Southwest
Arizona
Maricopa County

Gila Bend

Gila Bend, founded in 1872, is a town in , , United States. The town is named for an approximately 90-degree bend in the , which is near the community's current location.
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  • Type: Town with 1,890 residents
  • Description: town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
  • Also known as: “Big Bend”, “Gila Bend Station”, “Gila Bend, Arizona”, “Gila Bend, AZ”, “Gila Ranch”, “Gila Station”, “Old Fort”, “Opansoitak”, “Opasoitac”, “Rinconada”, “San Simon y Judas”, “Santos Apostoles San Simon y Judas”, “Tesota”, “Tezotal”, “Uhupat Oidak”, “Uparsoytac”, “Upasoitac”, and “Uupatoitak”
  • Postal code: 85337

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gila Bend High School and Gatlin Site.

School
is a high school in Gila Bend, Arizona under the jurisdiction of the Gila Bend Unified School District. It is a member of the CAA.

Ruins
The is an archaeological site in Gila Bend, Arizona. The site preserves one of the few documented Hohokam platform mounds. Associated with the mound are pit houses, ball courts, middens, and prehistoric canals. is situated 2½ miles north of Gila Bend.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Lucy Village.

Village
is a populated place situated in , , United States. It has an estimated elevation of 702 feet above sea level. It is located one mile north of Gila Bend and has approximately 300 residents, almost all Tohono O'odham.

Gila Bend

Latitude
32.94762° or 32° 56′ 51″ north
Longitude
-112.7145° or 112° 42′ 52″ west
Population
1,890
Elevation
735 feet (224 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US GBN
Open location code
8549W7XP+26
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150965671
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5295860
Wiki­data ID
Q991040
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Gila Bend” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غيلا بيند”
  • Basque: “Gila Bend”
  • Bulgarian: “Гила Бенд”
  • Bulgarian: “Хила Бенд”
  • Catalan: “Gila Bend”
  • Cebuano: “Gila Bend”
  • Chechen: “Гила-Бенд”
  • Chinese: “Gila Bend”
  • Chinese: “希拉本德”
  • Croatian: “Gila Bend, Arizona”
  • Croatian: “Gila Bend”
  • Czech: “Gila Bend”
  • Dagbani: “Gila Bend”
  • Dutch: “Gila Bend”
  • French: “Gila Bend”
  • German: “Gila Bend”
  • Gilaki: “گیلا بند (آريزؤنا)”
  • Gilaki: “گیلا بند”
  • Haitian: “Gila Bend, Arizona”
  • Haitian: “Gila Bend”
  • Hungarian: “Gila Bend”
  • Ido: “Gila Bend, Arizona”
  • Ido: “Gila Bend”
  • Italian: “Gila Bend”
  • Japanese: “ヒラ・ベンド”
  • Ladin: “Gila Bend”
  • Mazanderani: “هیلا بند”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gila Bend”
  • Newari: “गिला बेन्ड (एरिजोना)”
  • Newari: “गिला बेन्ड, एरिजोना”
  • Newari: “गिला बेन्ड”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gila Bend”
  • Norwegian: “Gila Bend”
  • Persian: “جیلا بند، آریزونا”
  • Persian: “جیلا بند، اریزونا”
  • Persian: “جیلا بند”
  • Persian: “هیلا بند”
  • Polish: “Gila Bend”
  • Portuguese: “Gila Bend”
  • Russian: “Хила-Бенд (город)”
  • Russian: “Хила-Бенд”
  • Serbian: “Gila Bend”
  • Serbian: “Hila Bend”
  • Serbian: “Хила Бенд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gila Bend, Arizona”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gila Bend”
  • Slovak: “Gila Bend”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جیلا بند، آریزونا”
  • Spanish: “Gila Bend (Arizona)”
  • Spanish: “Gila Bend”
  • Tatar: “Гила-Бенд”
  • Turkish: “Gila Bend”
  • Ukrainian: “Гіла-Бенд”
  • Ukrainian: “Джила-Бенд”
  • Volapük: “Gila Bend”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gila Bend, Arizona”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gila Bend”
  • Welsh: “Gila Bend, Arizona”
  • Welsh: “Gila Bend”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gila Bend”. Photo: Mavarin, CC BY-SA 3.0.