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Arizona (
i/ɛrɪˈzoʊnə/; /ærɪˈzoʊnə/) (Navajo: Hoozdo Hahoodzo; O'odham: Alĭ ṣonak) is a state of the United States, located in the southwestern region of the country. Arizona is also part of the Western United States and of the Mountain West states. Arizona is the sixth most extensive and the 16th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. The second largest city is Tucson, followed in population by eight cities of the Phoenix metropolitan area: Mesa, Glendale, Chandler, Scottsdale, Gilbert, Tempe, Peoria, and Surprise.
Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, having achieved statehood on February 14, 1912. Arizona is noted for its desert climate in its southern half, where there are very hot summers and quite mild winters. The northern half of Arizona also features forests of pine, Douglas fir, and spruce trees, a very large, high plateau (the Colorado Plateau) and some mountain ranges—such as the San Francisco Mountains—as well as large, deep canyons, where there is much more moderate weather for three seasons of the year, plus significant snowfalls. There are ski resorts in the areas of Flagstaff and Alpine. Arizona is one of the Four Corners states. Arizona has borders with New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, and Mexico, and it has one point in common with the southwestern corner of Colorado. Arizona has a 389-mile (626 km)-long international border with the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California.
Arizona is one of the most populous landlocked states of the United States. In addition to the Grand Canyon National Park, several national forests, national parks, and national monuments are located in Arizona. About one-quarter of Arizona is federal land that serves as the home of the Navajo Nation; the Hopi tribe; the Tohono O'odham; the Apache tribe; the Yaqui peoples; and various Yuman tribes, such as the Yavapai people, the Quechan people, and the Hualapai people.
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Petrified wood, such as this sample found in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States, is a fossil wood where all the organic materials have been replaced with minerals, while retaining the original structure of the wood.
Did you know...
- ...that, in Arizona v. New Mexico, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Arizona 's attempt to invoke original jurisdiction, but Arizona prevailed when the case returned to the court on appeal?
- ...that Theodore Roosevelt Lake, a large artificial reservoir located along the Salt River, is the largest lake located entirely within the U.S. state of Arizona?
- ...that although the epicenter of the 1887 Sonora earthquake was in Mexico, it was the only historical earthquake to cause considerable damage in Arizona?
- ...that the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge in the southwestern United States was established in 1939 to protect Desert Bighorn Sheep and the name Kofa is a contraction of King of Arizona?
- ... that Arizona Territorial Chief Justice Edmund Francis Dunne was made a count by Pope Leo XIII?
- ... that Dwight B. Heard is credited with making Arizona's cotton industry more competitive after becoming president of the Arizona Cotton Association?
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- March 28: Planned Parenthood asks Arizona federal judge for injunction
- May 7: Solar powered plane completes first leg of transcontinental trip
- April 29: Australian Jesse Williams drafted in fifth round by the NFL's Seattle Seahawks
- February 7: Reports of at least fourteen dead this week due to gun-related suicides in the United States
- June 16: FanFiction.Net adult content purge felt across fandom two weeks on
- June 2: US fans turn out for 2012 Phoenix Comicon
- March 21: US Air Force upgrades F-22 oxygen system after deadly crash
- November 29: 'America’s Toughest Sheriff' to endorse Rick Perry for U.S. President
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- Nickname: The Grand Canyon State
- Capital and largest city: Phoenix
- Governor: Doug Ducey (R)
- Total area: 295,254 km2 (113,998 sq mi)
- Population (2009 estimate): 6,595,778
- Date admitted to the Union: February 14, 1912
- Senators: John McCain (R), Jeff Flake (R)
- Representatives: Ann Kirkpatrick (D), Martha McSally (R), Raúl Grijalva (D), Paul Gosar (R), Matt Salmon (R), David Schweikert (R), Ruben Gallego (D), Trent Franks (R), Kyrsten Sinema (D)
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- Animal: Ring-tailed Cat
- Bird: Cactus wren
- Butterfly: Two-tailed Swallowtail
- Colors: Federal Blue and old gold
- Firearm: The Colt Single-Action Army Revolver
- Fish: Apache trout
- Flower: Saguaro blossom
- Fossil: Araucarioxylon arizonicum
- Gem: Turquoise
- Neckwear: Bolo tie
- Reptile: Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake
- Songs: "Arizona March Song", "Arizona"
- Tree: Blue Palo Verde
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Hurricane Joanne (1972)
Interstate 40 in Arizona
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