Why
Why is an unincorporated rural community in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It lies near the western border of the Tohono Oʼodham Indian Reservation and due north of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Southern Arizona.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 167 residents
- Description: unincorporated community in Pima County, Arizona, United States
- Also known as: “Rocky Point Junction”, “Why, Arizona”, “Why, AZ”, and “Y, Arizona”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hoa Murk and Schuchuli.
Hoa Murk
Hamlet
Hoa Murk is a populated place situated in Pima County, Arizona, United States. In the O'odham language, Hoa Murk means Basket Burned, by which it is also known. Hoa Murk is situated 4½ miles east of Why.
Schuchuli
Hamlet
Schuchuli, also known as Gunsight, Gunsight Ranch, Gunsight Well, and Sialatuk, is a populated place situated in Pima County, Arizona. It has an estimated elevation of 1,968 feet above sea level. Schuchuli is situated 4½ miles southeast of Why.
Why
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Pima County, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.26697° or 32° 16′ 1″ northLongitude
-112.73863° or 112° 44′ 19″ westPopulation
167Elevation
1,791 feet (546 metres)Open location code
85497786+QGOpenStreetMap ID
node 150968906OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
5320869Wikidata ID
Q28662
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Why” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Why”
- Cebuano: “Why”
- Chechen: “Вай”
- Chinese: “懷伊”
- Croatian: “Why, Arizona”
- Croatian: “Why”
- Dutch: “Why”
- French: “Why”
- German: “Why”
- Gilaki: “وای (آريزؤنا)”
- Gilaki: “وای”
- Irish: “Why”
- Italian: “Why”
- Japanese: “ワイ”
- Korean: “와이”
- Ladin: “Why”
- Literary Chinese: “懷伊”
- Navajo: “Mąʼii Hanáchxahí”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Why”
- Polish: “Why”
- Serbian: “Вај”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Why, Arizona”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Why”
- Spanish: “Why”
- Tatar: “Вай”
- Turkish: “Why”
- Ukrainian: “Вай”
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