Southwest
Arizona
Cochise County

Contention City

Contention City or Contention is a ghost mining town in in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of . It was occupied from the early 1880s through the late 1880s in what was then known as the Arizona Territory.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona
  • Also known as: “Contention”, “Contention City, Arizona”, and “Contention City, AZ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Presidio Santa Cruz de Terrenate.

Archaeological site
Photo: StellarD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a former Spanish military presidio, or fortress, located roughly west of the town of , , in the United States of America.

Contention City

Latitude
31.76838° or 31° 46′ 6″ north
Longitude
-110.20215° or 110° 12′ 8″ west
Elevation
3,799 feet (1,158 metres)
Open location code
853FQQ9X+94
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150933828
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
5290603
Wiki­data ID
Q5165100
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Satellite Map

Discover Contention City from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Contention City” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “爭奪城”
  • Turkish: “Contention City”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Grand Central Mill and Fairbank Cemetery.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Contention City”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.