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Selawik (/ˈsɛləwɪk/) (Iñupiaq: Siiḷ(i)vik or Akuliġaq) is a city in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 829, up from 772 in 2000.

Selawik comes from siiḷivik, which means “place of sheefish” in Inupiaq.

Selawik city overview:
Name:	Selawik city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Alaska
County:	Northwest Arctic Borough
Incorporated:	1977
Elevation:	0 ft (0 m)
Total Area:	2.94 sq mi (7.62 km²)
Land Area:	2.33 sq mi (6.04 km²)
Water Area:	0.61 sq mi (1.59 km²)
Total Population:	809
Population Density:	347.06/sq mi (133.99/km²)
ZIP code:	99770
Area code:	907
FIPS code:	0268230
GNISfeature ID:	1413930

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History

A Lt. Lavrenty Zagoskin of the Imperial Russian Navy first reported the village in the 1840s as “Chilivik.” In his census study in 1880, Ivan Petrof counted 100 “Selawigamute” people.

Around 1908, the village site had a small wooden schoolhouse and church. The village now has expanded across the Selawik River onto three banks, linked by bridges.

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Geography

Selawik is located at 66°35′49″N 160°0′49″W / 66.59694°N 160.01361°W / 66.59694; -160.01361 (66.597043, -160.013674).

Selawik is located at the mouth of the Selawik River where it empties into Selawik Lake, about 112 km (70 mi) southeast of Kotzebue.

Selawik is near the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge, a breeding and resting area for migratory waterfowl.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.8 km), of which, 2.5 square miles (6.5 km) of it is land and 0.9 square miles (2.3 km) of it (26.24%) is water.