Northwest Arctic Borough is a borough located in the U.S. state of Alaska, formed on June 2, 1986. The borough seat is Kotzebue.
The borough has a total area of 40,762 square miles (105,573 km²), of which, 35,898 square miles (92,976 km²) of it is land and 4,864 square miles (12,597 km²) of it (11.93%) is water. By land area, it is slightly bigger than the state of Indiana.
Its coastline is limited by the Chukchi Sea. The Kotzebue Sound, a signif...
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Northwest Arctic Borough is a borough located in the U.S. state of Alaska, formed on June 2, 1986. The borough seat is Kotzebue.
The borough has a total area of 40,762 square miles (105,573 km²), of which, 35,898 square miles (92,976 km²) of it is land and 4,864 square miles (12,597 km²) of it (11.93%) is water. By land area, it is slightly bigger than the state of Indiana.
Its coastline is limited by the Chukchi Sea. The Kotzebue Sound, a significant wildlife area, is a prominent water body within the Northwest Arctic Borough. Within this Borough at Kotzebue Sound was recorded the largest polar bear sighted in history, a male weighing 2002 pounds.
As of the census of 2000, there were 7,208 people, 1,780 households, and 1,404 families residing in the borough. The population density was 0 people per square mile (0/km²). There were 2,540 housing units at an average density of 0 per square mile (0/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 12.32% White, 0.21% Black or African American,...
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