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- Population is about 3,500, approximately 80% Inupiat.
- Located in Northwest Alaska, on the tip of the Baldwin Peninsula.
- 12 feet above sea level.
- 26 miles above (north of) the Arctic Circle.
- 550 miles from Anchorage.
- 200 miles from Russia Far East.
- 1,940 miles from Seattle.
- No roads connecting to "outside" (lower 48 states) or any other community.
- Ice roads are constructed in the winter.
- Mean (average) temperature in summer: 50's F.
- Mean (average) temperature in winter: -5 to -8 F.
- Record high temperature: 85 F July 5, 1958.
- Record low temperature: -52 F February 19 and 22, 1968.
- Precipitation averages 10.5 inches annually, 7.5 inches of rain, 45 inches of snow.
- The coldest month ever recorded was February 1990. The average temperature during this
month was -24 F degrees.
- Prevailing winds in winter are east; in summer are west.
- June 2 to July 9 the sun does not set -- 24 hours of sunlight each day.
- Dark enough by late August to see northern lights again.
- Just before Christmas sunrise and sunset are about one hour and forty minutes apart.
- Kotzebue is the hub of 11 NANA (Northwest Arctic Native Association) Region villages.
- NANA Region is size of Indiana but has only 7,500 residents.
- Region contains six Conservation units: Cape Krusenstem National Park, Noatak Park and
Preserve, Kobuk Valley National Park, Gates of, the Arctic National Park,
Bering Land Bridge National Monument, and the Selsaik Wildlife Refuge.
- Region is the home of the Northwest Alaska Caribou Herd - more than 500,000 animals.
- Other animals present include Grizzly and Black Bear, Wolves, Moose, Wolverine, Sheep
and Musk Oxen.
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