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Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska

City and Borough of Yakutat
Home Rule Borough
Yakutat Bay
Yakutat Bay
Map of Alaska highlighting Yakutat City and Borough
Map of Alaska highlighting Yakutat City and Borough
Coordinates: 59°32′49″N 139°43′38″W / 59.54694°N 139.72722°W / 59.54694; -139.72722Coordinates: 59°32′49″N 139°43′38″W / 59.54694°N 139.72722°W / 59.54694; -139.72722
Country United States
State Alaska
Borough seat Yakutat
Government
 • Mayor Cindy L. Bremner
Area
 • Borough 9,463 sq mi (24,509 km2)
 • Land 7,649 sq mi (19,812 km2)
 • Water 1,813 sq mi (4,697 km2)
 • Urban (CDP) 104.1 sq mi (269.6 km2)
 • Land (CDP) 100.5 sq mi (260.3 km2)
 • Water (CDP) 3.6 sq mi (9.3 km2)
Elevation 69 ft (21 m)
Population (2010)
 • Borough 662
 • Density 0.070/sq mi (0.027/km2)
 • Urban (CDP) 662
 • Urban density 6.4/sq mi (2.5/km2)
Time zone Alaska (AKST) (UTC-9)
FIPS code 02-282 (borough),
02-86490 (CDP)
GNIS feature ID 1415858, 1419986
Website yakutatak.govoffice2.com

The City and Borough of Yakutat (/ˈjækəˌtæt/, YACK-ə-TAT) (Tlingit: Yaakwdáat) is a borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Incorporated as a non-unified Home Rule Borough on September 22, 1992, Yakutat was previously a city in the Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon Census Area (afterwards renamed the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area). The name is Tlingit, Yaakwdáat ("the place where canoes rest") but it originally derives from an Eyak name diyaʼqudaʼt and was influenced by the Tlingit word yaakw ("canoe, boat").

The borough covers an area about six times the size of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, making it one of the largest “counties” in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 662.

The U.S. Census Bureau has defined the former City of Yakutat as a census-designated place within the borough. The only other significant population center in the borough is the community of Icy Bay, the site of the Icy Bay Airport, in the west-central part of the borough.


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