Utqiaġvik, Alaska (Formerly Barrow) - Traditional Iñupiaq Name Officially Adopted Dec 1, 2016 by Local Referendum

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Utqiaġvik (UUT kee AH vik) is the northernmost city in Alaska, and 1,300 miles south of the North Pole. The locals took a referendum on changing the name back from Barrow in 2016, because they were sick of feeling colonized.

Dec 1, 2016 - "Barrow, Alaska, Changes Its Name Back to Its Original 'Utqiaġvik'" by Rebecca Hersher on npr.org

Being 320-miles north of the Arctic Circle, it sees the midnight sun from the middle of May until the end of July.