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Nuiqsut (Inupiaq: Nuiqsat, IPA: [nuiχsɐt]) is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 512 at the 2020 Census and 92.5% Alaska Native. It is located in the midst of a vast quantity of oil reserves and the closest community to ConocoPhillips oil drilling project named Willow Project in the Alpine, Alaska oil field of the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska.

Nuiqsut city overview:
Name:	Nuiqsut city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Alaska
County:	North Slope Borough
Incorporated:	June 24, 1975
Elevation:	23 ft (7 m)
Total Area:	8.89 sq mi (23.02 km²)
Land Area:	8.89 sq mi (23.02 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	512
Population Density:	57.61/sq mi (22.24/km²)
ZIP code:	99789
Area code:	907
FIPS code:	0256320
GNISfeature ID:	1416680

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Geography

Nuiqsut is located at 70°12′59″N 151°0′21″W / 70.21639°N 151.00583°W / 70.21639; -151.00583 (70.216338, -151.005725).

Nuiqsut is in the North Slope Borough on the Nechelik Channel, about 35 miles (56 km) from the Beaufort Sea coast. It is located on the Colville River, about 5 miles north of its confluence with the Itkillik River.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.2 square miles (24 km), all of it land. Air travel to the Nuiqsut Airport provides the only year-round access to Nuiqsut. Nuiqsut is accessible during the winter via an ice road. It is about 10 miles South of Alpine, Alaska and about 80 miles West of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska