Back سافونغا Arabic سافونجا ARZ ساوونقا، آلاسکا AZB Savoonga Catalan Савунга (Аляска) CE Savoonga CEB Savoonga CH Savoonga German Savoonga Spanish Savoonga (Alaska) Basque
Savoonga
Sivungaq (Central Siberian Yupik) | |
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 Savoonga in 2013 | |
  Savoonga Location in Alaska | |
| Coordinates: 63°41′48″N 170°27′39″W / 63.69667°N 170.46083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Census Area | Nome |
| Incorporated | October 6, 1969[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Myron Kingeekuk[2] |
| • State senator | Donald Olson (D) |
| • State rep. | Neal Foster (D) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.87 sq mi (15.21 km2) |
| • Land | 5.87 sq mi (15.21 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 835 |
| • Density | 142.20/sq mi (54.91/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-8 (AKDT) |
| ZIP code | 99769 |
| Area code | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-67460 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1409106 |
Savoonga is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska. It is located on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. As of the 2020 census, Savoonga's population was 835, up from 671 in 2010.
Savoonga was incorporated in 1969. In 1971, it became joint owner of St. Lawrence Island along with the island's only other city, Gambell.
The local economy consists largely of subsistence hunting for walrus, seals, fish, and bowhead whales. The city calls itself the "Walrus Capital of the World". A dogsled mail service operated until 1963.
- ^ "Directory of Borough and City Officials 1974". Alaska Local Government. XIII (2). Juneau: Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs: 71. January 1974.
- ^ 2015 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory. Juneau: Alaska Municipal League. 2015. p. 139.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.