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| • | Tempe (pronounced Tem'pee) is a city located in Maricopa County, Arizona. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 158,625. 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.
Tempe is the location of the head offices of US Airways and the main campus of Arizona State University.
Tempe is a two time winner of the All-America City Award given annually by the National Civic League in 1984/85 and 2003/2004
Tempe is the site of one of the nation's biggest New Year's Eve parties. It was also the site of one of the three Presidential debates in 2004.
Source: [wikipedia: tempe, arizona]
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