Tempe, Arizona

Tempe is a city located in Maricopa County, Arizona. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 158,625. Although usually pronounced TEM-pee by outsiders (or occasionally TEM-pay), locals pronouce it as tem-PEE. Darrell Duppa is usually credited with suggesting the name, adopted in 1879, after comparing the Salt River valley near a 300-foot-tall butte to the Vale of Tempe near Mount Olympus in Greece. Duppa also had the honor of giving name to Phoenix, Arizona, 11 years earlier.

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Maricopa County - Arizona - 2000 - Darrell Duppa - Salt River - Butte - Vale of Tempe - Mount Olympus - Greece - Phoenix, Arizona

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Tempe is the location of the head offices of America West Airlines and the main campus of Arizona State University.

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America West Airlines - Arizona State University

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The city is known in Pima as Oidbaḍ.

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Tempe is the site of one of the nation's biggest New Years Eve Parties. It was also the site of one of the three Presidential debates in 2004.

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