Aztec, New Mexico Aztec, New Mexico Aztec () is a city and county seat of San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 6,763. The Aztec Ruins National Monument is located on the north side of the city. Aztec is located at (36.8222261, -107.9928455). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (0.8%) is water. Aztec is part of the Farmington, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the census of 2000, there are 6,378 people, 2,330 households, and
Aymara people Aymara people The Aymara or Aimara ( ) people are an indigenous nation in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America; about 1 million live in Bolivia, Peru and Chile. Their ancestors lived in the region for many centuries before becoming a subject people of the Inca in the late 15th or early 16th century, and later of the Spanish in the 16th century. With the Spanish American Wars of Independence (1810–25), the Aymaras became subjects of the new nations of Bolivia and Peru. After the War of the Pacific (1879–83), Chile acquired territory occupied by the Aymaras. Archeologists