Navajo

Navajo (Navajo: Niʼiijíhí) is a census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 2,097 at the 2000 census. Navajo is the most Navajo town in the United States, with 95.04% of residents having full or partial Navajo ancestry. Navajo is located at 35°54′20″N 109°01′43″W / 35.90556°N 109.02861°W / 35.90556; -109.02861 (35.905617, -109.028733). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km), all of it land. To the east of Navajo is Assayi Lake, and just north of Navajo is Red Lake, Wheatfields Lake, and Tsaile Lake. There is an old existing strata Volcano, Fuzzy Mountain, which in the winter gives radial sources of water to the...