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Bethel Census Area, Alaska
Bethel Census Area is a census area in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population is 18,666, up from 17,013 in 2010. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore has no borough seat. Its largest community is the city of Bethel, which is also the largest city in the unorganized borough. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the census area has an area of , of which is land and (10.8%) is water. Its territory includes the large Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea. Its land area is comparable to that of Kentucky, which has an area of slightly under forty thousand square miles. Adjacent boroughs and census areas * Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska - northwest * Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska - north * Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska - east * Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska - southeast * Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska - south * Dillingham Census Area, Alaska - south National protected areas * Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuathbaluk
Chuathbaluk ( esu, Curarpalek) is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 118, down from 119 in 2000. Geography Chuathbaluk is located at (61.575693, -159.247311), on the Kuskokwim River, approximately upstream from Bethel. The Russian Mountains, a small circular mountain range, stand just to the north of the town. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and , or 33.19%, is water. Demographics Chuathbaluk first appeared on the 1970 census as an unincorporated village. It formally incorporated in 1975. Prior to that, the community had been known as "Little Russian Mission." This was not to be confused with the present city of Russian Mission (Ikogmute) on the Yukon, so it was often called the Little Russian Mission to avoid confusion. Under the prior name, it never reported a population separately. As of the census of 2000, there were 119 people, 33 households, and 23 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
The Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (often shortened to Alaska Maritime or AMNWR) is a United States National Wildlife Refuge comprising 2,400 islands, headlands, rocks, islets, spires and reefs in Alaska, with a total area of , of which is wilderness. The refuge stretches from Cape Lisburne on the Chukchi Sea to the tip of the Aleutian Islands in the west and Forrester Island in the southern Alaska Panhandle region in the east. The refuge has diverse landforms and terrains, including tundra, rainforest, cliffs, volcanoes, beaches, lakes, and streams. Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge is well known for its abundance of seabirds. About 75 percent of Alaskan native marine birds, 15 to 30 million among 55 species, use the refuge. AMNWR also provides a nesting habitat for an estimated 40 million seabirds, representing 80 percent of all seabirds in North America. The birds congregate in "bird cities" (colonies) along the coast. Each species has a specialized nestin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chefornak, Alaska
Chefornak ( esu, Cevvʼarneq) is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census its population was 418, up from 394 in 2000. Geography Chefornak is located at (60.159070, -164.269437) on the south bank of the Kinia River, upriver from its mouth in Etolin Strait, an arm of the Bering Sea. The town is within the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and , or 10.56%, is water. Local geology Located in a region where the arctic tundra meets and interacts with the Bering Sea, as well as being in a region impacted by past volcanism, Chefornak has many interesting local landmarks. An extinct volcanoTern Mountain is visible in the distance to the south. Large, blocky, igneous rocks are a common sight in the village and the surrounding tundra. The Kinia River (Urrsukvaaq) and its many tributaries are important to the people of the village, because of water travel t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aniak, Alaska
Aniak ( esu, Anyaraq) is a city in the Bethel Census Area, Alaska, Bethel Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census the population was 501, down from 572 in 2000. Geography (61.578821, -159.550255). Aniak is on the south bank of the Kuskokwim River at the head of Aniak Slough, southwest of Russian Mission in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. It lies northeast of Bethel and west of Anchorage. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (25.82%) is water. Climate Climate is maritime in the summer and continental in winter. Temperatures range between -72 and 92 °F. Average yearly precipitation is , with snowfall of . Demographics Aniak first appeared on the 1940 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. It formally incorporated in 1972. As of the census of 2000, there were 572 people, 174 households, and 133 families residing in the city. The population densit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiak, Alaska
Akiak ( esu, Akiaq) is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 462 at the 2020 census, up from 346 in 2010. It is the home of the Akiak Native Community. Geography and climate Akiak is located at (60.912220, -161.21389) (Sec. 32, T010N, R067W, Seward Meridian), on the west bank of the Kuskokwim River, northeast of Bethel, on the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta. Akiak is located in the Bethel Recording District. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and , or 32.58%, is water. Precipitation averages in this area, with snowfall of . Summer temperatures range from to . Winter temperatures range from to . History and culture In 1880, the village, then known as Akkiagamute, had a population of 175. The current name ''Akiak'' means "the other side," since this place was a crossing to the Yukon River basin during the winter for area Yupiit. The community established a post office in 1916. The U.S. Public He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yupik Language
The Yupik languages () are a family of languages spoken by the Yupik peoples of western and south-central Alaska and Chukotka. The Yupik languages differ enough from one another that they are not mutually intelligible, although speakers of one of the languages may understand the general idea of a conversation of speakers of another of the languages. One of them, Sirenik, has been extinct since 1997. The Yupik languages are in the family of Eskimo–Aleut languages. The Aleut and Eskimo languages diverged around 2000 BC (contemporaneous with the split of Indo-Iranian); within the Eskimo classification, the Yupik languages diverged from each other and from the Inuit language around 1000 AD. List of languages # Naukan Yupik (also Naukanski): spoken by perhaps 100 people in and around Lavrentiya, Lorino, and Uelen on the Chukotka Peninsula of Eastern Siberia. # Central Siberian Yupik (also Yupigestun, Akuzipigestun, Akuzipik, Siberian Yupik, Siberian Yupik Eskimo, Centr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Race And Ethnicity In The United States Census
Race and ethnicity in the United States census, defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Census Bureau, are the self-identified categories of race or races and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether they are of Hispanic or Latino origin (the only categories for ethnicity). The racial categories represent a social-political construct for the race or races that respondents consider themselves to be and, "generally reflect a social definition of race recognized in this country." OMB defines the concept of race as outlined for the U.S. census as not "scientific or anthropological" and takes into account "social and cultural characteristics as well as ancestry", using "appropriate scientific methodologies" that are not "primarily biological or genetic in reference." The race categories include both racial and national-origin groups. Race and ethnicity are considered separate and distin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 United States Census
The United States census of 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 census. This was the twenty-second federal census and was at the time the largest civilly administered peacetime effort in the United States. Approximately 16 percent of households received a "long form" of the 2000 census, which contained over 100 questions. Full documentation on the 2000 census, including census forms and a procedural history, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. This was the first census in which a state – California – recorded a population of over 30 million, as well as the first in which two states – California and Texas – recorded populations of more than 20 million. Data availability Microdata from the 2000 census is freely available through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunivak Wilderness
Nunivak Island ( Central Alaskan Yup'ik: ; Nunivak Cup'ig: ''Nuniwar''; russian: Нунивак, Nunivak) is a permafrost-covered volcanic island lying about offshore from the delta of the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers in the US state of Alaska, at a latitude of about 60°N. The island is in area, making it the second-largest island in the Bering Sea and eighth-largest island in the United States. It is long and wide. It has a population of 191 persons as of the 2010 census, down from 210 in 2000. The island's entire population lives in the north coast city of Mekoryuk. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
The Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge covering about in southwestern Alaska. It is the second-largest National Wildlife Refuge in the country, only slightly smaller than the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It is a coastal plain extending to the Bering Sea, covering the delta created by the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers. The delta includes extensive wetlands near sea level that are often inundated by Bering Sea tides. It is bordered on the east by Wood-Tikchik State Park, the largest state park in the United States. The refuge is administered from offices in Bethel. U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt first set aside southwestern Alaska refuge lands in 1909. Other lands were added through the years until December 2, 1980, when President Jimmy Carter signed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) into law, which created the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Reserve by consolidating existing refuges and adding additional land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Togiak Wilderness
Togiak Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area in the Dillingham and Bethel Census Areas in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. At , it occupies the northern half of the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge. It protects pristine rivers, lakes, and steep-sloped mountains, including the rugged Ahklun Mountains and Wood River Range, which are located partly within the wilderness. Parts of the Kanektok, Goodnews, and Togiak drainages are also located within the boundaries of the Togiak Wilderness. See also * * |
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge
Dominated by the Ahklun Mountains in the north and the cold waters of Bristol Bay to the south, Togiak National Wildlife Refuge confronts the traveler with a kaleidoscope of landscapes. The natural forces that have shaped this land range from the violent and powerful to the geologically patient. Earthquakes and volcanoes filled the former role, and their marks can still be found, but it was the gradual advance and retreat of glacial ice that carved many of the physical features of this refuge. The refuge has a surface area of . It is the fourth-largest National Wildlife Refuge in the United States as well as the state of Alaska, which has all eleven of the largest NWRs. It is bordered in the southeast by Wood-Tikchik State Park, the largest state park in the United States. Wildlife The refuge is home to 48 mammal species, 31 of which are terrestrial and 17 marine. More than 150,000 caribou from two herds, the Nushagak Peninsula and the Mulchatna, make use of refuge lands, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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