Gila Bend
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town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Maricopa
- Mayor
- Tommy Sikes
- Town manager
- Katherine Valenzuela
- Total
- 64.37 sq mi (166.71 km )
- Land
- 64.37 sq mi (166.71 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 696 ft (212 m)
- Density
- 29.4/sq mi (11.35/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-7 ( MST (no DST ))
- Fips code
- 04-27050
- Website
- www .gilabendaz .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Gila Bend
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Arizona
- Population
- 1892
- Area
- 143.412444
- Elevation
- 224
- Time zone
- Mountain Time Zone
- Official website
- www.gilabendaz.org
- Image
- Gilabendsign.jpg
- Households
- 654
- Dialing code
- 928
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- postal code
- 85337
- native label
- Hila Wi:n
- Commons category
- Gila Bend, Arizona
- inception
- 1872-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0
- water area
- 0
- per capita income
- 20972
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Gila Bend (/ˌhiːlə ˈbɛnd/; O'odham: Hila Wi:n), founded in 1872, is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The town is named for an approximately 90-degree bend in the Gila River, which is near the community's current location. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 1,892.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gila Bend” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
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