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Kotzebue, Alaska
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<p>Kotzebue or Qikiqtaġruk (/kɪkɪkˈtʌɡrʊk/ kik-ik-TUG-rook, Inupiaq: [qekeqtɑʁʐuk]) is a city in the <a href="/facts/Northwest_Arctic_Borough/jYh7PFnS">Northwest Arctic Borough</a> in the <a href="/facts/U.S._state/PFwcRIYQ">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/facts/Alaska/LlDNr2uR">Alaska</a>. It is the <a href="/facts/County_seat/ItAWPoWw">borough's seat</a>, by far its largest community and the economic and transportation hub of the subregion of Alaska encompassing the borough. The population of the city was 3,102 as of the <a href="/facts/2020_United_States_census/dTEm5TRr">2020 census</a>, down from 3,201 in 2010. </p>