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Mesa, Arizona

Northern America

Mesa is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, with a population of about 504,000 at the 2020 census, making it the third most populous city in Arizona after Phoenix and Tucson. Part of the Phoenix metropolitan area, Mesa was originally settled by Mormon pioneers in the 1870s and has since grown into a major center for higher education, aerospace manufacturing and healthcare in the East Valley.

Facts
Population
504,258 1
Area (sq km)
361.09 1
Founding Year
1878 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
404 1
Converted from the infobox raw value of 1,326 ft (1 ft = 0.3048 m); no metric elevation field was given.
Latitude
33.422222 degrees north 1
Longitude
111.822778 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Dry 3
Time Zone
UTC-07:00 4
Connections

Associated With

Arizona, States or Territories
United States, Countries
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Hughes Helicopters

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Sources
1. Mesa, Arizona (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    The population was 504,258 at the 2020 census.
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    361.09
  • Infobox: elevation_ft
    1,326
  • Wikipedia API, prop=coordinates (latitude)
    "lat":33.42222222,"lon":-111.82277778
  • Wikipedia API, prop=coordinates (longitude)
    "lat":33.42222222,"lon":-111.82277778
  • Infobox: established_date
    1878
  • In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 33.4222,-111.8228
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
Quote, results elevation
"elevation": 380.0
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 33.25, -111.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 33.25, -111.75
33.25 -111.75 BWh
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4. GeoNames: Mesa - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 5304391, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.01 km)
Quote, cities500 record 5304391, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.01 km)
33.42227 -111.82264 P PPL US AZ 013 471825 378 380 America/Phoenix
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Wikidata: Mesa, Arizona
Wikidata Q49261, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Wikidata: United States
On Continent: North America, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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