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Igiugig (Igyaraq in Central Alaskan Yup’ik) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 50 at the 2010 census. The village is at the mouth of the Kvichak River, on Lake Iliamna, in the U.S. state of Alaska.
The word Igiugig means, “Like a throat that swallows water”. The village is named for its location, it is near the mouth of the Lake Williams River where the river feeds into the Kvichak River. Most of the population is made up of Yupik Eskimos, Aleuts, and Athabascan Indians.
Igiugig is located at 59°19′49″N 155°54′29″W / 59.33028°N 155.90806°W / 59.33028; -155.90806 (59.330327, -155.907926).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 21.1 square miles (55 km), of which, 19.8 square miles (51 km) of it is land and 1.3 square miles (3.4 km) of it (6.02%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 53 people, 16 households, and 13 families residing in the CDP. The population density…
