Navajo Mountain (Chapter)

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Navajo Mountain
Navajo Mountain Chapter
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Naatsis'áán Chapter House
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Navajo Mountain
Location within the state of Utah
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Navajo Mountain
Navajo Mountain (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°02′06″N110°46′50″W / 37.03500°N 110.78056°W / 37.03500; -110.78056
Country United States
State Utah
County San Juan
Elevation
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5,886 ft (1,794 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (MST)
FIPS code 04-TS520
GNIS feature ID2419031 [1]

Navajo Mountain (Navajo : Naatsisʼáán) is a chapter (governing area) straddling the Utah/Arizona border. The bulk of the chapter lies in San Juan County, Utah, with portions in Coconino and Navajo counties in Arizona. It is one of the eighteen chapters which make up the Western Agency, one of five agencies which make up the Navajo Nation. As of the 2010 census, the chapter had a total population of 542, of whom 501 were Navajo. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Navajo Mountain (Chapter)
  2. Navajo Population Profile. U.S. Census Bureau. December 2013. p. 35.