<P> In 2007, BusinessWeek named Phenix City the nation's #1 Best Affordable Suburb to raise a family . </P> <P> Currently, the mayor is Eddie N. Lowe, the city's first black mayor elected by the public . The city manager, who holds the task of organizational matters, is Wallace Hunter . </P> <P> Phenix City is located at 32 ° 28 ′ 22" N 85 ° 1 ′ 12" W ﻿ / ﻿ 32.47278 ° N 85.02000 ° W ﻿ / 32.47278; - 85.02000 (32.472822, - 85.020121). It is the easternmost settlement in the state of Alabama as well as the Central Time Zone, but it and some other nearby areas unofficially observe Eastern Time, as these areas are part of the metropolitan area of the considerably larger city of Columbus, Georgia, which is in the Eastern Time Zone . </P> <P> According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 24.8 square miles (64 km), of which 24.6 square miles (64 km) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km) (0.61%) is water . </P>

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