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The Gila River Valley is a multi-sectioned valley of the Gila River, located primarily in Arizona. The Gila River forms in western New Mexico and flows west across southeastern, south-central, and southwestern Arizona; it changes directions as it progresses across the state, and defines specific areas and valleys.
The Gila River (/ ˈ h iː l ə /; O'odham [Pima]: Keli Akimel or simply Akimel, Quechan: Haa Siʼil, Maricopa language: Xiil [4]) is a 649-mile-long (1,044 km) [1] tributary of the Colorado River flowing through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States.
The Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) (O'odham language: Keli Akimel Oʼotham, meaning "Gila River People", Maricopa language: Pee-Posh) is an Indian reservation in the U.S. state of Arizona, lying adjacent to the south side of the cities of Chandler and Phoenix, within the Phoenix Metropolitan Area in Pinal and Maricopa counties.
The Gila River valley was attractive for human settlement because the river was one of the few dependable water sources in the arid southwestern United States. In the 18th and 19th century, the Gila valley near the present day town was the homeland of the Bedonkohe band of the Chiricahua Apache.
Globe is in southern Gila County at (33.399858, −110.781570), [6] in the valley of Pinal Creek, a north-flowing tributary of the Salt U.S. Route 60 passes through the city, leading northeast through the Fort Apache Indian Reservation 87 miles (140 km) to Show Low, and west 87 miles (140 km) to Phoenix.
The South Mountains comprise three mountain ranges: the Guadalupe Range, Gila Range and Ma Ha Tuak Range. Gila Valley Lookout is the highest point accessible by trail at 2,620 ft (800 m). Alta Ridge is the ridge on the eastern end of Maricopa peak. Telegraph Pass is a gap that separates the Guadalupe Range to the east and the Gila Range to the ...
Pima Butte (Maricopa: Vii Vav) is a mountain summit in Pinal County, Arizona eight miles north of present-day Maricopa, Arizona.Pima Butte rises to 1,660 feet (510 meters) above sea level. [1]
Gila County (/ ˈ h iː l ə / HEE-lə) is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,272. [1] The county seat is Globe. [2] Gila County comprises the Payson, Arizona micropolitan statistical area which is included in the greater Phoenix–Mesa, AZ combined statistical area.