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{{More citations needed|date=September 2009}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Unalakleet |native_name = <small>{{native name|ik|Uŋalaqłiq}}<br>{{native name|esu|Ungalaqliit}}<br>{{native name|koy|Kk'aadoleetno'}}</small> |settlement_type = [[City (Alaska)|City]] |nickname = |motto = <!-- Images --> |image_skyline = Unalakleet aerial 2010 (cropped).jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Aerial view of Unalakleet, taken 2010 |image_flag = |image_seal = <!-- Maps --> |image_map = AKMap-doton-Unalakleet.PNG |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location of Unalakleet, Alaska |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = <!-- Location --> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Alaska]] |subdivision_type2 = [[List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska|Census Area]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Nome Census Area, Alaska|Nome]] |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = [[Mayor]] |leader_name = Abel Razzo |leader_title1 = [[Alaska Senate|State senator]] |leader_name1 = [[Donny Olson]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]) |leader_title2 = [[Alaska House of Representatives|State rep.]] |leader_name2 = [[Neal Foster]] (D) |established_title = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]] |established_date = 1974<ref>{{cite book|title=1996 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory|location=[[Juneau]]|publisher=Alaska Municipal League/[[Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development|Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs]]|date=January 1996|page=153}}</ref> <!-- Area --> |area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_02.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref> |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 12.81 |area_land_km2 = 7.41 |area_water_km2 = 5.40 |area_total_sq_mi = 4.95 |area_land_sq_mi = 2.86 |area_water_sq_mi = 2.08 <!-- Population --> |population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]] |population_footnotes = |population_total = 765 |population_density_km2 = 103.20 |population_density_sq_mi = 267.30 |timezone = [[Alaska Time Zone|Alaska (AKST)]] |utc_offset = -9 |timezone_DST = AKDT |utc_offset_DST = -8 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 2 |elevation_ft = 7 |coordinates = {{coord|63|52|44|N|160|47|23|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] |postal_code = 99684 |area_code = [[Area code 907|907]] |area_code_type = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]] |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] |blank_info = 02-80660 |blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |blank1_info = {{GNIS 4|1411517}} |website = |footnotes = |pop_est_as_of = |pop_est_footnotes = |population_est = |unit_pref = Imperial }} '''Unalakleet''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|j|uː|n|ə|l|ə|k|l|iː|t}} {{respell|YOO|nə|lə|kleet}}; {{langx|ik|Uŋalaqłiq}}, {{IPA|ik|uŋɐlɑχɬeq|IPA}} or ''Uŋalaqłiit''; [[Central Alaskan Yupʼik|Yup'ik]]: ''Ungalaqliit''; [[Koyukon language|Koyukon]]: ''Kk'aadoleetno’'') is a city in [[Nome Census Area, Alaska]], United States, in the western part of the state. At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] the population was 765, up from 688 in 2000. Unalakleet is known in the region and around Alaska for its [[salmon]] and [[king crab]] harvests; the residents rely for much of their diet on [[caribou]], [[rock ptarmigan|ptarmigan]], ''oogruk'' ([[bearded seal]]), and various salmon species. Unalakleet is also known for its aesthetic value. It is located next to the Bering Sea and the large, clean [[Unalakleet River]]. The landscape also has trees, tundra, and hills behind it.
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