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Mesa[mA´su] Pronunciation Key, city (1990 pop. 288,091), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., in the irrigated Salt River valley; inc. 1883. Electronic components, fabricated metals, aircraft, and machine tools are among its various manufactures. Mesa is one of the fastest-growing U.S. cities, marked by a population increase of 89% between 1980 and 1990. Tourism is important, and the citrus and farm products of the area are packed and processed in Mesa. The Mormons who founded the city in 1878 used old Native American irrigation canals for farming in the Salt River valley. A Mormon temple and the chief agricultural experimental farm of the Univ. of Arizona are there. In the city are training sites for major-league baseball teams.
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