Editing Cibola County, New Mexico (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Malpais Natural Arch.jpg|thumb|Ventana Arch in [[El Malpais National Monument]]]]

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has an area of {{convert|4542|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|4539|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|2.3|sqmi}} (0.05%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_35.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101195546/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_35.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 1, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 1, 2015 |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files }}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[McKinley County, New Mexico|McKinley County]] - north
* [[Sandoval County, New Mexico|Sandoval County]] - northeast
* [[Bernalillo County, New Mexico|Bernalillo County]] - east
* [[Valencia County, New Mexico|Valencia County]] - east
* [[Socorro County, New Mexico|Socorro County]] - southeast
* [[Catron County, New Mexico|Catron County]] - south
* [[Apache County, Arizona]] - west

===National protected areas===
* [[Cibola National Forest]] (part)
* [[El Malpais National Conservation Area]]
* [[El Malpais National Monument]]
* [[El Morro National Monument]]