Northwest Arctic Borough

E18146

borough of Alaska

Northwest Arctic Borough is a remote local government area in northwestern Alaska, known for its predominantly Iñupiat population, subsistence lifestyle, and Arctic tundra environment.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	borough of Alaska →
bordersBodyOfWater	Chukchi Sea → Kotzebue Sound →
containsSettlement	Ambler → Buckland → Deering → Kivalina → Kobuk → Kotzebue → Noatak → Selawik → Shungnak →
country	United States of America →
governingBody	Northwest Arctic Borough Assembly →
hasAdministrativeCenter	Kotzebue →
hasClimate	Arctic climate → subarctic climate →
hasCulturalHeritage	Iñupiat culture →
hasCulturalPractice	subsistence lifestyle →
hasEconomicActivity	mining → public sector employment → reindeer herding →
hasEconomyBasedOn	subsistence fishing → subsistence gathering → subsistence hunting →
hasEnvironment	Arctic tundra →
hasFeature	permafrost → tundra vegetation →
hasIndigenousPeople	Iñupiat →
hasLargestCity	Kotzebue →
hasMajorEthnicGroup	Iñupiat →
hasOfficialLanguage	English →
hasRecognizedLanguage	Iñupiaq →
hasSchoolDistrict	Northwest Arctic Borough School District →
hasTransportationMode	air travel → boat → snowmobile →
hasWildlife	caribou → polar bear → salmon → seal → walrus →
isCoastal	true →
isRemote	true →
locatedIn	Arctic region → northwestern Alaska →
locatedInTimeZone	Alaska Time Zone →
state	Alaska →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
North Slope Borough ("Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area") → North Slope Borough →	borders
Northwest Arctic Borough ("Northwest Arctic Borough Assembly") →	governingBody
Inupiaq ("Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska") →	hasOfficialStatusIn
Northwest Arctic Borough ("Northwest Arctic Borough School District") →	hasSchoolDistrict
Chamisso Island ("Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska") →	locatedIn
Inupiaq →	region