Ajo, Arizona

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Ajo, Arizona is a small historic mining town in southern Arizona that now serves as a gateway community to nearby desert wilderness areas and wildlife refuges.

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Ajo, Arizona canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place ⓘ
mining town ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ
areaCode 520 ⓘ
category Census-designated places in Pima County, Arizona ⓘ
Mining communities in Arizona ⓘ
Populated places in the Sonoran Desert ⓘ
climate hot desert climate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Pima County ⓘ
currentEconomicActivity arts and culture ⓘ
retiree community services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
distanceTo about 110 miles southwest of Phoenix ⓘ
about 40 miles north of the U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ
elevation about 1740 feet ⓘ
about 530 meters ⓘ
governingBody Pima County government ⓘ
hasFeature Ajo Plaza ⓘ
former open-pit copper mine ⓘ
historic churches around the plaza ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Ajo Townsite Historic District ⓘ
historicIndustry Phelps Dodge copper operations ⓘ
knownFor Spanish Colonial Revival architecture ⓘ
copper mining history ⓘ
historic town plaza ⓘ
locatedIn Sonoran Desert ⓘ
southern Arizona ⓘ
nameEtymology likely derived from Spanish word for garlic ⓘ
near Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range ⓘ
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument ⓘ
Tohono O’odham Nation lands ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime false ⓘ
partOf Pima County, Arizona ⓘ
population about 3000 (early 21st century) ⓘ
postalCode 85321 ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity copper mining (historically) ⓘ
region Arizona–Mexico borderlands ⓘ
role gateway community to nearby desert wilderness areas ⓘ
gateway community to nearby wildlife refuges ⓘ
state Arizona ⓘ
timeZone Mountain Standard Time ⓘ
transportation served by Arizona State Route 85 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pima County, Arizona → contains → Ajo, Arizona ⓘ
Southwest Arizona → includesCity → Ajo, Arizona ⓘ
Growler Mountains → locatedWestOf → Ajo, Arizona ⓘ
Ajo Mountains → nearbyTown → Ajo, Arizona ⓘ
Ajo Mountain Drive → nearbyTown → Ajo, Arizona ⓘ
State Route 85 (Arizona) → passesThrough → Ajo, Arizona ⓘ
subject linked to: State Route 85