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4 unusual facts about Phoenix metropolitan area


Phoenix Metro

Phoenix metropolitan area, the metropolitan area surrounding and including Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix metropolitan area

Changes in house prices for the area are publicly tracked on a regular basis using the Case–Shiller index; the statistic is published by Standard & Poor's and is also a component of S&P's 20-city composite index of the value of the U.S. residential real estate market.

Most communities in Pinal County use the Pinal County street numbering system, whose point of origin is at SR 287 and 11 Mile Corner Road (the intersection of which is known as "11 Mile Corner").

Portillo's Restaurants

Portillo's is located primarily throughout the Chicago metropolitan area, with two locations in southern California and one in Scottsdale and Tempe, Arizona, both in the Phoenix metropolitan area.


Mountain Time Zone

The Phoenix metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan area in the zone; the largest metropolitan area that observes Mountain Daylight Time is the binational El Paso–Juárez area, closely followed by Denver, Colorado.


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Arizona State Route 587

The entire highway is just six miles (10 km) long, traveling entirely within the Gila River Indian Reservation, and serves as a shortcut from the far southern suburbs of the Phoenix metropolitan area to Interstate 10.