Gila Bend, Arizona
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Gila Bend, Arizona is a small desert town in Maricopa County known as a historic crossroads and namesake bend along the Gila River in southwestern Arizona.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gila Bend, Arizona canonical | 5 |
| Gila Bend | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2911354 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gila Bend, Arizona Context triple: [lower Gila River, flowsNear, Gila Bend, Arizona]
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A.
Bouse, Arizona
Bouse, Arizona is a small unincorporated desert community and former mining and railroad town in western Arizona.
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B.
Quartzsite, Arizona
Quartzsite, Arizona is a small desert town in western Arizona famous for its massive winter influx of RVers, rockhounds, and swap-meet vendors drawn to its gem shows and mild climate.
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C.
Guadalupe, Arizona
Guadalupe, Arizona is a small, predominantly Yaqui and Mexican-American town in Maricopa County known for its rich cultural traditions and location between Phoenix and Tempe.
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D.
Peach Springs, Arizona
Peach Springs, Arizona is a small unincorporated community in Mohave County that serves as the primary community and administrative center for the Hualapai Nation.
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E.
Yuma, Arizona
Yuma, Arizona is a southwestern Arizona city on the Colorado River known for its historic river crossing, desert climate, and role as a transportation and military hub near the California and Mexico borders.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gila Bend, Arizona Target entity description: Gila Bend, Arizona is a small desert town in Maricopa County known as a historic crossroads and namesake bend along the Gila River in southwestern Arizona.
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A.
Bouse, Arizona
Bouse, Arizona is a small unincorporated desert community and former mining and railroad town in western Arizona.
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B.
Quartzsite, Arizona
Quartzsite, Arizona is a small desert town in western Arizona famous for its massive winter influx of RVers, rockhounds, and swap-meet vendors drawn to its gem shows and mild climate.
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C.
Guadalupe, Arizona
Guadalupe, Arizona is a small, predominantly Yaqui and Mexican-American town in Maricopa County known for its rich cultural traditions and location between Phoenix and Tempe.
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D.
Peach Springs, Arizona
Peach Springs, Arizona is a small unincorporated community in Mohave County that serves as the primary community and administrative center for the Hualapai Nation.
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E.
Yuma, Arizona
Yuma, Arizona is a southwestern Arizona city on the Colorado River known for its historic river crossing, desert climate, and role as a transportation and military hub near the California and Mexico borders.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipality
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| areaCode | 928 ⓘ |
| climate | hot desert climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countrySubdivision | Maricopa County, Arizona ⓘ |
| county | Maricopa County, Arizona ⓘ |
| distanceTo | about 70 miles southwest of Phoenix ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture in surrounding area
ⓘ
services for highway travelers ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
around 230 meters
ⓘ
around 755 feet ⓘ |
| geographicFeature | desert town ⓘ |
| governmentType | town council ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
historic transportation routes
ⓘ
proximity to military ranges ⓘ |
| hasName |
Gila Bend, Arizona
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Gila Bend
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| historicalRole |
crossroads for stage and wagon routes
ⓘ
stop along early automobile highways ⓘ |
| incorporatedIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historic crossroads
ⓘ
namesake bend in the Gila River ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sonoran Desert
ⓘ
Southwest Arizona ⓘ
surface form:
Southwestern Arizona
|
| locatedInTimeZoneRegion |
Mountain Standard Time (no DST, Arizona)
ⓘ
surface form:
Arizona (no DST)
|
| locatedOn | Gila River ⓘ |
| locatedOnRoute |
Arizona State Route 85
ⓘ
Interstate 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gila River bend ⓘ |
| near |
Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range
ⓘ
Sonoran Desert National Monument ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | false ⓘ |
| partOf | Maricopa County, Arizona ⓘ |
| populationCharacteristic | small population ⓘ |
| postalCode | 85337 ⓘ |
| region |
southwestern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American Southwest
|
| state | Arizona ⓘ |
| terrain | arid desert plain ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Mountain Standard Time (no DST)
ⓘ
surface form:
Mountain Standard Time
|
| transportRole | regional transportation hub ⓘ |
| watercourse | Gila River ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gila Bend, Arizona Description of subject: Gila Bend, Arizona is a small desert town in Maricopa County known as a historic crossroads and namesake bend along the Gila River in southwestern Arizona.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gila Bend