GALLUP, a town of north-western New Mexico, U.S.A., on the main line of the Santa Fe, and on Federal highways 66 and 666; the county seat of McKinley county. It has a municipal airport, Moses Field. The population was 3,92o in 192o, and was in 1930 by the Federal census. Gallup lies 6,5o3ft. above sea level, in a valley bordered by fantastically coloured cliffs. Coal mining is the principal industry. It is a trading centre for the Navajo and Zuni Indians. The Navajo reservation is north of the city; 4om. south is Zuni, one of the largest pueblos in the south west, and one of the famous seven cities of Cibola, sought by Coronado. South-east of Gallup is the Fort Wingate Military reservation and the Charles H. Burke Indian school. The town was settled about 188o and was incorporated in 1891.