Unalakleet
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 Aerial view of Unalakleet, 2010 |
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| Location in Alaska | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1974 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alaska | ||
| Borough : | Nome Census Area | ||
| Coordinates : | 63 ° 53 ′ N , 160 ° 47 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Alaska ( UTC − 9 / −8 ) | ||
| Residents : | 688 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 93 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 13.3 km 2 (about 5 mi 2 ) of which 7.4 km 2 (about 3 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 2 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 907 | ||
| FIPS : | 02-80660 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1411517 | ||
Unalakleet is a location in the Nome Census Area of the US state Alaska . In the United States Census 2000 it had 747 inhabitants with an Indian share of just over 85%.
Unalakleet is located on the east coast of the Norton Sound at the mouth of the Unalakleet River and forms the western end of the Unalakleet-Kaltag Portage , a connecting route through the Nulato Hills between Norton Sound and Kaltag on the Yukon River , which was also used in 1925 for the dog-sledding squad caused by a diphtheria epidemic after Nome was used.
history
The name Unalakleet is derived from the Inupiaq word "Una-la-thliq", which means "where the south wind blows".
The settlement was for a long time the trading center of athabasques from the Interior of Alaska and Inupiat people who lived on the coast . In the 1830s, the Russian-American Company established a trading post. In 1901 a 975 km telegraph line from St. Michael reached the city, built by the United States Army Signal Corps .
