Tes Nez Iah is a

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situated in the far north of

Apache County Apache County is in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. Shaped in a long rectangle running north to south, as of the 2020 census, its population was 66,021. The county seat is St. Johns. Most of the county is occupied by par ...

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, United States, just south of the

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border. It is along the banks of the

Chinle Creek Chinle Creek is a tributary stream of the San Juan River in Apache County, Arizona and San Juan County, Utah. Its source is at , the confluence of Laguña Creek and the Chinle Wash arroyo. Its name is derived from the Navajo word ''ch'inili'' ...

, approximately four miles west of Mexican Water. It has an estimated elevation of above sea level. The name is derived from the

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''t'iis nééz íí'á'', meaning "tall cottonwood trees".

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{{Authority control Populated places in Apache County, Arizona