Koyuk
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Location in Alaska
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alaska | ||
| Borough : | Unorganized Borough | ||
| Coordinates : | 64 ° 56 ′ N , 161 ° 9 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Alaska ( UTC − 9 / −8 ) | ||
| Residents : | 369 (as of 2016) | ||
| Height : | 10 m | ||
| Postal code : | 99753 | ||
| Area code : | +1 907 | ||
| FIPS : | 02-41940 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1404981 | ||
Koyuk ( Inupiaq : Quyuk ) is a village in the Nome Census Area in the southeast of the Seward Peninsula in western Alaska . The population was estimated to be 369 in 2016.
Koyuk is located at the mouth of the Koyuk River in Norton Bay in the extreme northeast of Norton Sound . 66 km south is Shaktoolik , almost 100 km west-southwest Golovin and 207 km west-southwest the town of Nome .
92% of the population are of American Indian descent.
The Iditarod dog sled race passes through Koyuk on the way to Nome.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ City and Town Population Totals: 2010-2016 . US Dept. of Commerce - United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
