Newtok
Niugtaq | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Newtok school in 1974 | |
 Location of Newtok, Alaska | |
| Coordinates: 60°56′40″N 164°38′39″W / 60.94444°N 164.64417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Census Area | Bethel |
| Government | |
| • State senator | Lyman Hoffman (D) |
| • State rep. | Conrad McCormick (D) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.45 sq mi (3.74 km2) |
| • Land | 1.33 sq mi (3.45 km2) |
| • Water | 0.11 sq mi (0.29 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 209 |
| • Density | 156.67/sq mi (60.51/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-8 (AKDT) |
| ZIP code | 99559 |
| Area code | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-53820 |
Newtok (Central Yupik: Niugtaq) is a small village on the Ningliq River in the Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 354, up from 321 in 2000. Climate change is forcing the primarily Central Yup'ik Alaska Native village to consider relocation.[2][3] Mertarvik is the destination of those leaving the village.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ "For this Alaska village, time has finally run out". Science. October 22, 2019. Archived from the original on October 23, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ Dance, Gabriel; Cage, Feilding; Goldenberg, Suzanne (May 13, 2013). "Alaska on the edge: Newtok's residents race to stop village falling into sea". The Guardian.