
Fips code: 02-84070

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White Mountain (Inupiaq: Nasirvik, Nachirvik, or Nachizrvik) is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, White Mountain had a population of 185. The city is an Iġaluŋmiut (Fish River tribe) Inupiat village, with historical influences from and relationships with Qawiaraq (Mary's Igloo) Inupiat and Golovin and Elim Yup’iks. 86.2% of the population is Alaska Native or part Native. Subsistence activities are prevalent. White Mountain is the only village on the Seward Peninsula located inland, not on the ocean.

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