Chinati is an unincorporated community in Presidio County, Texas, United States.

It is named after the surrounding Chinati Mountain Range.

[2] The word "chinati" derives from the Apache word ch'íná'itíh, which means gate or mountain pass.

[3] Chinati is zoned to schools in the Presidio Independent School District.

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