Wainwright

Wainwright, also known as Ulguniq or Kuuk, is a city in , United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 628, making it the third largest city in the North Slope Borough, up from 556 in 2010.
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  • Type: Village with 628 residents
  • Description: city in Alaska
  • Also known as: “Olgonik”, “Ulguniq”, “Wainwright Inlet”, “Wainwright, Alaska”, “وينرايت (ألاسكا)”, “وین رایت، آلاسکا”, and “وین‌رایت، الاسکا”
  • Postal code: 99782

Places of Interest

Highlights: Wainwright Airport.

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Wainwright

Latitude
70.63694° or 70° 38′ 13″ north
Longitude
-160.03833° or 160° 2′ 18″ west
Population
628
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
IATA airport code
AIN
UN/LOCODE
US AIN
Open location code
C22XJXP6+QM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150919409
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5877543
Wiki­data ID
Q80033
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Mari—“Wainwright” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Wainwright, Alaska”
  • Albanian: “Wainwright”
  • Arabic: “وينرايت”
  • Basque: “Wainwright”
  • Catalan: “Wainwright”
  • Cebuano: “Wainwright”
  • Central Kurdish: “وەینرایت، ئالاسکا”
  • Chechen: “Вейнрайт”
  • Chinese: “温赖特”
  • Czech: “Wainwright”
  • Danish: “Wainwright”
  • Dutch: “Wainwright”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “وينرايت”
  • French: “Wainwright”
  • German: “Wainwright”
  • Gilaki: “وین‌رایت”
  • Haitian: “Wainwright”
  • Hungarian: “Wainwright”
  • Inupiaq: “Ulġuniq”
  • Irish: “Wainwright”
  • Italian: “Wainwright”
  • Japanese: “ウェインライト”
  • Ladin: “Wainwright”
  • Malagasy: “Wainwright, Alaska”
  • Malagasy: “Wainwright”
  • Malayalam: “വെയ്ൻ റൈറ്റ്, അലാസ്ക”
  • Malayalam: “വെയ്ൻ റൈറ്റ്”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wainwright”
  • Newari: “वेनराइट, अलास्का”
  • Newari: “वेनराइट”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wainwright”
  • Norwegian: “Wainwright”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Wainwright”
  • Persian: “وین‌رایت، آلاسکا”
  • Persian: “وین‌رایت”
  • Polish: “Wainwright”
  • Portuguese: “Wainwright”
  • Russian: “Уэйнрайт”
  • Serbian: “Вејнрајт”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wainwright, Alaska”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wainwright”
  • Slovak: “Wainwright”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وین‌رایت، آلاسکا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وین‌رایت”
  • Spanish: “Wainwright”
  • Swedish: “Wainwright, Alaska”
  • Swedish: “Wainwright”
  • Tatar: “Вейнрайт”
  • Turkish: “Wainwright, Alaska”
  • Turkish: “Wainwright”
  • Ukrainian: “Вейнрайт”
  • Urdu: “وین رائٹ، الاسکا”
  • Uzbek: “Wainwright”
  • Volapük: “Wainwright”
  • Western Mari: “Уейнрайт”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Akvat and Kilimantavi.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Alak School/Community Library and Wainwright Post Office.

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