Gallup | |
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 Motels and businesses in Gallup | |
 Flag | |
| Nickname: "Capital of the World" | |
 Location of Gallup in New Mexico | |
  Gallup Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 35°30′50″N 108°44′35″W / 35.51389°N 108.74306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | McKinley |
| Founded | 1881 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Louis Bonaguidi[citation needed] |
| Area | |
• City | 20.19 sq mi (52.30 km2) |
| • Land | 20.19 sq mi (52.29 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Elevation | 6,647 ft (2,026 m) |
| Population | |
• City | 21,899 |
| • Density | 1,084.65/sq mi (418.78/km2) |
| • Metro | 71,492 |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| ZIP codes | 87301-87305 |
| Area code | 505 |
| FIPS code | 35-28460 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2410562[2] |
| Website | www.gallupnm.gov |
Gallup is a city in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States, with a population of 21,899 as of the 2020 census.[4] A substantial percentage of its population is Native American, with residents from the Navajo, Hopi, and Zuni tribes. Gallup is the county seat of McKinley County[5] and the most populous city between Flagstaff and Albuquerque, along historic U.S. Route 66.
Gallup is known as the "Heart of Indian Country" because it is on the edge of the Navajo reservation and is home to members of many other tribes, as well.[6]
The city is on the Trails of the Ancients Byway, one of the designated New Mexico Scenic Byways.[7]
Because of the nearby rugged terrain, it was a popular location in the 1940s and 1950s for Hollywood Westerns.[8]
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gallup, New Mexico
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USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnlywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Gallup city, New Mexico". www.census.gov. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Plaques to be guide to city's past". Gallup Independent. Archived from the original on May 7, 2006. Retrieved July 24, 2008.
- ^ Trail of the Ancients. Archived August 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine New Mexico Tourism Department. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- ^ Evans, Andrew (May 9, 2014). "Route 66: Gallup". National Geographic. Archived from the original on July 18, 2020.
The El Rancho Hotel and Motel was a popular place for Hollywood stars to stay while filming Western movies near Gallup, New Mexico.