Stotonyak is a populated place situated on the San Xavier Indian Reservation in Pima County, Arizona, United States.[2] It has an estimated elevation of 1,919 feet (585 m) above sea level.[1] To differentiate from the village of a similar name on the Gila River Indian Community, the Office of Indian Affairs recommended that this village use the Papago, or Tohono O'odham spelling, while the Gila River reservation village use the Pima, or Akimel O'otham spelling, Stotonic. The recommendation was followed by the Board on Geographic Names in their 1941 decision.[note 1] In the O'odham language, stotonyak means "many ants.[1]

Stotonyak, Arizona
Populated place
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Coordinates: 32°09′18″N 112°22′07″W
Country	United States
State	Arizona
County	Pima
Elevation [1]	1,919 ft (585 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (MST)
Area code(s)	520
FIPS code	04-69880
GNIS feature ID	24630

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