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City (pop., 2000: 158,625), southwest-central Arizona, U.S. Tempe is located on the Salt River , near Phoenix .
First settled in 1872, it was renamed in 1880 for the Vale of Tempe in Greece. After World War II the city experienced rapid residential and economic growth with light-industrial development. Arizona State University (founded 1885), located there, has an auditorium designed by Frank Lloyd Wright .