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state of Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Four ...
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Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
– sixth most extensive of the
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. Arizona is located in the
Southwestern United States The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States that generally includes Arizona, New Mexico, and adjacent portions of California, Colorado, Ne ...
and it is noted for its
desert A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About on ...
climate, exceptionally hot summers, and mild winters, but the high country in the north features pine forests and mountain ranges with cooler and wetter weather than the lower deserts. On February 24, 1863, the United States created the Territory of Arizona. Arizona joined the
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as the 48th state on February 14, 1912.


General reference

* Names ** Common name:
Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
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State of Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Four ...
** Abbreviations and name codes *** Postal symbol: AZ *** ISO 3166-2 code: US-AZ *** Internet
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Apache The Apache () are a group of culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, which include the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Mimbreño, Ndendahe (Bedonkohe or Mogollon and Nednhi or Carrizaleño an ...
State ***
Aztec The Aztecs () were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different Indigenous peoples of Mexico, ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those g ...
State *** Baby State (during the 47 years that Arizona was the newest state in the Union) ***
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Grand Canyon The Grand Canyon (, yuf-x-yav, Wi:kaʼi:la, , Southern Paiute language: Paxa’uipi, ) is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States. The Grand Canyon is long, up to wide and attains a depth of over a m ...
State (currently used on
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of America *** Sand Hill State *** Sunset State *** Sweetheart State *** Valentine State (Arizona gained statehood on February 14, 1912) * Adjectival:
Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
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Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
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Arizonian Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Four Co ...


Geography of Arizona

* Geography of Arizona ** Arizona is: a U.S. state, a
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of the United States of America ** Location ***
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Contiguous United States The contiguous United States (officially the conterminous United States) consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the Federal District of the United States of America. The term excludes the only two non-contiguous states, Alaska and Hawaii ...
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Southwestern United States The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States that generally includes Arizona, New Mexico, and adjacent portions of California, Colorado, Ne ...
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Mountain West United States The Mountain states (also known as the Mountain West or the Interior West) form one of the nine geographic divisions of the United States that are officially recognized by the United States Census Bureau. It is a subregion of the Western Un ...
** Population of Arizona: 7,151,502 (2020 U.S. Census) ** Area of Arizona: ** Atlas of Arizona


Places in Arizona

* Places in Arizona **
Cemeteries in Arizona A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
** Historic places in Arizona *** Ghost towns in Arizona *** National Historic Landmarks in Arizona ***
National Register of Historic Places listings in Arizona This is a directory of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona. There are about fourteen hundred listed sites in the state, and each of its fifteen counties has at least ten listings on the National R ...
**** Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona **
National Natural Landmarks in Arizona National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...
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National Parks in Arizona National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...
** State parks in Arizona


Environment of Arizona

* Climate of Arizona *
Superfund sites in Arizona Superfund is a United States federal environmental remediation program established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). The program is administered by the United States Environmental Pro ...
* Wildlife of Arizona ** Fauna of Arizona *** Birds of Arizona *** Reptiles **** Snakes of Arizona


Natural geographic features of Arizona

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Lakes of Arizona This is a list of notable lakes and reservoirs located in the U.S. state of Arizona. Many of the lakes listed here contain game fish and are managed by the Arizona Game and Fish Department. Some may dry out or freeze out fish, and require seasonal ...
* Mountain ranges of Arizona ** Mountains of Arizona *
Rivers of Arizona List of rivers in Arizona (U.S. state), sorted by name. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Colorado River *Colorado River—(downstream-to-upstr ...
* Valleys of Arizona


Regions of Arizona

* Regions of Arizona ** Arizona Strip ** Coconino Plateau **
Colorado Plateau The Colorado Plateau, also known as the Colorado Plateau Province, is a physiographic and desert region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States. This province covers an area of ...
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Grand Canyon The Grand Canyon (, yuf-x-yav, Wi:kaʼi:la, , Southern Paiute language: Paxa’uipi, ) is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States. The Grand Canyon is long, up to wide and attains a depth of over a m ...
** Kaibab Plateau ** Mogollon Plateau **
Mogollon Rim The Mogollon Rim ( or or ) is a topographical and geological feature cutting across the northern half of the U.S. state of Arizona. It extends approximately , starting in northern Yavapai County and running eastward, ending near the border ...
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Mojave Desert The Mojave Desert ( ; mov, Hayikwiir Mat'aar; es, Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Southwestern United States. It is named for the indigenous Mojave people. It is located primarily in ...
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Monument Valley Monument Valley ( nv, Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, , meaning ''valley of the rocks'') is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of sandstone buttes, the largest reaching above the valley floor. It is located on the Utah-Arizona s ...
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North Central Arizona North Central Arizona is a geographical region of Arizona. It is in the Transition Zone between the Basin and Range Province and the Colorado Plateau, and has some of the most rugged and scenic landscapes in Arizona. As part of the southern Co ...
** Northeast Arizona ** Northern Arizona **
Oak Creek Canyon Oak Creek Canyon is a river gorge located in northern Arizona between the cities of Flagstaff and Sedona. The canyon is often described as a smaller cousin of the Grand Canyon because of its scenic beauty. State Route 89A enters the canyon o ...
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Phoenix Metropolitan Area The Phoenix Metropolitan Area – also the Valley of the Sun, the Salt River Valley, or Metro Phoenix (known by most locals simply as “the Valley”) – is the largest metropolitan area in the Southwestern United States, centered on the city ...
** Safford micropolitan area ** San Francisco Volcanic Field **
Sonoran Desert The Sonoran Desert ( es, Desierto de Sonora) is a desert in North America and ecoregion that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the southwestern United States (in Arizona ...
** Southern Arizona **
Verde Valley The Verde Valley ( yuf-x-yav, Matkʼamvaha; es, Valle Verde) is a valley in central Arizona in the United States. The Verde River runs through it. The Verde River is one of Arizona's last free-flowing river systems. It provides crucial habitat ...
** White Mountains


Administrative divisions of Arizona

* The 15 counties of the state of Arizona ** Municipalities in Arizona ***
Cities in Arizona Arizona is a state located in the Western United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, Arizona is the 14th most populous state with 6,392,017 inhabitants and the 6th largest by land area spanning . Arizona is divided into 15 count ...
**** State capital of Arizona: Phoenix **** Largest city in Arizona: Phoenix ( fifth most populous city in the United States) **** City nicknames in Arizona *** Towns in Arizona


Demography of Arizona

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Demographics of Arizona As of the 2020 United States census, Arizona had a population of 7,151,502. A past census found that the population had seen an natural increase since the last census of 297,928 people (that is 564,062 births minus 266,134 deaths) and an increas ...


Government and politics of Arizona

* Politics of Arizona **
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: U.S. state government **
United States congressional delegations from Arizona Since Arizona became a U.S. state in 1912, it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year t ...
** Arizona State Capitol ** Political party strength in Arizona


Branches of the government of Arizona

* Government of Arizona


Executive branch of the government of Arizona

* Governor of Arizona ** Lieutenant Governor of Arizona **
Secretary of State of Arizona The secretary of state of Arizona is an elected position in the U.S. state of Arizona. Since Arizona does not have a lieutenant governor, the secretary stands first in the line of succession to the governorship. The secretary also serves as acti ...
** State Treasurer of Arizona * State departments **
Arizona Department of Transportation The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT, pronounced "A-Dot") is an Arizona state government agency charged with facilitating mobility within the state. In addition to managing the state's state highways, highway system, the agency is also i ...


Legislative branch of the government of Arizona

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Arizona Legislature The Arizona State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arizona. It is a bicameral legislature that consists of a lower house, the House of Representatives, and an upper house, the Senate. Composed of 90 legislators, the s ...
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Arizona Senate The Arizona State Senate is part of the Arizona Legislature, the state legislature of the US state of Arizona. The Senate consists of 30 members each representing an average of 219,859 constituents (2009 figures). Members serve two-year terms w ...
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Lower house A lower house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has co ...
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Arizona House of Representatives The Arizona State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arizona Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arizona. The upper house is the Senate. The House convenes in the legislative chambers at the Arizona State C ...


Judicial branch of the government of Arizona

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Courts of Arizona Courts of Arizona include: ;State courts of Arizona *Arizona Supreme Court ** Arizona Court of Appeals (2 divisions) ***Superior Court of Arizona (15 counties) ****Justices of the Peace (county courts) and Arizona Municipal Courts, city trial cou ...
** Supreme Court of Arizona


Law and order in Arizona

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Law of Arizona The Arizona Revised Statutes (ARS) is the name given to the statutory laws in the state of Arizona. The ARS went into effect on January 9, 1956. It was most recently updated in the first regular session of the 53rd legislature. There are currentl ...
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Cannabis in Arizona Cannabis in Arizona is legal for recreational use. A 2020 initiative to legalize recreational use ( Proposition 207, the Smart and Safe Act) passed with 60% of the vote. Possession and cultivation of recreational cannabis became legal on Novembe ...
** Capital punishment in Arizona *** Individuals executed in Arizona **
Constitution of Arizona The Constitution of the State of Arizona is the governing document and framework for the State of Arizona. The current constitution is the first and only adopted by the state of Arizona. History The Arizona Territory was authorized to hold a ...
*** Crime in Arizona **
Gun laws in Arizona Firearm laws in Arizona regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the state of Arizona in the United States. Summary table Firearms carry Open carry On foot, any adult person who is not a "prohibited possessor" may ...
** Law enforcement in Arizona *** Law enforcement agencies in Arizona


Military in Arizona

* Arizona Air National Guard *
Arizona Army National Guard The Arizona Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard. National coordination of various state National Guard units are maintained through the National Guard Bureau. Arizona Army National Gu ...


Local government in Arizona

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Local government in Arizona Arizona is a state located in the Western United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, Arizona is the 14th most populous state with 6,392,017 inhabitants and the 6th largest by land area spanning . Arizona is divided into 15 count ...


History of Arizona

* History of Arizona


History of Arizona, by period

* Prehistory of Arizona * European colonization of Arizona ** Spanish period of Arizona, 1539–1821 *** Nueva Vizcaya, 1577–1733 ****
Pimería Alta The ''Pimería Alta'' (translated to 'Upper Pima Land'/'Land of the Upper Pima' in English) was an area of the 18th century Sonora y Sinaloa Province in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, that encompassed parts of what are today southern Arizona in th ...
, 1687–1733 *****
Spanish missions in the Sonoran Desert The Spanish missions in the Sonoran Desert ( es, Misiones jesuíticas en el desierto de Sonora) are a series of Jesuit Catholic religious outposts established by the Spanish Catholic Jesuits and other orders for religious conversions of the Pima ...
since 1687 *** Sonora y Sinaloa, 1733–1821 **** El Presidio Reál San Ignacio de Tubac established 1752 * Mexican period of Arizona, 1821–1848 ** Sonora y Sinaloa, 1824–1830 ***
Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...
, 1830–1848 *
Republic of Sonora The Republic of Baja California and Sonora or more simply known as the Republic of Sonora was a short-lived, unrecognized federal republic ruled by filibuster William Walker in 1854. It was based in Baja California and also claimed (but never c ...
, 1853–1854 *
Gadsden Purchase The Gadsden Purchase ( es, region=MX, la Venta de La Mesilla "The Sale of La Mesilla") is a region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States acquired from Mexico by the Treaty of Mesilla, which took effe ...
of 1853–1854 **
Confederate Territory of Arizona Arizona Territory, colloquially referred to as Confederate Arizona, was an organized incorporated territory of the Confederate States that existed from August 1, 1861 to May 26, 1865, when the Confederate States Army Trans-Mississippi Depar ...
, 1861–1865 ** Territory of Arizona, 1863–1912 *** Loss of territory to the state of Nevada, 1867 *** Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869 ***
James Reavis James Addison Reavis (May 10, 1843November 27, 1914), later using the name James Addison Peralta-Reavis, the so-called Baron of Arizona, was an American forger and fraudster. He is best known in association with the Peralta land grant, also kno ...
, The 'Baron of Arizona', 1870s–1890s *** Theodore Roosevelt Dam completed 1911 *
State of Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Four ...
becomes the 48th state admitted to the
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on February 14, 1912 **
Grand Canyon National Park Grand Canyon National Park, located in northwestern Arizona, is the 15th site in the United States to have been named as a national park. The park's central feature is the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, which is often consider ...
designated on February 26, 1919 **
Hoover Dam Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on Se ...
completed 1936 ** The Great Depression and the World Wars in Arizona **
Petrified Forest National Park Petrified Forest National Park is an American national park in Navajo County, Arizona, Navajo and Apache County, Arizona, Apache counties in northeastern Arizona. Named for its large deposits of petrified wood, the park covers about , encompassin ...
designated on December 9, 1962 ** Saguaro National Park designated on October 4, 1994


History of Arizona, by region

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History of Phoenix, Arizona The history of Phoenix, Arizona, goes back millennia, beginning with nomadic paleo-Indians who existed in the Americas in general, and the Salt River Valley in particular, about 7,000 BC until about 6,000 BC. Mammoths were the primary prey of hun ...


History of Arizona, by subject

* History of sports in Arizona **
History of the Arizona Cardinals This article details the history of the Arizona Cardinals American football club, which can be traced to the 1898 formation of the amateur Morgan Athletic Club in Chicago. The Cardinals are the oldest extant professional football club in the Unit ...
* History of universities in Arizona **
History of Arizona State University The history of Arizona State University began March 12, 1885 with the founding of the establishment originally named the Territorial Normal School at Tempe. The school was founded after John Samuel Armstrong first introduced House Bill 164, “A ...
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Uranium mining in Arizona Uranium mining in Arizona has taken place since 1918. Prior to the uranium boom of the late 1940s, uranium in Arizona was a byproduct of vanadium mining of the mineral carnotite. Carrizo Mountains Uranium mining started in 1918 in the Carrizo Mo ...
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Territorial evolution of Arizona A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or a ...


Culture of Arizona

* Culture of Arizona ** Cuisine of Arizona *** Tex-Mex ** Museums in Arizona ** Religion in Arizona ***
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Arizona The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the second-largest religious denomination in Arizona, behind the Roman Catholic Church. In 2019, the church reported 436,521 members in Arizona, about 6% of the state's population. According to th ...
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Episcopal Diocese of Arizona The Episcopal Diocese of Arizona is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America which has jurisdiction over most of Arizona. It is in Province VIII. Jennifer Anne Reddall is the current bishop. Her seat is at Trinity Ca ...
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Scouting in Arizona Scouting in Arizona has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live. Early history Boy Scouting was founded by Robert Baden-Powell in England and co-fo ...
** State symbols of Arizona *** Flag of the State of Arizona *** Great Seal of the State of Arizona


The arts in Arizona

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Music of Arizona Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect o ...


Sports in Arizona

* Sports in Arizona


Economy and infrastructure of Arizona

* Economy of Arizona ** Communications in Arizona *** Newspapers in Arizona *** Radio stations in Arizona ***
Television stations in Arizona Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, e ...
** Energy in Arizona *** List of power stations in Arizona *** Solar power in Arizona ***
Wind power in Arizona In 2016, Arizona had 268 megawatts (MW) of wind powered electricity generating capacity, producing 0.5% of in-state generated electricity. History Utility-scale wind power in Arizona began in 2009 with the commissioning of the first phase of the ...
** Health care in Arizona ***
Hospitals in Arizona A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emergency ...
** Mining in Arizona *** Copper mining in Arizona **** Silver mining in Arizona ***
Uranium mining in Arizona Uranium mining in Arizona has taken place since 1918. Prior to the uranium boom of the late 1940s, uranium in Arizona was a byproduct of vanadium mining of the mineral carnotite. Carrizo Mountains Uranium mining started in 1918 in the Carrizo Mo ...
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Transportation in Arizona The transportation system of Arizona comprises car, rail, air, bus, and bicycle transport. Transit systems Rail Amtrak operates the ''Southwest Chief'', ''Sunset Limited'', and ''Texas Eagle'' through Arizona. Two Amtrak routes serve Arizona ...
*** Airports in Arizona *** Roads in Arizona ****
State highways in Arizona The U.S. state of Arizona's State Routes are usually abbreviated as SR. History The Arizona State Highway system was introduced on September 9, 1927, by the State Highway Commission (formed on August 11 of the same year). It incorporated the new ...


Education in Arizona

* Education in Arizona ** Schools in Arizona *** School districts in Arizona **** High schools in Arizona *** Colleges and universities in Arizona ****
University of Arizona The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it was the first university in the Arizona Territory. T ...
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Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...
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Northern Arizona University Northern Arizona University (NAU) is a public research university based in Flagstaff, Arizona. It was founded in 1899 as the final public university established in the Arizona Territory, 13 years before Arizona was admitted as the 48th state. ...


See also

* Topic overview: **
Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
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Index of Arizona-related articles The following is an alphabetical list of articles related to the U.S. state of Arizona. 0–9 * .az.us – Internet second-level domain for the state of Arizona * Four Corners, 4 Corners ** Four Corners Monument, 4 Corners Monument * Four P ...
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References


External links

* Arizona Open Directory Project DMOZ
Official Website of the State of Arizona



Arizona Regional Accounts Data




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
* * ; Tourism information
Official Arizona Office of Tourism

Arizona Game & Fish Department (Hunting, Boating & Fishing)



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Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...