Southwest
Arizona
Pima County

Ajo

Ajo is an unincorporated community in , United States. It is the closest community to . The population was 3,039 at the 2020 census. Ajo is located on State Route 85 just 43 miles from the Mexican border.
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  • Type: Town with 3,040 residents
  • Description: census designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States
  • Also known as: “Ajo, Arizona” and “Ajo, AZ”
  • Postal code: 85321
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ajo Middle and High School and New Cornelia mine.

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.

Quarry
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The is a currently inactive open-pit copper mine in , 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 Mexican Town and Rowood.

Hamlet
Ajo is an unincorporated community in , United States. It is the closest community to . The population was 3,039 at the 2020 census. Ajo is located on State Route 85 just 43 miles from the Mexican border.

Hamlet
is a populated place situated in , , United States. It has an estimated elevation of 1,719 feet above sea level.

Locality
is a populated place situated in , , United States. It has an estimated elevation of 1,752 feet above sea level. is situated 6 miles southwest of Ajo.

Ajo

Latitude
32.37719° or 32° 22′ 38″ north
Longitude
-112.86457° or 112° 51′ 53″ west
Population
3,040
Elevation
1,759 feet (536 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US AJ9
Open location code
854994GP+V5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150963593
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5550996
Wiki­data ID
Q413082
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Ajo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “آجو”
  • Basque: “Ajo”
  • Catalan: “Ajo”
  • Cebuano: “Ajo”
  • Chechen: “Ахо (гӀала)”
  • Chechen: “Ахо”
  • Chinese: “Ajo”
  • Chinese: “阿喬”
  • Chinese: “阿荷”
  • Croatian: “Ajo, Arizona”
  • Croatian: “Ajo”
  • Dagbani: “Ajo”
  • Dutch: “Ajo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “آجو”
  • French: “Ajo”
  • German: “Ajo”
  • Gilaki: “آخؤ (آريزؤنا)”
  • Gilaki: “آخؤ”
  • Haitian: “Ajo, Arizona”
  • Haitian: “Ajo”
  • Irish: “Ajo”
  • Italian: “Ajo”
  • Japanese: “アホ (アリゾナ)”
  • Japanese: “アホ”
  • Ladin: “Ajo”
  • Lithuanian: “Achas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ajo”
  • Navajo: “Chííhí”
  • Newari: “अजो (एरिजोना)”
  • Newari: “अजो, एरिजोना”
  • Newari: “अजो”
  • Persian: “آهو”
  • Persian: “اجو، اریزونا”
  • Polish: “Ajo”
  • Portuguese: “Ajo”
  • Russian: “Ахо (город)”
  • Russian: “Ахо”
  • Serbian: “Ajo, Arizona”
  • Serbian: “Ajo”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ajo, Arizona”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ajo”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آجو، آریزونا”
  • Spanish: “Ajo”
  • Talysh: “Ajo”
  • Talysh: “Axo”
  • Tatar: “Ахо”
  • Turkish: “Ajo”
  • Ukrainian: “Ахо”
  • Volapük: “Ajo (Arizona)”
  • Volapük: “Ajo (AZ)”
  • Volapük: “Ajo, Arizona”
  • Volapük: “Ajo, AZ”
  • Volapük: “Ajo”

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