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Dillingham, known in Central Yupik as Curyung, is a first-class city in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, incorporated on July 12, 1963.

At the 2020 census, Dillingham had a population of 2,249, down from 2,329 in 2010.

The 2020 census counted 821 households and 994 housing units in the city.

Dillingham sits on Nushagak Bay at the mouth of the Nushagak River, an inlet of Bristol Bay in southwestern Alaska.

The city is the regional hub of the Bristol Bay salmon fishing district, which supports the world's largest runs of wild sockeye salmon.

The Nushagak district produces an average of 6.4 million salmon annually, with as many as 12.4 million in 2006.

Dillingham is not connected to the statewide road system, so it can be reached only by air or boat, and Dillingham Airport has a 6,400-foot runway.

A 20-mile paved road connects Dillingham with Aleknagik and Wood-Tikchik State Park, the largest state park in the United States.

The city is the headquarters for the nearby Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, home to walruses, seals, migratory birds and one of the largest wild herring fisheries in the world.

In 2010, Dillingham voted to re-authorize its opposition to the proposed Pebble Mine, a large gold-copper-molybdenum prospect at the headwaters of Bristol Bay.