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The mines closed in 1938 and the remaining support activities moved to what is now the
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Chitina for centuries as evidenced by the archaeological sites south and east of Chitina. Before 1900, Chitina was the site of large village whose population was slowly decimated by the influx of people, disease and conflicts.
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Chitina revolves around the dipnet fishing for salmon that occurs every summer. Alaskans are allowed to dip a large number of salmon during their spawning runs and Chitina is an accessible and popular place for this activity.
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The median income for a household in the CDP was $ 26,000, and the median income for a family was $ 28,750. Males had a median income of $ 31,250 versus $ 17,500 for females. The
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900:Average precipitation days
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391:1964 Good Friday earthquake
366:at its confluence with the
68:Location of Chitina, Alaska
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1596:Ghost towns
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1378:January 31,
1264:October 29,
1200:Athabascans
352:2010 census
130:Census Area
96: /
84:144°26′12″W
1646:Categories
1494:Kenny Lake
1484:Glennallen
1244:References
380:Glennallen
207:Population
171:Mike Cronk
166:State rep.
141:Government
81:61°30′57″N
1609:Kennecott
1504:Mendeltna
1161:, 33.33%
944:Source:
358:Geography
350:. At the
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287:FIPS code
275:Area code
229:Time zone
35:Tsedi Na'
1519:Nelchina
1499:McCarthy
756:Average
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334:") is a
305:Tsedi Na
291:02-14110
263:ZIP code
1604:Chisana
1549:Tonsina
1544:Tolsona
1539:Tazlina
1514:Nabesna
1489:Gulkana
1469:Chitina
1459:Chisana
1353:June 6,
1184:History
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586:(17.6)
581:(19.3)
576:(18.3)
571:(13.9)
561:(−0.1)
556:(−8.2)
408:Climate
370:on the
298:Chitina
109:Country
32:Chitina
1524:Paxson
1479:Gakona
1292:
1142:−19.8%
1112:151.0%
1052:−66.3%
1037:−47.7%
1007:−32.2%
962:Census
880:(5.8)
850:(1.5)
845:(5.3)
835:(7.6)
825:(279)
785:(8.6)
780:(4.8)
775:(7.9)
751:(−49)
746:(−49)
741:(−41)
736:(−29)
731:(−12)
711:(−16)
706:(−28)
701:(−41)
696:(−44)
691:(−48)
661:(1.6)
656:(6.3)
651:(8.3)
646:(6.3)
641:(1.3)
611:(3.8)
596:(3.6)
566:(7.1)
432:Month
420:Dfc).
418:Köppen
344:Alaska
321:copper
257:(AKDT)
123:Alaska
1652:Ahtna
1534:Slana
1303:(PDF)
1286:(PDF)
1159:White
1097:16.7%
1082:10.5%
1067:22.6%
1022:51.7%
895:(66)
890:(11)
885:(19)
840:(16)
823:10.99
820:(41)
815:(31)
810:(28)
805:(30)
800:(30)
795:(34)
790:(27)
770:(22)
765:(14)
726:(−7)
721:(−2)
716:(−2)
619:−16.8
541:(33)
526:(21)
521:(21)
516:(28)
511:(31)
506:(33)
501:(29)
496:(19)
481:(11)
471:Year
332:river
327:'
317:tsedi
315:<
307:'
268:99566
255:UTC-8
234:UTC-9
119:State
1451:CDPs
1380:2008
1355:2013
1333:2015
1311:2014
1290:ISBN
1266:2021
1133:2020
1127:2.4%
1118:2010
1103:2000
1088:1990
1073:1980
1058:1970
1043:1960
1028:1950
1013:1940
998:1930
983:1920
971:Note
966:Pop.
875:(0)
870:(0)
865:(0)
860:(0)
855:(0)
818:1.62
813:1.24
803:1.19
793:1.32
788:1.06
783:0.34
778:0.19
773:0.31
768:0.87
763:0.56
679:18.6
674:−9.9
664:20.4
659:34.9
654:43.4
649:46.9
644:43.3
639:34.3
634:23.6
624:−4.6
609:38.9
599:18.4
594:38.5
589:55.7
584:63.7
579:66.8
574:64.9
569:57.1
564:44.7
559:31.9
554:17.2
536:(9)
531:(8)
491:(9)
486:(8)
468:Dec
465:Nov
462:Oct
459:Sep
456:Aug
453:Jul
450:Jun
447:May
444:Apr
441:Mar
438:Feb
435:Jan
323:" +
178:Area
1137:101
1122:126
1107:123
1017:176
1002:116
987:171
939:47
888:4.3
883:7.4
878:2.3
848:0.6
843:2.1
838:6.2
808:1.1
798:1.2
749:−56
744:−56
739:−42
734:−20
704:−18
699:−41
694:−47
689:−55
669:2.9
629:4.9
604:7.3
549:0.4
280:907
248:DST
215:101
173:(R)
43:CDP
1648::
1441:,
1371:.
1240:.
1092:49
1077:42
1062:38
1047:31
1032:92
976:%±
936:4
933:4
930:5
927:6
924:6
921:6
918:5
915:2
912:1
909:2
906:3
903:3
893:26
729:10
724:20
719:28
714:28
539:91
534:48
529:46
524:69
519:69
514:82
509:88
504:91
499:85
494:67
489:49
484:47
479:52
386:.
346:,
342:,
325:na
1428:e
1421:t
1414:v
1382:.
1357:.
1335:.
1313:.
1268:.
992:—
873:0
868:0
863:0
858:0
853:0
833:3
709:4
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300:(
250:)
240:)
236:(
159:)
157:R
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