Tempe (Arizona)
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 Tempe City Hall |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1879 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Arizona |
| County : | Maricopa County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 25 ′ N , 111 ° 54 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Mountain Standard Time ( UTC − 7 ) |
| Residents : | 182,498 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 1,783.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 102.3 km 2 (about 39 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 360 m |
| Postcodes : | 85281-85285, 85287 |
| Area code : | +1 480 |
| FIPS : | 04-73000 |
| GNIS ID : | 0012233 |
| Website : | www.tempe.gov |
| Mayor : | Mark Mitchell |
 The Diablo ballpark |
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Tempe is a city in the US state of Arizona ( United States ) and flows into Arizona's capital, Phoenix . Tempe has a population of over 180,000 (2016 estimate, US Census Bureau ) and, like a number of other cities, belongs to the greater Phoenix area.
The urban area has a size of 104.1 km². The Salt River flows through the city and is dammed into Tempe Town Lake in the urban area .
Tempe is home to Arizona State University , the second largest university in the United States by student numbers . The headquarters of US Airways , which ceased operations in 2015 after merging with American Airlines ( Fort Worth ), was also in the city .
In contrast to Phoenix, Tempe has an appealing city center with the Arizona State University campus , with more pedestrians than cars. There are many bars and restaurants here, which are mainly used by the university students.
Interstate 10 , US Highway 60 and Arizona State Routes 101 and 202 run through Tempe .
history
The area around Tempe was the seat of the Hohokamindians , who dug canals for irrigation and left this area in the 15th century. Fort McDowell was founded 40 km northeast of present-day Tempe. The pioneer Darrell Duppa is said to have named the settlement after the Tempe valley near Mount Olympus in Greece .
Population development
| year | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 |
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| Residents ¹ | 106,743 | 141.993 | 158,625 | 161,719 |
¹ census results
Twin cities
Tempe has twinned with
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Sports
Since 2005, the Ironman Arizona, a long-distance triathlon (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) has been held here in November .
sons and daughters of the town
- Carl Hayden (1877–1972), politician
- Robert Finch (1925–1995), politician
- Chad Taylor (* 1973), jazz drummer
- Sally Meyerhoff (1983-2011), long-distance runner
- Nick Johnson (born 1992), basketball player
- Alex Lawson (* 1994), tennis player
- Marvin Bagley (* 1999), basketball player
