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Chevak (Cevʼaq , which means “cut-through channel” in Chevak Cup’ik) is a city in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 938, up from 765 in 2000.

There is a tri-language system in Chevak; English, Cup’ik, and a mixture of the two languages. The people in Chevak speak a dialect of Central Yup’ik, Cup’ik (pr. Chew-pick), and identify themselves as Cup’ik people rather than Yup’ik. This unique identity has allowed them to form a single-site school district, the Kashunamiut School District, rather than joining a neighboring Yup’ik school district. The Cup’ik dialect is distinguished from Yup’ik by the change of “y” sounds into “ch” sounds, represented by the letter “c”, and by some words that are completely different from Yup’ik words.

Chevak city overview:
Name:	Chevak city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Alaska
County:	Kusilvak Census Area
Incorporated:	October 13, 1967
Elevation:	49 ft (15 m)
Total Area:	1.14 sq mi (2.96 km²)
Land Area:	1.14 sq mi (2.96 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	951
Population Density:	832.02/sq mi (321.11/km²)
ZIP code:	99563
Area code:	907
FIPS code:	0213230
GNISfeature ID:	1400219

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Geography

Chevak is located at 61°31′40″N 165°34′43″W / 61.52778°N 165.57861°W / 61.52778; -165.57861 (61.527673, -165.578702) in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region of southwest Alaska, approximately 6 miles from the Bering Sea coastline, 18 miles east of Hooper Bay and 26 miles south of Scammon Bay. Transportation into, and out of, Chevak is by air or water, or regional ice roads in the winter. As with many communities in Alaska, Chevak is not connected to the national road network.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km), of which, 1.1 square miles (2.8 km) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km) of it (1.71%) is water.