Phoenix metropolitan area

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metropolitan area urban area

The Phoenix metropolitan area is a large, rapidly growing urban region in central Arizona centered on the city of Phoenix and known for its desert climate, sprawling suburbs, and major economic and cultural influence in the American Southwest.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Greater Phoenix 5
East Valley of the Phoenix metropolitan area 1
Phoenix metro 1

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf metropolitan area ⓘ
urban area ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Greater Phoenix

Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Phoenix metro
averageSummerHighTemperature very high ⓘ
climate hot desert climate ⓘ
containsCity Avondale, Arizona ⓘ
Buckeye, Arizona ⓘ
Chandler ⓘ
surface form: Chandler, Arizona

Gilbert, Arizona ⓘ
Glendale, Arizona ⓘ
Goodyear, Arizona ⓘ
Mesa, Arizona ⓘ
Peoria, Arizona ⓘ
Phoenix ⓘ
surface form: Phoenix, Arizona

Scottsdale, Arizona ⓘ
Surprise, Arizona ⓘ
Tempe, Arizona, USA ⓘ
surface form: Tempe, Arizona
containsCounty Maricopa County, Arizona ⓘ
Pinal County, Arizona ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalRole major cultural center of the American Southwest ⓘ
dominantIndustry financial services ⓘ
healthcare ⓘ
real estate and construction ⓘ
technology and electronics manufacturing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
economicRole major economic hub of the American Southwest ⓘ
regional economic center of Arizona ⓘ
geographyFeature Valley of the Sun ⓘ
governedAs multi-jurisdictional region ⓘ
hasAirport Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport ⓘ
Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport ⓘ
hasCoreCity Phoenix ⓘ
surface form: Phoenix, Arizona
hasLightRailSystem Valley Metro ⓘ
surface form: Valley Metro Rail
hasMajorUniversity Arizona State University ⓘ
hasMajorUniversityCampus Arizona State University ⓘ
surface form: Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix campus

Arizona State University ⓘ
surface form: Arizona State University Polytechnic campus

Arizona State University ⓘ
surface form: Arizona State University Tempe campus

Arizona State University ⓘ
surface form: Arizona State University West campus
hasProfessionalSportsTeam Arizona Cardinals ⓘ
Arizona Coyotes ⓘ
Arizona Diamondbacks ⓘ
Phoenix Mercury ⓘ
Phoenix Suns ⓘ
hasRegionalPlanningOrganization Maricopa Association of Governments ⓘ
knownFor automobile-oriented urban form ⓘ
desert landscape ⓘ
rapid population growth ⓘ
sprawling suburbs ⓘ
locatedIn Arizona ⓘ
Sonoran Desert ⓘ
southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern United States
majorBeltway Loop 101 ⓘ
Loop 202 ⓘ
Loop 303 ⓘ
majorInterstateHighway Interstate 10 ⓘ
Interstate 17 ⓘ
majorRiver Gila River ⓘ
Salt River ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime false ⓘ
partOf Arizona Sun Corridor ⓘ
populationTrend rapidly growing ⓘ
precipitationPattern low annual rainfall ⓘ
sportsEventHost Cactus League spring training ⓘ
Super Bowl ⓘ
timeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Mountain Standard Time
transportationHubFor air travel in the Southwest ⓘ
interstate highway network in Arizona ⓘ

Referenced by (54)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Phoenix metropolitan area → alsoKnownAs → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Phoenix
Phoenix metropolitan area → alsoKnownAs → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenix metro
Arizona State University → cityServed → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
PHX Sky Train → cityServed → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
southwestern United States → contains → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
subject surface form: Southwestern United States
Mexican Americans → ethnicGroupIn → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Gila River → flowsThrough → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Salt River → flowsThrough → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
western United States → hasPart → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
South Mountain → hasViewOf → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Maricopa County, Arizona → isCoreOf → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
KPHX → isMajorAirportFor → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Mesa, Arizona → isPartOf → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Valley of the Phoenix metropolitan area
Arizona State Route 143 → locatedIn → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Arizona State Route 202 → locatedIn → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Chandler → locatedIn → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Gilbert → locatedIn → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
subject surface form: Gilbert, Arizona
Glendale, Arizona → locatedIn → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Mesa, Arizona → locatedIn → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Surprise, Arizona → locatedIn → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Tempe → locatedIn → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Fiesta Bowl → locatedInArea → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community → locatedNear → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Arizona Cardinals → location → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Arizona Coyotes → location → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Salt River → majorRiverFor → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Peoria → metroArea → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
subject surface form: Peoria, Arizona
Phoenix → metroAreaName → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Sky Harbor Airport → metroAreaServed → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Bradshaw Mountains region → near → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Camelback Mountain → overlooks → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Chandler → partOf → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Phoenix
Gilbert → partOf → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
subject surface form: Gilbert, Arizona
this entity surface form: Greater Phoenix
Maricopa County, Arizona → partOf → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Peoria → partOf → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
subject surface form: Peoria, Arizona
Peoria, Arizona → partOf → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Scottsdale, Arizona → partOf → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Surprise → partOf → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Tempe → partOf → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Phoenix
Tempe, Arizona, USA → partOf → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
subject surface form: Tempe, Arizona
Surprise, Arizona → partOfMetropolitanArea → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Phoenix
University of Phoenix Stadium → partOfUrbanArea → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Surprise Stadium → region → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Arizona State Route 143 → regionServed → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
PHX → serves → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport → serves → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Phoenix Symphony → serves → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Valley Metro → serves → Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ