Category:North America/United States of America/Arizona/Mesa/

Coordinates: 33°24′54″N 111°49′53″W 33.415, -111.83139

Mesa

Mesa (pronounced mes "MACE-uh") is a city in Maricopa County, in the U.S. state of Arizona and is a suburb of Phoenix, within the Phoenix Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the third-largest city in Arizona, after Phoenix and Tucson.Mesa is one of the United States' fastest-growing cities, and currently ranks as the 37th-largest. 2006 Census Bureau estimates put the city's population at 460,155.The city proper has a larger population than better-known U.S. cities such as Cleveland, Miami, Minneapolis, or Pittsburgh.Although it has a large population, Mesa is a "bedroom community." Neighborhoods across the city are diverse some areas have experienced urban blight, while others feature middle class dwellings and elaborate custom homes.Mesa was founded in January 1878 by Latter-day Saint (LDS or Mormon) pioneers and its population is still roughly one-tenth Mormon. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints operates one of its oldest temples in Mesa (the Mesa Arizona Temple).^[1]

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