Central City Village is the
urban village
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of
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix ( ; nv, Hoozdo; es, Fénix or , yuf-x-wal, Banyà:nyuwá) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States, and the on ...
, that includes the
downtown area of the city. As of 2010, it had a population of 58,161 residents.
Geography
As defined by the boundaries, Central City Village has an area of roughly 10 square miles. This includes not only Downtown, but the close vicinity and the Sky Harbor area directly east. The village is bounded by McDowell Road and the Grand Canal to the north and northeast, the border with
Tempe to the east, the
Salt River to the south, and 19th Avenue/
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to the west.
Features
Because of its location at the historic center of Phoenix, there are many old homes and buildings located in the Central City Village that convey the history of Phoenix. Downtown, which includes the larger commercial and government buildings, as well as sports venues such as
Footprint Center
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Built in the regional population center of the southwestern United Sta ...
and
Chase Field
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, is the core of the village and the city of Phoenix. Because of this, Central City Village is almost unique, in that it has a much more urban environment than the other, more suburban, villages of Phoenix.
The village also includes
Sky Harbor International Airport
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, the busiest airport in Arizona and among the busiest in the nation, which provides domestic air travel, as well as international travel.
Hotel Palomar Phoenix - 2011-07-07 - South East.jpg, Hotel Palomar under construction in Downtown Phoenix, part of the CityScape
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complex
N768AX Boeing 767F DHL (8910766027).jpg, Commercial Airliner taking off from Sky Harbor in Phoenix
See also
*
Urban villages of Phoenix, Arizona
Urban means "related to a city". In that sense, the term may refer to:
* Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas
* Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities
Urban may also refer to:
General
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References
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Urban villages of Phoenix, Arizona