Arivaca, Arizona

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Arivaca, Arizona is an unincorporated community thirty miles north, and twenty-three miles west of the Mexican border at Nogales, Arizona. With a population of about 3,000, it is the oldest continuously inhabited community in Arizona.[citation needed]

The name of the area is O'odham, meaning "small pool" ('ali', small; 'wa:k', pool).

Coordinates: 31°34′29″N, 111°19′56″W