Egegik, Alaska
Egegik (Central Yupik: Igyagiiq; Sugpiaq: Igya'iq, Igyagiq) is a city in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city is 39, down from 109 in 2010. It has been home to cannery operations. If the city's population somehow exploded in the decades to come, it will potentially become the new borough seat of Lake and Peninsula Borough replacing King Salmon.
Egegik, Alaska
Igyagiiq, Igya'iq, Igyagiq | |
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Alaska Packers Association cannery at Egegik, 1917 | |
Egegik Location in Alaska | |
| Coordinates: 58°13′9″N 157°21′29″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | Lake and Peninsula |
| Incorporated | 1995 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Scovi Deigh |
| • State senator | Lyman Hoffman (D) |
| • State rep. | Bryce Edgmon (I) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 128.50 sq mi (332.82 km2) |
| • Land | 29.55 sq mi (76.54 km2) |
| • Water | 98.95 sq mi (256.29 km2) |
| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 39 |
| • Density | 1.32/sq mi (0.51/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-8 (AKDT) |
| ZIP code | 99579 |
| Area code | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-21150 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1401686 |
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