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Phoenix Metropolitan Area
Welcome to Phoenix Area Guide - the most comprehensive and intuitive Phoenix Area Guide website in Arizona.
Whether your interests are in Golf, the many fine Resorts and Hotels, fine Dining, Art Galleries, Outdoor Recreation, or Real Estate, the Phoenix Area Guide has it all.
About Phoenix
One of the most liveable cities in the country, the Phoenix metropolitan
area is expected to lead the nation in percentage population growth
over the next 25 years. Phoenix boasts some of the most beautiful
homes in the world with such real estate in Paradise Valley, Carefree,
Cave Creek, and Scottsdale, where the rich and famous live, dine,
and play in the lap of luxury and where families of the affluent
grow and prosper. Other communities in the metropolitan area include;
Mesa, Anthem, Chandler, Gilbert, Tempe, Peoria, and Surprise and
are renowned as great places to raise a family as Phoenix is also
a national leader in job growth. The demand for Phoenix real estate
will continue to make the area a great place to invest your real
estate dollars. For comprehensive information about the Phoenix
area real estate market or for a complete MLS search of real estate
in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Anthem, Gilbert, Mesa,
Chandler, Tempe, Fountain Hills, Cave Creek, Carefree, Peoria, or
Surprise just click on the Real Estate link to the left.
Fast Facts about Phoenix
| Incorporated | 1881 |
| Form of government | Council-Manager |
| Population (fifth largest city in United States) | 1,475,834
(as of Sept. 1, 2005)
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| Area (in square miles) | 515.9125
(larger than Los Angeles)
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| Average annual temperature (Fahrenheit) | 72.6 |
| Average precipitation in inches | 7.66 |
| Average number of days of sunshine per year | 325 |
| Moody's (bond rating) |
Aa1 |
| Bonds and Taxes | |
| Standard & Poor's (bond rating) | AA+ |
| City sales tax rate | 1.8% |
| City property tax rate
(Per $100 of assessed valuation)
| $1.82 |
| Aviation | |
| Number of airports | 3 |
| Passengers enplaned and deplaned | 35,500,000 |
| Takeoffs and landings 2001 (includes general aviation)
| 561,000 |
| Parks and Recreation | |
| Total acreage (includes Mountains Preserve) | 37,188 |
| Parks cleaned and maintained | 207 |
| Mountain parks
| 7 |
| Municipal golf courses (five 18-hole/ three 9-hole)
| 8 |
| Miles of bicycle pathways
| 412 |
| Municipal swimming pools
| 29 |
| Municipal tennis courts
| 136 |
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