| Official Name: | Iyanbito, New Mexico |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | New Mexico#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Iyanbito |
| Coordinates: | 35.5153°N -108.4878°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: | 9.54 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 9.54 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Km2: | 24.71 |
| Area Land Km2: | 24.71 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 1193 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 125.05 |
| Population Density Km2: | 48.28 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
| Elevation Ft: | 6884 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 87316 (Fort Wingate) |
| Area Code: | 505 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 35-34830 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2806721 |
Iyanbito is an unincorporated community and 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 1,193.[2]
The community is in central McKinley County, east of Gallup, the county seat. It is bordered to the west by the Church Rock CDP and to the south by the Southern Transcon line of the BNSF Railway. Mesa Butte, elevation, rises to the north of the CDP.
New Mexico State Road 118 (Historic Route 66) and Interstate 40 pass just south of Iyanbito, leading west to Gallup and southeast to Grants.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Iyanbito CDP has an area of 9.54sqmi, all land.[1] The area drains to the South Fork of the Puerco River, which passes just south of the CDP. The west-flowing Puerco River is part of the Little Colorado River watershed.
Iyanbito was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
It is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.[3]
It is zoned to Catherine A. Miller Elementary School in Church Rock, Kennedy Middle School, and Hiroshi Miyamura High School.[4]