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Place Name
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Kotzebue
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Pronunciation
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KAHT-se-boo
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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2,751 (1990)
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Location
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Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
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66°53'N
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Longitude
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162°39'W
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Kotzebue
(KAHT-se-boo), city (1990 pop. 2,751), NW Alaska, on
Kotzebue Sound at the tip of Baldwin Peninsula; 66°53'N 162°39'W.
It is one of the largest settlements of Inuit (Eskimos) in Alaska. A
regional trade and supply center with local govt. offices,
Kotzebue has a tourist industry. Fishing is economically important. The
city, set on a tundra, began in the 18th cent. as an Eskimo trading
post for arctic Alaska and part of Siberia; reindeer station est. 1897.
Regional center for Noatak, Kobuk, and Selawik river valleys. Univ. of
Alaska Extension Center. NANA Mus. of the Arctic, owned by native Inuit
corporation. Red Dog Zinc Mine to N. Inc. 1958.
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