Outline of Arizona
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Arizona:
Arizona is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the northwest and California to the west, and shares an international border with the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix, which is the most populous state capital and fifth-most populous city in the United States. Arizona is divided into 15 counties.
General reference
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- Names
- Common name: Arizona
- Pronunciation: /ˌærɪˈzoʊnə/ ⓘ ARR-iz-OH-nə
- Official name: State of Arizona
- Abbreviations and name codes
- Postal symbol: AZ
- ISO 3166-2 code: US-AZ
- Internet second-level domain: .az.us
- Nicknames
- Baby State (during the 47 years that Arizona was the newest state in the Union)[1]
- Copper State[1]
- Grand Canyon State (currently used on license plates)[1][2]
- Sunset State[1]
- Valentine State (Arizona gained statehood on February 14, 1912)[1]
- Common name: Arizona
- Adjectival: Arizona
- Demonyms
Geography of Arizona
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- Geography of Arizona
- Arizona is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America
- Location
- Population of Arizona: 7,151,502 (2020 U.S. Census[3])
- Area of Arizona:
- Atlas of Arizona
Places in Arizona
[edit]- Places in Arizona
- Cemeteries in Arizona
- Historic places in Arizona
- National Natural Landmarks in Arizona
- National Parks in Arizona
- State parks in Arizona
Environment of Arizona
[edit]- Climate of Arizona
- Superfund sites in Arizona
- Wildlife of Arizona
- Fauna of Arizona
- Birds of Arizona
- Reptiles
- Fauna of Arizona
Natural geographic features of Arizona
[edit]Regions of Arizona
[edit]- Regions of Arizona
- Arizona Strip
- Coconino Plateau
- Colorado Plateau
- Grand Canyon
- Kaibab Plateau
- Mogollon Plateau
- Mogollon Rim
- Mojave Desert
- Monument Valley
- North Central Arizona
- Northeast Arizona
- Northern Arizona
- Oak Creek Canyon
- Phoenix Metropolitan Area
- Safford micropolitan area
- San Francisco Volcanic Field
- Sonoran Desert
- Southern Arizona
- Verde Valley
- White Mountains
Administrative divisions of Arizona
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- The 15 counties of the state of Arizona
- Municipalities in Arizona
- Cities in Arizona
- State capital of Arizona: Phoenix
- Largest city in Arizona: Phoenix (fifth most populous city in the United States)
- List of city nicknames in Arizona
- Towns in Arizona
- Cities in Arizona
- Municipalities in Arizona
Demography of Arizona
[edit]Government and politics of Arizona
[edit]Branches of the government of Arizona
[edit]Executive branch of the government of Arizona
[edit]- Governor of Arizona
- State departments
Legislative branch of the government of Arizona
[edit]Judicial branch of the government of Arizona
[edit]Law and order in Arizona
[edit]- Law of Arizona
- Cannabis in Arizona
- Capital punishment in Arizona
- Constitution of Arizona
- Gun laws in Arizona
- Law enforcement in Arizona
Military in Arizona
[edit]Local government in Arizona
[edit]History of Arizona
[edit]History of Arizona, by period
[edit]- Prehistory of Arizona
- European colonization of Arizona
- Spanish period of Arizona, 1539–1821
- Nueva Vizcaya, 1577–1733
- Pimería Alta, 1687–1733
- Spanish missions in the Sonoran Desert since 1687
- Pimería Alta, 1687–1733
- Sonora y Sinaloa, 1733–1821
- El Presidio Reál San Ignacio de Tubac established 1752
- Nueva Vizcaya, 1577–1733
- Spanish period of Arizona, 1539–1821
- Mexican period of Arizona, 1821–1848
- Sonora y Sinaloa, 1824–1830
- Sonora, 1830–1848
- Sonora y Sinaloa, 1824–1830
- Republic of Sonora, 1853–1854
- Gadsden Purchase of 1853–1854
- Confederate Territory of Arizona, 1861–1865
- Territory of Arizona, 1863–1912
- Loss of territory to the state of Nevada, 1867
- Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869
- James Reavis, The 'Baron of Arizona', 1870s–1890s
- Theodore Roosevelt Dam completed 1911
- State of Arizona becomes the 48th state admitted to the United States of America on February 14, 1912
- Grand Canyon National Park designated on February 26, 1919
- Hoover Dam completed 1936
- The Great Depression and the World Wars in Arizona
- Petrified Forest National Park designated on December 9, 1962
- Saguaro National Park designated on October 4, 1994
History of Arizona, by region
[edit]History of Arizona, by subject
[edit]- History of sports in Arizona
- History of universities in Arizona
- Uranium mining in Arizona
- Territorial evolution of Arizona
Culture of Arizona
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The arts in Arizona
[edit]Sports in Arizona
[edit]Economy and infrastructure of Arizona
[edit]- Economy of Arizona
- Communications in Arizona
- Energy in Arizona
- Health care in Arizona
- Mining in Arizona
- Transportation in Arizona
- Airports in Arizona
- Roads in Arizona
Education in Arizona
[edit]See also
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- Topic overview:
- All pages with titles beginning with Arizona
- All pages with titles beginning with Arizonian
- All pages with titles containing Arizona
- All pages with titles containing Arizonian
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Introduction to Arizona, 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009.
- ^ Ariz. HB 2549 Archived 2012-07-29 at archive.today Officially adopted by Arizona on February 14, 2011
- ^ "Change in Resident Population of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: 1910 to 2020" (PDF).
External links
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Arizona at Wikipedia's sister projects
Definitions from Wiktionary
Media from Commons
News from Wikinews
Quotations from Wikiquote
Texts from Wikisource
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Resources from Wikiversity
- Arizona Open Directory Project DMOZ
- Official Website of the State of Arizona
- Arizona State Guide, from the Library of Congress
- Arizona Regional Accounts Data
- Arizona Demographic Data from FedStats
- Community profiles from Arizona Department of Commerce
- Arizona Indicators, state's central resource for information on a wide range of topics
- Energy Data & Statistics for Arizona
- Arizona State Databases – Annotated list of searchable databases produced by Arizona state agencies and compiled by the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association.
- Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
- USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Arizona
- Arizona State Facts
- Arizona Classifieds
- Morrison Institute for Public Policy, independent research and analysis center for Arizona public policy and issues
- Arizona at Ballotpedia
- Tourism information