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The Town of Marana is highlighted in red. Information for unincorporated locations and borders are based on the Census 2000 Pima County Tract Outline Index Map ( PDF ). I created this map in w:Inkscape .
Marana was named for the Spanish word maraña ("thicket") by 19th-century railroad workers who had to clear a line through the area. In 2007, Marana began hosting the PGA Tour's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (now the WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship). Held in late February, the event included the world's top 64 professional golfers.
In 1999 the Town of Marana bought the airport for Pima County and changed the name to Marana Northwest Regional Airport, then in 2002 renamed it to Marana Regional Airport. [ 4 ] According to the Marana Regional Airport 2017 Airport Master Plan, the airport plans to extend the end of runway 3 to 5,830 ft × 75 ft (1,777 m × 23 m), a 50% increase.
Marana may refer to: Maraña, a village in León, Spain; Maraṇa, the Pali/Sanskrit term for death; Marana, Arizona, a town in Pima County, Arizona, United States; Marana, Estonia, a village in Estonia; Marana, Syria, a village in Syria; Uva Marana, a synonym of the Italian wine grape Verdicchio; Marana Regional Airport, an airport in Arizona ...
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City/Town/etc. Population (2020 Census) Municipal type Incorporated 1 San Tan Valley: 99,894 CDP: 2 Queen Creek (Mostly in Maricopa County) 59,519 Town 1990 3 Maricopa: 58,125 City 2003 4 Casa Grande: 53,658 City 1879 (founded) 5 Marana (mostly in Pima County) 51,908 Town 1977 6 Apache Junction (partially in Maricopa County) 38,499 City 1978 7 ...
Built in 1942 by the Sundt and Del Webb Construction Companies and opened in March 1943, the facility was known as Marana Army Air Field. During World War II , the airfield was under the command of the 389th Army Air Force Base Unit, AAF West Coast Training Center and used as a training base, as part of the 50,000 Pilot Training Program.
Marana Unified School District (MUSD) is an above average, public school district located in Marana, AZ, comprising 17 schools in Pima County, Arizona. It has its headquarters in Marana . It has 12,293 students in grades PK, K-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 19 to 1, about 650 teachers.