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Location Information:
Tempe
is a city in Maricopa County,
Arizona, USA, with a 2008 population
of 175,523.[ The city is named after
the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe
is located in the East Valley
section of the Phoenix Metropolitan
Area; it is bordered by Phoenix and
Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale on
the north, Chandler on the south,
and Mesa on the east. Tempe is the
location of US Airways Group's
corporate headquarters, and of
Arizona State University's oldest
and largest "Tempe" campus.
Within
Tempe are the Tempe Buttes. The Salt
River runs west through the northern
part of Tempe; part of the river is
dammed in two places to create Tempe
Town Lake.
According to the United States
Census Bureau, the landlocked city
has a total area of 40.2 square
miles (104.1 km˛). The city of Tempe
is bordered by Mesa to the east,
Scottsdale to the north, Phoenix and
Guadalupe to the west, and Chandler
to the south. 40.1 square miles
(103.8 km˛) of it is land and 0.1
square miles (0.3 km˛) of it is
water. The total area is 0.32% water
including Tempe Town Lake.
Tempe
is generally flat, except for Hayden
Butte (generally known as A-Mountain
for Arizona State University's "A"
logo located on its south face),
located next to Sun Devil Stadium,
Twin Buttes and Bell Butte on the
western edge of Tempe, and Papago
Park northwest of Tempe, inside
Phoenix. Elevation ranges from 1,140
feet (350 m) at Tempe Town Lake to
1,495 feet (456 m) atop Hayden
Butte.
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