Tempe

Tempe is a city of 180,587 in the area of , best known as the home of Arizona State University. Its younger, student-heavy population allows it to offer a vibrant nightlife that is relatively rare in Arizona.
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  • Type: City with 193,000 residents
  • Description: city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
  • Also known as: Butte City”, “Haydens Butte”, “Haydens Ferry”, “Haydens Mill”, “San Pablo”, “Tempe, Arizona”, and “Tempe, AZ
  • Postal codes: 85280-85285, 85287, and 85288

Places of Interest

Highlights include Desert Financial Arena and Arizona State University Art Museum.

Stadium
Photo: YF12s, CC BY 2.5.
is a 14,198-seat multi-purpose arena located at 600 E Veterans Way in Tempe, Arizona, United States, in the .

Museum
The is an art museum operated by Arizona State University, located on its main campus in Tempe, Arizona. The Art Museum has some 12,000 objects in its permanent collection and describes its primary focuses as contemporary…

Peak
Photo: Tjnelso1, Public domain.
is the official name of an andesite butte of volcanic origin, located partially on Arizona State University's Tempe campus in Tempe, Arizona.

Tempe

Latitude
33.4255° or 33° 25′ 32″ north
Longitude
-111.94° or 111° 56′ 24″ west
Population
193,000
Elevation
1,181 feet (360 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US TPE
Open location code
855CC3G5+6X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150937357
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5317058
Wiki­data ID
Q51685
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Tempe” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: تمب
  • Arabic: تمبي
  • Armenian: Տենպե
  • Asturian: Tempe
  • Basque: Tempe
  • Belarusian: Тэмпэ
  • Bengali: টেম্পে
  • Breton: Tempe
  • Bulgarian: Темпи
  • Catalan: Tempe
  • Cebuano: Tempe
  • Central Kurdish: تێمپی
  • Chechen: Темпе
  • Chinese: 坦佩
  • Cornish: Tempe, Arisona
  • Cornish: Tempe
  • Croatian: Tempe, Arizona
  • Croatian: Tempe
  • Czech: Tempe
  • Dagbani: Tempe
  • Danish: Hayden’s Ferry
  • Danish: Tempe
  • Dutch: Tempe
  • Egyptian Arabic: تمبى
  • Esperanto: Tempe
  • Finnish: Tempe
  • French: Tempe
  • German: Tempe
  • Gilaki: تمپي (آريزؤنا)
  • Gilaki: تمپي
  • Greek: Τεμπί, Αριζόνα
  • Greek: Τεμπί
  • Gujarati: ટેમ્પે
  • Haitian: Tempe, Arizona
  • Haitian: Tempe
  • Hebrew: טמפה
  • Hindi: टेम्पे
  • Hungarian: Tempe
  • Icelandic: Tempe
  • Ido: Tempe, Arizona
  • Ido: Tempe
  • Indonesian: Tempe, Arizona
  • Indonesian: Tempe
  • Irish: Tempe, Arizona
  • Irish: Tempe
  • Italian: Tempe
  • Japanese: テンピ
  • Kannada: ಟೆಂಪೆ
  • Korean: 템피
  • Ladin: Tempe
  • Latvian: Tempe
  • Latvian: Tempī
  • Lithuanian: Tempė
  • Macedonian: Темпи
  • Malagasy: Tempe, Arizona
  • Malagasy: Tempe
  • Malay: Tempe
  • Maltese: Tempe
  • Marathi: टेम्पे
  • Mazanderani: تمپی
  • Moksha: Тэмпэ
  • Newari: तेम्पे, एरिजोना
  • Newari: तेम्पे
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tempe
  • Norwegian: Tempe
  • Occitan (post 1500): Tempe
  • Ossetian: Темпе
  • Persian: تمپی، آریزونا
  • Persian: تمپی
  • Piemontese: Tempe
  • Polish: Tempe
  • Portuguese: Tempe, Arizona
  • Portuguese: Tempe
  • Romanian: Tempe, Arizona
  • Romanian: Tempe
  • Russian: Темпе
  • Scots: Tempe, Arizona
  • Scots: Tempe
  • Serbian: Темпи
  • Serbo-Croatian: Tempe, Arizona
  • Serbo-Croatian: Tempe
  • Sindhi: ٽيمپي
  • Sinhala: ටෙම්පේ
  • Slovak: Tempe
  • Slovenian: Tempe
  • South Azerbaijani: تمپ، آریزونا
  • Spanish: Tempe (Arizona)
  • Spanish: Tempe
  • Swahili: Tempe, Arizona
  • Swahili: Tempe
  • Swedish: Tempe
  • Tagalog: Tempe, Arizona
  • Tagalog: Tempe
  • Talysh: Tempe
  • Tamil: டம்பெ
  • Tatar: Темпи
  • Telugu: టెంపే
  • Thai: เทมพี
  • Turkish: Tempe, Arizona
  • Turkish: Tempe
  • Ukrainian: Темпе
  • Ukrainian: Темпі
  • Urdu: ٹیمپے، ایریزونا
  • Urdu: ٹیمپے
  • Uzbek: Tempe
  • Venetian: Tempe
  • Vietnamese: Tempe, Arizona
  • Vietnamese: Tempe
  • Volapük: Tempe
  • Waray (Philippines): Tempe, Arizona
  • Waray (Philippines): Tempe
  • Welsh: Tempe, Arizona
  • Welsh: Tempe
  • Western Mari: Темпе
  • Wu Chinese: 坦佩(亚利桑那州)
  • Wu Chinese: 坦佩
  • Tempe

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