Angoon (Alaska)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
אנגון (אלסקה)
Name (Latin)
Angoon (Alaska)
Other forms of name
nnaa Angoon, Alaska
Coordinates
-134.5834639 -134.5834639 57.50094167 57.50094167 (gooearth )
W1343502 W1343502 N0573012 N0573012 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 150125746
Wikidata: Q79367
Library of congress: n 82165673
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 57°30ʹ12ʺN 134°35ʹ02ʺW)
  • De Laguna, F. The story of a Tlingit community, 1960.

Wikipedia description:

Angoon (sometimes formerly spelled Angun, Tlingit: Aangóon) is a city on Admiralty Island, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Angoon had a population of 357. For statistical purposes, it is in the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area. The name in Tlingit, Aangóon, means roughly "isthmus town." It is the headquarters of the Angoon Community Association, a federally recognized tribe of Tlingit people.

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