Wales (Inupiaq: Kiŋigin, IPA: [kiŋiɣin]) is a city[4][5] in the Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States.

A burial mound from the Birnirk culture (CE 500 to 900) was discovered near Wales and is now a National Historic Landmark.

In 1827, a Russian Navy report listed the Inupiat villages of "Eidamoo" near the coast and "King-a-ghe" inland in the area.

In 1890, the American Missionary Association established a mission at the site of present-day Wales.

[citation needed] The 1918 flu pandemic decimated the population and economy of Wales.

[citation needed] On November 9, 2011, the city experienced the 2011 Bering Sea superstorm.

On January 17, 2023, a polar bear entered the community of Wales and chased multiple residents.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.3 km2), all of it land.

Wales first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as the unincorporated Inuit village of "Kingigamute.