Kongiganak
Kongiganak
is located on the west shore of Kuskokwim Bay, west of the mouth of the
Kuskokwim River. It lies 70 miles southwest of Bethel and 451 miles west
of Anchorage. It lies at approximately 59° 52' N Latitude, 163° 02' W
Longitude (Sec. 33, T002S, R079W, Seward Meridian). The community is
located in the Bethel Recording District. The area encompasses 11 sq.
miles of land and 1 sq. miles of water.
The area has been occupied historically
by Yup'ik Eskimos. The village was permanently settled in the late 1960s
by former residents of Kwigillingok, who were seeking higher ground to
escape periodic flooding.
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