Navajo Nation

The Navajo Nation occupies a large portion of northeastern , as well as part of northwestern and southern . Its capital is at , .

Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Monument Valley.

is perhaps the most famous example of the classic American West landscape. In the Navajo Nation close to the border of and , the valley has been the backdrop for many movies and advertisements, ranging from Marlboro cigarette ads to the films of John Ford to Back to the Future 3, Forrest Gump and Easy Rider.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chinle High School.

School
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is a public high school in , an unincorporated area of , , . The school is the only high school in the Chinle Unified School District, and all of the district's elementary and middle schools feed into it.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinle.

Locality
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is a census-designated place in , United States. The name in Navajo means 'flowing out' and is a reference to the location where the water flows out of the Canyon de Chelly. The population was 4,518 at the 2010 census.

Navajo Nation

Latitude
36.1869° or 36° 11′ 13″ north
Longitude
-109.5736° or 109° 34′ 25″ west
Population
165,000
Open location code
858G5CPG+QH
Wiki­data ID
Q1783171
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Navajo Nation” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: محمية نافاجو
  • Azerbaijani: Navaxo milləti
  • Basque: Navajo Herria
  • Basque: Navajo Nazioa
  • Bengali: নাভাজো ন্যাশন
  • Catalan: Nació Navaho
  • Catalan: Nació Navajo
  • Cheyenne: Póevónaneo’o
  • Chinese: 纳瓦霍国
  • Chinese: 纳瓦霍族自治区
  • Czech: Navažský národ
  • Danish: Navajo Nation
  • Esperanto: Navaha Nacio
  • Estonian: Navaho Rahvas
  • Estonian: Navajo Nation
  • Faroese: Navajo Nation
  • Finnish: Navajoiden reservaatti
  • French: Nation navajo
  • Galician: Naabeehó Bináhásdzo
  • Galician: Nación Navagho
  • Galician: Nación Navajo
  • German: Navajo Nation Reservation
  • German: Navajo Nation
  • German: Navajo-Nation
  • Hebrew: אומת נאוואחו
  • Indonesian: Navajo Nation
  • Irish: an Náisiún Navachóch
  • Irish: Náisiún na Navachóch
  • Italian: Navajo Nation
  • Italian: Nazione Navajo
  • Italian: Riserva Navajo
  • Japanese: ナバホ・ネーション
  • Japanese: ナバホ・ネイション
  • Korean: 나바호 네이션
  • Korean: 나바호 자치국
  • Latvian: Navahu nācija
  • Marathi: डिने
  • Marathi: नवाजो
  • Marathi: नवाहो
  • Mingrelian: ნავახოშ ერუანული რეზერვაცია
  • Navajo: Diné Bikéyah
  • Navajo: Diné
  • Navajo: Naabeehó bikéyah
  • Navajo: Naabeehó
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Navajo Nation
  • Norwegian: Navajo-nasjonen
  • Ossetian: Навахо-Нейшен
  • Persian: ملت ناواهو
  • Persian: ناواحو
  • Persian: ناواخو
  • Persian: ناواهو
  • Polish: Navajo Nation
  • Portuguese: Nação Navajo
  • Portuguese: Navajo Nation
  • Russian: Навахо-нейшен
  • Russian: Навахо-Нейшен
  • Russian: Нация навахо
  • Slovenian: narod Navajo
  • Slovenian: Navajo Nation
  • South Azerbaijani: ناواجو ناشن
  • Spanish: Nacion Navajo
  • Spanish: Nación Navajo
  • Swedish: Diné Nation
  • Swedish: Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
  • Swedish: Navajo Nation
  • Turkish: Navaho Ulusu
  • Urdu: ناواجو نیشن
  • Vietnamese: Xứ Navajo
  • Welsh: Cenedl Nafacho
  • Welsh: Gwlad y Navajo
  • Welsh: Navajo Nation
  • ma Napejo

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