Official Name: | Becenti, New Mexico |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | New Mexico#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Becenti |
Coordinates: | 35.8122°N -108.1708°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | New Mexico |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | McKinley |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.94 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.94 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Area Total Km2: | 2.43 |
Area Land Km2: | 2.43 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 294 |
Population Density Km2: | 121.03 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 313.43 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 6585 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 87313 (Crownpoint) |
Area Code: | 505 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 35-06340 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2813403 |
Becenti is a census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States, on the Navajo Nation. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 294.[2]
The community is in the northern part of the county, less than a mile west of New Mexico State Road 371, part of the Trail of the Ancients Scenic Byway. It is north of Crownpoint and south of Farmington.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of, all land.[1]
Becenti was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
It is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.[3]