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Scottsdale| City in south-central Arizona, a largely residential suburb 13 km/8 mi east of central Phoenix; population (1990) 130,100. The business district features Arizona arts and crafts and retail stores. Products include electronic components, clothing, and ceramics, and there is a growing financial and corporate sector. Tourism is also important. |
| Settled in 1895, Scottsdale is now a rapidly expanding centre for resort and retirement communities. Visitors are attracted to Taliesin West, the architectural school established in 1937 by Frank Lloyd Wright; the Cosanti Foundation, an architectural and crafts complex initiated in 1956; and Rawhide, a replica of an 1880s Western town, among other sites. |
| The city lies at the western edge of the Salt River Indian Reservation. |
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