Editing San Juan County, New Mexico (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|5538|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|25|sqmi}} (0.5%) are covered by water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_35.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 2, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101195546/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_35.txt|archive-date=January 1, 2015}}</ref> [[Indian reservation]]s (and off-reservation trust lands) comprise 63.4% of the county's land area. The [[Navajo Nation]] takes up 60.45% and the [[Ute Mountain Ute Tribe]] Reservation occupies another 2.93%.

The physical features include three rivers - the San Juan, Animas, and La Plata Rivers, and the Chuska Mountains and [[Shiprock]] Pinnacle to the west, volcanic structures, buttes, mesas, badlands, and fertile river valleys.

===Adjacent counties===
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* [[Rio Arriba County, New Mexico|Rio Arriba County]] - east
* [[Sandoval County, New Mexico|Sandoval County]] - southeast
* [[McKinley County, New Mexico|McKinley County]] - south
* [[Apache County, Arizona]] - west
* [[San Juan County, Utah]] - northwest
* [[Montezuma County, Colorado]] - north
* [[La Plata County, Colorado]] - north
* [[Archuleta County, Colorado]] - northeast
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===National protected areas===
* [[Aztec Ruins National Monument]]
* [[Chaco Culture National Historical Park]] (part)

===Major highways===
* [[Image:US 64.svg|x20px]] [[U.S. Route 64 in New Mexico|U.S. Route 64]]
* [[Image:US 491.svg|x20px]] [[U.S. Route 491#New Mexico|U.S. Route 491]] (formerly [[U.S. Route 666]])
* [[Image:US 550.svg|x20px]] [[U.S. Route 550#U.S. Route 550|U.S. Route 550]]
* [[File:New Mexico 170.svg|20x20px]] [[New Mexico State Road 170]]
* [[Image:New Mexico 371.svg|x20px]] [[New Mexico State Road 371]]
* [[File:New Mexico 511.svg|20x20px]] [[New Mexico State Road 511]]
* [[Image:New Mexico 597.svg|x20px]] [[New Mexico State Road 597]](connector to [[Four Corners Monument]])