Utqiagvik, Alaska
Utqiaġvik | |
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| City of Utqiaġvik | |
Street view of Utqiagvik in 2008 | |
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| Motto: The Northernmost American City | |
Utqiaġvik Location within Alaska Utqiaġvik Utqiaġvik (North America) | |
| Coordinates: 71°17′26″N 156°47′19″W / 71.29056°N 156.78861°W | |
| Country | |
| State | |
| Borough | North Slope |
| Incorporated | June 8, 1959 |
| Government | |
| • City Mayor | Asisaun Toovak |
| • Borough mayor | Josiah Patkotak |
| • State Senator | Donny Olson (D) |
| • State Rep | Robyn Frier (D) |
| Area | |
• Total | 21.48 sq mi (55.63 km2) |
| • Land | 18.77 sq mi (48.61 km2) |
| • Water | 2.71 sq mi (7.01 km2) |
| Elevation | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 4,927 |
| • Density | 262.5/sq mi (101.35/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−09:00 (AKST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−08:00 (AKDT) |
| ZIP code | 99723 |
| Area code | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-05200 |
| GNIS ID | 1398635 |
| Website | utqiagvik |
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Utqiaġvik, formerly known 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.