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The mines closed in 1938 and the remaining support activities moved to what is now the
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1389:January 31,
1275:October 29,
1211:Athabascans
363:2010 census
141:Census Area
107: /
95:144°26′12″W
1657:Categories
1505:Kenny Lake
1495:Glennallen
1255:References
391:Glennallen
218:Population
182:Mike Cronk
177:State rep.
152:Government
92:61°30′57″N
1620:Kennecott
1515:Mendeltna
1172:, 33.33%
955:Source:
369:Geography
361:. At the
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298:FIPS code
286:Area code
240:Time zone
46:Tsedi Na'
1530:Nelchina
1510:McCarthy
767:Average
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345:") is a
316:Tsedi Na
302:02-14110
274:ZIP code
1615:Chisana
1560:Tonsina
1555:Tolsona
1550:Tazlina
1525:Nabesna
1500:Gulkana
1480:Chitina
1470:Chisana
1364:June 6,
1195:History
692:(−7.4)
677:(−6.4)
647:(−4.7)
612:(−7.6)
602:(13.2)
597:(17.6)
592:(19.3)
587:(18.3)
582:(13.9)
572:(−0.1)
567:(−8.2)
419:Climate
381:on the
309:Chitina
120:Country
43:Chitina
18:Chitina
1535:Paxson
1490:Gakona
1303:
1153:−19.8%
1123:151.0%
1063:−66.3%
1048:−47.7%
1018:−32.2%
973:Census
891:(5.8)
861:(1.5)
856:(5.3)
846:(7.6)
836:(279)
796:(8.6)
791:(4.8)
786:(7.9)
762:(−49)
757:(−49)
752:(−41)
747:(−29)
742:(−12)
722:(−16)
717:(−28)
712:(−41)
707:(−44)
702:(−48)
672:(1.6)
667:(6.3)
662:(8.3)
657:(6.3)
652:(1.3)
622:(3.8)
607:(3.6)
577:(7.1)
443:Month
431:Dfc).
429:Köppen
355:Alaska
332:copper
268:(AKDT)
134:Alaska
1663:Ahtna
1545:Slana
1314:(PDF)
1297:(PDF)
1170:White
1108:16.7%
1093:10.5%
1078:22.6%
1033:51.7%
906:(66)
901:(11)
896:(19)
851:(16)
834:10.99
831:(41)
826:(31)
821:(28)
816:(30)
811:(30)
806:(34)
801:(27)
781:(22)
776:(14)
737:(−7)
732:(−2)
727:(−2)
630:−16.8
552:(33)
537:(21)
532:(21)
527:(28)
522:(31)
517:(33)
512:(29)
507:(19)
492:(11)
482:Year
343:river
338:'
328:tsedi
326:<
318:'
279:99566
266:UTC-8
245:UTC-9
130:State
1462:CDPs
1391:2008
1366:2013
1344:2015
1322:2014
1301:ISBN
1277:2021
1144:2020
1138:2.4%
1129:2010
1114:2000
1099:1990
1084:1980
1069:1970
1054:1960
1039:1950
1024:1940
1009:1930
994:1920
982:Note
977:Pop.
886:(0)
881:(0)
876:(0)
871:(0)
866:(0)
829:1.62
824:1.24
814:1.19
804:1.32
799:1.06
794:0.34
789:0.19
784:0.31
779:0.87
774:0.56
690:18.6
685:−9.9
675:20.4
670:34.9
665:43.4
660:46.9
655:43.3
650:34.3
645:23.6
635:−4.6
620:38.9
610:18.4
605:38.5
600:55.7
595:63.7
590:66.8
585:64.9
580:57.1
575:44.7
570:31.9
565:17.2
547:(9)
542:(8)
502:(9)
497:(8)
479:Dec
476:Nov
473:Oct
470:Sep
467:Aug
464:Jul
461:Jun
458:May
455:Apr
452:Mar
449:Feb
446:Jan
334:" +
189:Area
1148:101
1133:126
1118:123
1028:176
1013:116
998:171
950:47
899:4.3
894:7.4
889:2.3
859:0.6
854:2.1
849:6.2
819:1.1
809:1.2
760:−56
755:−56
750:−42
745:−20
715:−18
710:−41
705:−47
700:−55
680:2.9
640:4.9
615:7.3
560:0.4
291:907
259:DST
226:101
184:(R)
54:CDP
1659::
1452:,
1382:.
1251:.
1103:49
1088:42
1073:38
1058:31
1043:92
987:%±
947:4
944:4
941:5
938:6
935:6
932:6
929:5
926:2
923:1
920:2
917:3
914:3
904:26
740:10
735:20
730:28
725:28
550:91
545:48
540:46
535:69
530:69
525:82
520:88
515:91
510:85
505:67
500:49
495:47
490:52
397:.
357:,
353:,
336:na
1439:e
1432:t
1425:v
1393:.
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1324:.
1279:.
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884:0
879:0
874:0
869:0
864:0
844:3
720:4
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