Ak Komelik, Arizona

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Ak Komelik, Arizona
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Ak Komelik, Arizona
Location of Ak Komelik in Arizona
Coordinates: 31°43′04″N112°12′04″W / 31.71778°N 112.20111°W / 31.71778; -112.20111
Country United States
State Arizona
County Pima
Elevation
[1]
2,034 ft (620 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (MST)
Area code 520
FIPS code 04-01125
GNIS feature ID 24297

Ak Komelik is a populated place located in Pima County, Arizona. [2] It is a village in the area of the Baboquivari Peak Wilderness in the Papago Indian Reservation. [3] The name means "flats" in the Papago language. [4] The Jesuit missionary Eusebio Kino is believed to have visited the village in 1698 and called it "Cubit Tubig". [4] It has an estimated elevation of 2,034 feet (620 m) above sea level.

References

  1. ↑ "Feature Detail Report for: Ak Komelik". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Ak Komelik (in Pima County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  3. ↑ Place Names on the Papago, Gila Bend and San Xavier Indian Reservations, Volume 2. U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs. 1941. p. 1.
  4. 1 2 Barnes, Will C. (1960). Arizona Place Names. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press. p. 269. LCCN   59063657.
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