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Place Name
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Ajo
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Pronunciation
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AH-ho
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Place Status (Type)
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unincorporated town
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Population
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2,919 (1990)
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Location
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Pima County, Arizona (AZ), United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Ajo
(AH-ho), uninc. town, (1990 pop. 2,919), Pima co., SW
Ariz., 87 mi/140 km SW of Phoenix. Health
resort; once a major copper mining and smelting town, but mine and
smelter now closed; gold, silver, and lead mines nearby. Once a company
town belonging to Phelps Dodge Corp. Terminus of RR spur from Gila
Bend. Organ Pipe Cactus Natl. Monument is S. Tohono O'odham (Papago)
Indian Reservation to E; Cabeza Prieta Natl. Wildlife Refuge to W (hq.
in Ajo); Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range (formerly Luke Air Force
Range) to N and W.
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