Sells, Arizona
Sells, Arizona
O'odham: Komkcʼeḍ ʼe-Wa:ʼosidk | |
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Sells Indian School, 1940s | |
Location in Pima County and the state of Arizona | |
| Coordinates: 31°54′46″N 111°52′31″W / 31.91278°N 111.87528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Pima |
| Tribe | Tohono O'odham Nation |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.24 sq mi (23.94 km2) |
| • Land | 9.23 sq mi (23.92 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,392 ft (729 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,121 |
| • Density | 229.69/sq mi (88.68/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST (no DST)) |
| ZIP code | 85634 |
| Area code | 520 |
| FIPS code | 04-65490 |
| GNIS feature ID | 11073 |
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Sells (O'odham: Komkcʼeḍ ʼe-Wa:ʼosidk) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 2,799 at the 2000 census. It is the capital of the Tohono O'odham Nation and the home of several tribal businesses, such as Tohono O'Odham Ki:Ki Association. Originally named Indian Oasis, by cattle-ranchers/businessmen brothers, Joseph and Louis Ménager in 1912. The Ménager brothers also built and ran the Indian Oasis Mercantile Store. The settlement took its present English name in 1918 to honor Indian Commissioner Cato Sells. The O'odham name means "Tortoise Got Wedged".
Sells is near the Kitt Peak National Observatory.