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Clickable map of Arizona area codes in blue (and border states) The U.S. state of Arizona is served by five telephone area codes in three numbering plan areas: Area codes 602, 480, and 623 serve the Phoenix metropolitan area. The three area codes were recombined in 2023 into an overlay complex after a 1999 split:
Chino Valley has a 23-mi (40 km) long north-south section, north of Seligman. The southern section leaves the mesas and flatlands of the southwest Coconino Plateau, and begins a southeast trending route between foothills of mountain ranges to the west, and southwest; Big Black Mesa and an escarpment borders the lower southern section on its northeast, with Big Chino Wash, paralleling 4 mi ...
"Chino" is the Spanish name for the abundant curly grama grass growing in the area. In 1895, a narrow gauge branch of the United Verde and Pacific Railroad to Jerome, joining the Santa Fe, Prescott, and Phoenix Railway, was completed, and Jerome Junction was established. In 1923, the activities of Jerome Junction were absorbed by Chino Valley.
[2] [3] The construction of the highway ultimately left a gash in the range at the border of the Gila River Indian Community within the City of Phoenix and South Mountain Preserve. The South Mountain Preserve is part of the Phoenix Parks System and is the second largest municipal park in Arizona, and the 13th largest municipal park in the world.
With its close proximity to downtown Phoenix, the housing market in South Phoenix continues to thrive. Though much of the area has become predominantly Latino, the areas closer to downtown and Tempe remain predominantly African-American. Census tract 1160, between Broadway and Baseline, has a population of 4,711 and was 56.3% African-American ...
Phoenix: 1871: Pima and Yavapai Counties: The Maricopa (Piipaash) people. First attested in Spanish as Cocomaricopa, no origin or meaning is definitively known. 4,585,871: 9,224 sq mi (23,890 km 2) Mohave County: 015: Kingman: 1864 — The Mohave (Aha Makhav) people. The Mohave endonym means "along the water," referring to the Colorado. [12 ...
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The largest metropolitan areas are the Phoenix metropolitan area – Valley of the Sun, and the Tucson metropolitan area – The Old Pueblo. The regions' populace is nestled in the valley of a desert environment. [2] Similar to Southern California, the urban area extends into Mexico, reaching the communities of Heroica Nogales and Agua Prieta. [2]