Towaoc is a

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(CDP), a

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, and the capital of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe located on the Ute Mountain Reservation in Montezuma County,

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, United States. The Towaoc post office has the ZIP Code 81334 ( post office boxes). At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Towaoc CDP was 1,120.

History

The Towaoc, Colorado, post office opened on April 1, 1915. The Ute Mountain Reservation was created on June 6, 1940. Old Towaoc, located at the base of Ute Mountain, is approximately west of US Highways

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- 160, and includes various tribal and BIA governmental buildings and housing areas, including the tribal offices of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. In recent years, a small complex has been developed directly on US Highway 491–160 at the junction of the road into the original town.

Geography

Towaoc is located east of Sleeping Ute Mountain, a sacred mountain of the

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, and northeast of the

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. At the 2020 United States census, the Towaoc CDP had an area of , all land.

Education

Towaoc is served by Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1.

Demographics

The

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initially defined the for the

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Education

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