Concha and Concho means " shell" in the Spanish and Portuguese languages. The word can also refer to:

Places

Concho, Arizona Concho is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. Concho is located on Arizona State Route 61, west of St. Johns. Concho was the original site for the state capital, due to its pr ...

, a frontier town now functioning as a retirement community in Apache County * Concho, Oklahoma * Concho County, Texas *

Concho, West Virginia Concho is an unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. It used to be known as Thurmond Mountain. The name Concho is derived from the Concho River, in Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spani ...

Concho Valley The Concho Valley is a region in West Texas. The region takes its name from the Concho River ("shell" in Spanish), named due to its abundance of freshwater mussels in the river. Counties There are variations of the region, but according to the C ...

, a region in West Texas *

Fort Concho Fort Concho is a former United States Army installation and National Historic Landmark District located in San Angelo, Texas. It was established in November 1867 at the confluence of the North and South Concho Rivers, on the routes of the But ...

, a National Historic Landmark in San Angelo, Texas

Rivers

* Concho River, a tributary of the Colorado River in Texas *

North Concho River The North Concho River is a river in west-central Texas and one of three tributaries of the Concho River. The river is long. The other two tributaries are the Middle Concho and South Concho Rivers. The Concho River flows into the Colorado River ( ...

, a tributary of the Concho River in Texas *

Middle Concho River Middle or The Middle may refer to: * Centre (geometry), the point equally distant from the outer limits. Places * Middle (sheading), a subdivision of the Isle of Man * Middle Bay (disambiguation) * Middle Brook (disambiguation) * Middle Creek ...

, a tributary of the Concho River in Texas *

South Concho River The South Concho River is one of the few rivers in Texas to run south to north for its entire length. Rising from Anson Springs some south of Christoval, Texas, in Tom Green County, it flows north through the town of Christoval, then continues no ...

, a tributary of the Concho River in Texas

Other

Concho Resources Concho Resources Inc. was a company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration, incorporated and organized in Delaware and headquartered in Midland, Texas, with operations exclusively in the Permian Basin. In 2021, the company was acquired by ConocoPhi ...

Inc., a Texas oil exploration company * Concha (bread), a sweet baked bread originally from México * Concha or concho, a round decorative piece of metal seen on a

western saddle Western saddles are used for western riding and are the saddles used on working horses on cattle ranches throughout the United States, particularly in the west. They are the "cowboy" saddles familiar to movie viewers, rodeo fans, and those who ha ...

and other horse equipment descended from the Spanish tradition * The bowl-shaped part of the auricle (anatomy) (the external ear), nearest the ear canal * Nasal concha (plural conchae) also known as turbinates * Concha, the word "shell" applied to a musical instrument made from an armadillo shell

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