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Pima Butte (Maricopa : Vii Vav) is a mountain summit in Pinal County, Arizona eight miles north of present-day Maricopa, Arizona. Pima Butte rises to 1,660 feet (510 meters) above sea level. [1] As a significant landmark in the Gila Valley it was near the site of the 1857 Battle of Pima Butte, to which it gave its name.

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