Noorvik (Alaska)
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Name (Hebrew)
נורביק (אלסקה)
Name (Latin)
Noorvik (Alaska)
Other forms of name
Nurvik (Alaska)
Oksik (Alaska)
Coordinates
-161.037 -161.037 66.8372 66.8372 (gooearth )
W1610158 W1610158 N0665018 N0665018 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Dict. of Alaska place names, 1967(Noorvik, 66°50ʹN, 161°03ʹW; variants: Nurvik, Oksik)
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 66°50ʹ18ʺN 161°01ʹ58ʺW)
- Alaska. Dept. of Highways. Mapping Section. City of Noorvik, Alaska; population 462, 1974 (subj.)map recto (Noorvik)
- Rand McNally, 1982(Noorvik, Kobuk)
- Dict. of Alaska place names, 1967(Noorvik, 66p0s50ʹN, 161p0s03ʹW; variants: Nurvik, Oksik)
Wikipedia description:
Noorvik (Inupiaq: Nuurvik, meaning "A place to move to") is an Iñupiat city in the Northwest Arctic Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 694, up from 668 in 2010. Located in the NANA Region Corp, Noorvik has close ties with the largest city in the region, Kotzebue. Residents speak a dialect of Iñupiaq known as Noorvik Inupiaq. Noorvik was the first town to be counted in the 2010 census.
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