AJO real estate
Ajo City website
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Ajo, Arizona is town that has a rich meaningful history for Latin Americans and Native Americans alike. Ajo, which is Spanish for "garlic" and Papago Indian for paint, has a population of about 4000 and is located in a remote area of southern Arizona. A Sonoran Desert community, Ajo is approximately 120 miles west of Tucson and 43 miles north of the Mexican border. The town's economy originally centered on a large mine that was open from 1926 to 1985. Ajo was the birthplace of copper mining in Arizona and now serves mostly as a waypoint for tourists heading from Phoenix to Mexico's port city of Puerto Penasco. Ajo appeals to residents from all walks of life. It is a comfortable retirement community offering an inexpensive and tranquil lifestyle. Ajo is a
thriving community during the winter months, while during the summer months it tends to be a quiet place to relax and
enjoy the beautiful weather. Ajo weather is something that tourists and residents alike
adore, complete with low humidity, blue skies the whole year round,
and some of the most crisp clean air you can imagine. The old Spanish style plaza affords a pleasant stroll and shopping
with many additional businesses and services in the AJO NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION
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