Yuma, Arizona
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N 32° 43.262 W 114° 37.170
11S E 723100 N 3622867
The county seat of Yuma County marks the halfway point for travelers between San Diego and Phoenix.
Waymark Code: WM15Q3B
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 02/07/2022
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Taken from Wikipedia, "Yuma (Cocopah: Yuum) is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. The city's population was 93,064 at the 2010 census, up from the 2000 census population of 77,515.
Yuma is the principal city of the Yuma, Arizona, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Yuma County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the 2020 estimated population of the Yuma MSA is 203,247. More than 85,000 retirees make Yuma their winter residence.
Yuma is in the state's southwest corner, in the Sonoran Desert, Yuma Desert sub-region."
Taken from the guidebook, "YUMA; (137 alt., 15,000 pop.), three miles west of the confluence of the Colorado and Gila rivers, is set on bluffs overlooking the Colorado and on sandy rocky hills back of the bluffs." -- page 272, Arizona, the Grand Canyon State
Book: Arizona
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 272
Year Originally Published: 1940
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