Achi was a small, permanent village on the
Tohono Oʼodham Reservation, in
Pima County, Arizona
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United States.
It has an estimated elevation of above sea level. As of 2019, there appeared to no longer be any residents or buildings in the village, thus classifying it as a
ghost town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...
. The site is approximately one mile northeast of the
CDP limits of
Santa Rosa
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Santa Rosa may also refer to:
Places Argentina
*Santa Rosa, Mendoza, a city
* Santa Rosa, Tinogasta, Catamarca
* Santa Rosa, Valle Viejo, Catamarca
*Santa Rosa, La Pampa
* S ...
. The name "Achi" derives from the
Papago word for "ridge."
References
Former populated places in Pima County, Arizona
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