Aztec, New Mexico Aztec, New Mexico Location inside San Juan County and New Mexico Location inside San Juan County and New Mexico State New Mexico Aztec (Navajo: Kinteel) is a town/city and governmental center of county of San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 6,763.
The Aztec Ruins National Monument is positioned on the north side of the city.
6.1 Aztec Ruins National Monument 6.3 Aztec Arches Aztec is positioned at 36 49 20 N 107 59 34 W (36.8222261, -107.9928455). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 13.1 square miles (34 km2), of which, 13.0 square miles (34 km2) of it is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (0.8%) is water.
Aztec is part of the Farmington, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area.
As of the census of 2010, there were 6,763 citizens , 2,578households in the city. The populace density was 539.8 citizens per square mile (253.1/km ). There were 2,892 housing units at an average density of 230.8 per square mile (101.0/km ). The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 78.1% White, 0.4% African American, 8.9% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 23.7% Pacific Islander, 7.53% from other competitions, and 3.29% from two or more competitions. The City of Aztec has 10 parks for an approximate total of 132 acres.
Riverside Park (Community Park, 30.6 acre) Tiger Park (Community Park, 18.9 acre) Minium Park (Community Park 3.9 acre) Cap Walls Park (Neighborhood Park 1.7 acre) Florence Park (Neighborhood Park 2.7 acre) Kokopelli Park (Neighborhood Park 0.6 acre) Rio Animas Park (Conservancy Area 3.8 acre) The City of Aztec practices a Commission-Manager form of government as established in the New Mexico state statutes.
Aztec Municipal Schools serves the City of Aztec and non-urban areas in northeastern San Juan County.
Aztec Ruins National Monument Located inside the town/city limits of Aztec, the Aztec Ruins National Monument is a UNESCO World Heritage site managed by the National Park Service.
East and north of Aztec on enhance lands managed by the BLM are over 300 natural windows and arches.
Mountain biking is very prominent in San Juan County, New Mexico.
Aztec has over 30 miles of trails of which the most prominent is the Alien Run Trail.
The trail is positioned on BLM lands and consists of a short loop (6.1 mi easy-moderate), long loop (additional 3.4 mi moderate) and the outer limits loop (6.7 mi difficult).
More enhance lands administered by the BLM, the Angel Peak Scenic Area offers a more colorful badlands and canyon landscape in contrast to the Bisti or Lybrook badlands.
It is also famous for a several major dinosaur finds including "Spike" the Pentaceratops and "the Bisti Beast" a Bistahieversornow Tyrannosaur on display at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.
Similar to the Bisti, Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness Study Area is positioned between the Bisti /De-Na-Zin Wilderness and Chaco Canyon.
Also managed by the BLM, this region formed in similar fashion as the Bisti.
Yet another region managed by the BLM, this region was formed about the same time as the Bisti and Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah.
Aztec Ruins National Monument is a prominent attraction in Aztec.
Aztec, New Mexico, UFO incident a b c d e f Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for Aztec, New Mexico; United States Geological Survey (USGS); November 13, 1980.
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