Tempe
city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
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Summary
Tempe is a city in the United States[1]. Tempe ranks in the top 2% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,320 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Maricopa County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Head of government: Corey Woods[5]
- Instance of: big city[6]
- Named after: Vale of Tempe[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Regensburg[8], Skopje[9], Lower Hutt[10], Timbuktu[11], Zhenjiang[12]
- Postal code: 85280[13], 85281[14], 85282[15], 85283[16], 85284[17], 85285[18], 85287[19], 85288[20]
- Commons category: Tempe, Arizona[21]
- Located in time zone: Mountain Time Zone[22]
- Local dialing code: 480[23]
- Inception: 1879[24]
- Located in/on physical feature: Salt River Valley[25]
- Official website: http://www.tempe.gov[26], https://www.tempe.gov/[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tempe, Arizona[28]
- Population: 161,719[29], 180,587[30]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Tempe, Arizona[31]
- Official name: Tempe[32]
- Category for people born here: Q21000672[33]
- Category for people who died here: Q21000673[34]
- Number of households: 76,218[35]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Tempe, Arizona[36]
- Owner of: Tempe Municipal Building[37]
- Elevation above sea level: 456 m[38]
- Area: 104.184796 km²[39], 104.094817 km²[40], 103.416305 km²[41], 0.678512 km²[42], 104.008133 km²[43], 103.448358 km²[44], 0.559775 km²[45]
- Water as percent of area: 0.6518 percent[46]
Why It Matters
Tempe has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Tempe is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]