Nuiqsut
Nuiqsut | |
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 A row of homes in the center of Nuiqsut, Alaska | |
  Nuiqsut Location in Alaska | |
| Coordinates: 70°12′59″N 151°00′21″W / 70.21639°N 151.00583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | North Slope |
| Incorporated | June 24, 1975[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lillian Kaigelak[2] |
| • State senator | Donny Olson (D) |
| • State rep. | Tom Baker (R) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.89 sq mi (23.02 km2) |
| • Land | 8.89 sq mi (23.02 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 23 ft (7 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 512 |
| • Density | 57.61/sq mi (22.24/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-8 (AKDT) |
| ZIP code | 99789 |
| Area code | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-56320 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1416680, 2419439 |
Nuiqsut (Inupiaq: Nuiqsat, IPA: [nuiχsɐt]) is a city[4] in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 512 at the 2020 Census and 92.5% Alaska Native.[4] It is located in the midst of a vast quantity of oil reserves and the closest community to ConocoPhillips oil drilling project named Willow Project in the Alpine, Alaska oil field of the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska. It owns the surface rights, but not the subsurface rights of the Alpine field, which are with the regional Arctic Slope Regional Corporation.
- ^ 1996 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory. Juneau: Alaska Municipal League/Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs. January 1996. p. 110.
- ^ "CityOfNuiqsut".
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Nuiqsut city, Alaska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 19, 2023.