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44784. Website. www .phoenix .gov. Phoenix ( / ˈfiːnɪks / ⓘ FEE-niks[ 8][ 9]) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. [ 10] It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States and the most populous state capital in the country.
Area codes. 623, 602, 480, 520, 928. The Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, the Salt River Valley, metro Phoenix, or The Valley, is the largest metropolitan statistical area in the Southwestern United States, with its largest principal city being the city of Phoenix. It includes much of central Arizona.
Valley Metro. The Valley Metro Regional Public Transportation Authority, more popularly known as Valley Metro, is the unified public brand of the regional transit system for the Phoenix metropolitan area. Within the system, it is divided between Valley Metro Bus, which runs all bus operations, Valley Metro Rail, which is responsible for light ...
The backbone of Phoenix's freeway system is composed of three major freeways— Interstate 10, Interstate 17, and U.S. Route 60. Interstate 10, being a transcontinental route between California and Florida, is the most heavily traveled freeway in the Valley of the Sun. Interstate 17 runs down the center of Arizona, connecting Phoenix with ...
The third building, 3838 N. Central Avenue, is built, completing Phoenix City Square. [64] The city purchases the Phoenix Transit System from American Transit, who agrees to continue to manage the operation. [35] The city adopts the Central Phoenix Plan in an attempt to develop the Central Avenue corridor. [65] The first Fiesta Bowl is played ...
Mesa (/ ˈ m eɪ s ə / MAY-sə) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.It is the third-most populous city in Arizona, after Phoenix and Tucson, the 36th-most populous city in the U.S., and the most populous city that is not a county seat (except for independent cities Washington, D.C. and Baltimore which are not part of any county).
Valley Metro Rail. Valley Metro Rail (styled as METRO) is a 29.8-mile (48 km) [ 3] light rail system serving the cities of Phoenix, Tempe, and Mesa in Arizona, USA. The network, which is part of the Valley Metro public transit system, began operations on December 27, 2008. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 10,797,600, or about 34,400 per ...
The history of Phoenix, Arizona, goes back millennia, beginning with nomadic paleo-Indians who existed in the Americas in general, and the Salt River Valley in particular, about 7,000 BC until about 6,000 BC. Mammoths were the primary prey of hunters. As that prey moved eastward, they followed, vacating the area. [ 1]