Nunam Iqua, Alaska
City in the United States in Kusilvak Census Area
About Nunam Iqua
Nunam Iqua, formerly called Sheldon Point, is a city in the Kusilvak Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, Nunam Iqua had a population of 217.
Nunam Iqua is a Yupik name meaning "land's end" (nuna = "land"; iquk = "end"). A man named Sheldon opened a fish saltery there in the 1930s, and the city was incorporated under the name Sheldon Point in 1974. The name was changed to Nunam Iqua in a November 1999 referendum.
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Population over time
From 187 in 2010 to 217 in 2020 (+16.0%).
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| Year | Population |
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| 2020 | 217 |
| 2010 | 187 |