Sahuarita, Arizona
| Sahuarita, Arizona | |
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| Town | |
Sahuarita Town Hall
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 Location in Pima County and the state of Arizona |
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| Coordinates: 31°55′45″N 110°58′56″W / 31.92917°N 110.98222°WCoordinates: 31°55′45″N 110°58′56″W / 31.92917°N 110.98222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Pima |
| Founded | 1911 |
| Incorporated | 1994 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Duane Blumberg |
| Area | |
| • Total | 30 sq mi (80 km2) |
| • Land | 30 sq mi (80 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,703 ft (824 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 25,259 |
| • Estimate (2014) | 27,547 |
| • Density | 160/sq mi (60/km2) |
| Time zone | MST (no DST) (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 85629 |
| Area code(s) | 520 |
| FIPS code | 04-62140 |
| Website | http://www.ci.sahuarita.az.us/ |
Sahuarita /sɑːwəˈriːtə/ is a town in Pima County, Arizona, United States. Sahuarita is located south of the Tohono O'odham Nation and abuts the north end of Green Valley, 15 miles (24 km) south of Tucson. The population was 25,259 at the 2010 census.
Sahuarita was founded in 1911 and incorporated in 1994.
The first known human inhabitants of the Sahuarita region were the Hohokam people, which may be the ancestors of the modern day Tohono O'odham nation. The Hohokam were known for their highly innovative and extensive use of irrigation. The Hohokam were a very peaceful people, they had extensive trade routes extending to mesoamerica, and showed many cultural influences from their southern neighbors.
The Sobaipuri were possibly related to the Hohokam, and occupied the Southern portion of the Santa Cruz, with the Pima to their North and South. While Coronado passed just East of Sahuarita in 1521, it wasn't until Eusebio Kino's 1691 journey along the Santa Cruz River that he met the leaders of the Sobaipuri people. Kino was a true champion of the indigenous Indians, opposing forced labor in mines by Spanish overseers. Kino would later go on to found the Mission San Xavier del Bac in 1699, just north of Sahuarita. In 1775, Francisco Garcés would follow the same path, laying the groundwork for the founding of Tucson.
In 1775, after building a series of missions in the region, the Spanish established a fort in the Tucson region to control the Native American settlements nearby. This just north of Sahuarita, which effectively placed the region under Spanish control. Eventually a town came to be and was named Tucson. After the Mexican War of Independence in 1821, the region came under Mexican control until they sold the land to the United States as part of the Gadsden Purchase.
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