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Nuiqsut, Alaska

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Nuiqsut is a small city in the North Slope Borough of northern Alaska. The population was 402 at the 2010 census.

Nuiqsut was one of three abandoned Inupiat villages identified in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and was resettled in 1973 by 27 families from Barrow. The old village of Nuiqsut (Itqilippaa) was abandoned in the late 1940's because there was no school.

Info & Photos:
www.prudhoebay.com/communities_Nuiqsut.htm

Overview & history:
www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_N...

Aerial photo:
www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/photos/comm_photos.cfm?com...

Excellent National Geographic article on the impact of oil exploration on the area: ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0605/feature1
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Coordinates:   70°13'5"N   151°1'25"W
This article was last modified 12 years ago