City of Nuiqsut
P.O. Box 89148 | Nuiqsut, AK 99789
Phone: 907.480.6727 | Fax: 907.480.6928
City of Nuiqsut
P.O. Box 89148 | Nuiqsut, AK 99789
Phone: 907.480.6727 | Fax: 907.480.6928
our community
Nuiqsut is located approximately 18 miles south of the Colville River headwaters at the Beaufort Sea
and 136 miles southeast of Barrow. The Colville River Delta has traditionally been a gathering and trading place
for the Iñupiat and a good source for hunting and fishing. Nuiqsut was incorporated as a second class city in 1975
and has a population of approximately 446 residents, 87 percent of which are Iñupiat
