Mexican Town
Ajo is an unincorporated community in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It is the closest community to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. The population was 3,039 at the 2020 census. Ajo is located on State Route 85 just 43 miles from the Mexican border.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Arizona, United States of America
- Also known as: “Mexican Town, Arizona” and “Mexican Town, AZ”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ajo Middle and High School and New Cornelia mine.
Ajo Middle and High School
School
Ajo High School is a high school in Ajo, Arizona. It is the only high school in the Ajo Unified School District, which also includes an elementary school and middle school on the same campus. It is a member of the CAA.
New Cornelia mine
Quarry
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The New Cornelia mine is a currently inactive open-pit copper mine in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It was the only productive mine in the Ajo mining district, and is located just outside the town of Ajo, which was built as a company town to serve the New Cornelia mines.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ajo and Rowood.
Ajo
Town
Ajo is an unincorporated community in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It is the closest community to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. The population was 3,039 at the 2020 census. Ajo is located on State Route 85 just 43 miles from the Mexican border.
Rowood
Hamlet
Rowood is a populated place situated in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It has an estimated elevation of 1,719 feet above sea level.
Chico Shunie
Hamlet
Chico Shunie is a populated place situated in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It has an estimated elevation of 1,752 feet above sea level. Chico Shunie is situated 6 miles southwest of Mexican Town.
Mexican Town
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Pima County, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.36897° or 32° 22′ 8″ northLongitude
-112.86437° or 112° 51′ 52″ westElevation
1,791 feet (546 metres)Open location code
8549949P+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 150940190OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
“Mexican Town” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “墨西哥鎮”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include New Cornelia Branch Hospital and Ajo Copper Mines.
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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 “Mexican Town”. Photo: Tobi 87, CC BY-SA 3.0.