Arizona

By T. Csatlos

State Capitol• Phoenix

America’s fifth-largest city still has real cowboys and rugged mountains and the kind of cactus most people see only in cartoons. Phoenix is the gateway to the Grand Canyon.

State Facts• Population: 6,392,017• Governor: Jan Brewer• Entered into the Union: 1912

48th • Nickname: Grand Canyon State• State Flag:• State Link:• http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/state/arizona.html

Places to goArizona is blessed with many beautiful, unique, scenic and historic spots. For more information and pictures about these wonderful places in Arizona, take a virtual tour of Arizona State Parks and visit the  Arizona Department of Tourism.

• The Grand Canyon-One of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Grand Canyon is an unbelievable spectacle of nature. It is a great, huge slash in the surface of the earth - 217 miles long, 4 to 18 miles wide and a mile deep, with the Colorado River flowing at the bottom.

Wikipedia• Arizona (Navajo: ; O'odham: Alĭ ṣonak); is a state located in the

southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix. The second largest city is Tucson, followed in size by eight Phoenix metropolitan area cities: Mesa, Glendale, Chandler, Scottsdale, Gilbert, Tempe, Peoria, Surprise and then by Yuma in Yuma County.

• Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912. Arizona is noted for its desert climate, exceptionally hot summers, and mild winters, but it also features pine forests and mountain ranges in the northern high country, with much cooler weather than in the lower deserts.

• Arizona is one of the Four Corners states. It borders New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and California, touches Colorado, and has a 389-mile (626 km) international border with the states of Sonora and Baja California in Mexico. It is the largest landlocked U.S. state by population. In addition to the Grand Canyon, many other national forests, parks, and monuments are located in the state, while more than a quarter7 of its territory is Federal Trust Land which serves as the home of the Navajo Nation, the Hopi tribe, the Tohono O'odham, Apache and Yaqui people and various Yuman tribes, such as the Yavapai, Quechan and Hualapai.

Plan your trip todayThere's so much to see and do in Arizona !