Phoenix police investigating woman’s death on Piestewa Peak

PHOENIX — Phoenix police say detectives are investigating how a girl died Friday afternoon at Piestewa Peak. 

Police haven’t but revealed how or the place precisely on the mountain climbing path the girl died. 

Piestewa Peak is among the highest factors within the Phoenix mountains and town not too long ago introduced it was closing its trails from Friday by way of Sunday attributable to extreme warmth. The closure solely applies to the afternoon hours. 

This is a creating story and updates might be posted as they grow to be out there. 

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“The Valley” is what locals name the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is taken into account the biggest metropolitan space within the Southwest.  

The Valley is made up of varied main cities aside from Phoenix, together with:  

• Mesa  

• Chandler  

• Scottsdale  

• Tempe  

• Glendale  

• Surprise  

• Peoria  

• Gilbert  

• El Mirage 

• Avondale 

• Litchfield Park 

• Goodyear 

• Buckeye 

Whether a metropolis is within the “East Valley” or “West Valley” relies upon on the place it’s in relation to Phoenix.  

The cities of the Valley have a mixed inhabitants of 4,845,832 folks, based on the 2020 United States Census. This makes it the eleventh largest metropolitan space within the nation proper behind the Boston and Atlanta areas. 

Maricopa County is the United States’ 4th largest county by way of inhabitants with 4,485,414 folks, based on the 2020 Census. 

The county incorporates round 63% of Arizona’s inhabitants and is 9,224 sq. miles. That makes the county bigger than seven U.S. states (Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire). 

One of the biggest park programs within the nation can also be positioned in Maricopa County. The county has an estimated 120,000 acres of open space parks that features tons of of miles of trails, nature facilities and campgrounds. 

The county’s seat is positioned in Phoenix, which can also be the state capital and the census-designated 5th most populous metropolis within the United States. 

The county was named after the Maricopa, or Piipaash, Native American Tribe.