Borrego Pass, New Mexico

Borrego Pass, New Mexico
Census-designated place
Borrego Pass is located in New Mexico
Borrego Pass
Borrego Pass
Borrego Pass is located in the United States
Borrego Pass
Borrego Pass
Coordinates: 35°34′23″N 108°00′18″W / 35.57306°N 108.00500°W / 35.57306; -108.00500
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyMcKinley
Area
[1]
 • Total
13.23 sq mi (34.3 km2)
 • Land13.23 sq mi (34.3 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation
[2]
7,438 ft (2,267 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total
117
 • Density8.8/sq mi (3.4/km2)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes
87323 (Thoreau)
87045 (Prewitt)
Area code505
FIPS code35-08493
GNIS feature ID886640[2]

Borrego Pass is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) consisting of two Navajo communities[4] and a trading post in the Navajo lands of McKinley County, in northwestern New Mexico, United States. In Navajo its name is Dibé Yázhí Habitiin,[5] meaning "Upward Path of the Lamb." As of the 2020 census, the population was 117.[3]

  1. ^ "2024 U.S. Gazetteer Files: New Mexico". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference gnis was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "P1. Race – Borrego Pass CDP, New Mexico: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
  4. ^ Iverson, Peter (1983) The Navajo Nation University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico, volume 2, pages 144–145, ISBN 0-8263-0652-7
  5. ^ Bright, William (2004) Native American placenames of the United States University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, page 71 ISBN 0-8061-3576-X