city, Pinal county, south-central Arizona, U.S. It lies near the Santa Cruz River, 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. The city is a health resort in an irrigated agricultural area where cotton, fruit, and alfalfa are raised.

Local mines produce copper, silver, and gold. Native American ruins, discovered in 1694 by Jesuit missionary Eusebio Kino (Kino, Eusebio), are dominated by the Casa Grande (Casa Grande Ruins National Monument) (“Big House”), a four-story adobe watchtower built in the 14th century by the indigenous Salado people. Also near the city are Hohokam Pima National Monument (north), which preserves partially excavated village sites of the earlier Hohokam culture, and Picacho Peak State Park (southeast). Inc. town, 1915; city, 1959. Pop. (2000) 25,224; (2005 est.) 32,855.