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Diomede, Alaska
Diomede
(native name
Iŋaliq
, meaning "the other one" or "the one over there") is a city in the
Nome Census Area
of the
Unorganized Borough
of the
U.S. state
of
Alaska
, located on
Little Diomede Island
. Little Diomede is the smaller of the two
Diomede Islands
located in the middle of the
Bering Strait
between the Alaskan mainland and the
Russian Far East
. Its neighboring island is the
Big Diomede
, Russia, behind the
International Date Line
, and is less than away. The populated area of Diomede lies on the west side of Little Diomede and is the only settlement on the island. The population was 115 at the
2010 census
.
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