Arizona

Arizona

a state of the southwestern US: consists of the Colorado plateau in the northeast, including the Grand Canyon, divided from desert in the southwest by mountains rising over 3750 m (12 500 ft.). Capital: Phoenix. Pop.: 5 580 811 (2003 est.). Area: 293 750 sq. km (113 417 sq. miles)

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Arizona State Information

Phone: (602) 542-4900
www.az.gov


Area (sq mi):: 113998.30 (land 113634.57; water 363.73) Population per square mile: 52.30
Population 2005: 5,939,292 State rank: 0 Population change: 2000-20005 15.80%; 1990-2000 40.00% Population 2000: 5,130,632 (White 63.80%; Black or African American 3.10%; Hispanic or Latino 25.30%; Asian 1.80%; Other 19.60%). Foreign born: 12.80%. Median age: 34.20
Income 2000: per capita $20,275; median household $40,558; Population below poverty level: 13.90% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): $25,660-$27,232
Unemployment (2004): 5.00% Unemployment change (from 2000): 1.00% Median travel time to work: 24.90 minutes Working outside county of residence: 4.80%

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List of Arizona counties:

Apache County Cochise County Coconino County Gila County Graham County

Greenlee County La Paz County Maricopa County Mohave County Navajo County

Pima County Pinal County Santa Cruz County Yavapai County Yuma County

Counties USA: A Directory of United States Counties, 3rd Edition. © 2006 by Omnigraphics, Inc.

Arizona Parks

• US National Parks

  Canyon de Chelly National Monument Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Chiricahua National Monument Coronado National Memorial Fort Bowie National Historic Site Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Grand Canyon National Park Hohokam Pima National Monument

  Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site Montezuma Castle National Monument Navajo National Monument Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Petrified Forest National Park Pipe Spring National Monument Rainbow Bridge National Monument Saguaro National Park

  Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Tonto National Monument Tumacacori National Historical Park Tuzigoot National Monument Walnut Canyon National Monument Wupatki National Monument

• Urban Parks

  Gene C Reid Regional Park John F Kennedy Regional Park McDowell Sonoran Preserve

  Papago Park Phoenix Mountains Preserve Reach 11 Recreation Area

  South Mountain Park/Preserve Tucson Mountain Park

• State Parks

  Alamo Lake State Park Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park Buckskin Mountain State Park Catalina State Park Cattail Cove State Park Dead Horse Ranch State Park Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area Fort Verde State Historic Park Homolovi Ruins State Park Jerome State Historic Park

  Kartchner Caverns State Park Lake Havasu State Park Lost Dutchman State Park Lyman Lake State Park McFarland State Historic Park Oracle State Park Patagonia Lake State Park Picacho Peak State Park Red Rock State Park Riordan Mansion State Historic Park

  Roper Lake State Park San Rafael Ranch State Park Slide Rock State Park Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park Tonto Natural Bridge State Park Tubac Presidio State Historic Park Yuma Crossing State Historic Park Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park

• Parks and Conservation-Related Organizations - US

  Grand Canyon Trust RVing Women

  Society for Ecological Restoration International (SER) Western National Parks Association (WNPA)

• National Wildlife Refuges

  Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge

  Cibola National Wildlife Refuge Imperial National Wildlife Refuge Kofa National Wildlife Refuge

  Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge

• National Trails

  Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail

• National Scenic Byways

  Coronado Trail Scenic Byway Historic Route 66 - Arizona

  Kaibab Plateau - North Rim Parkway Red Rock Scenic Byway

  Sky Island Scenic Byway

• National Heritage Areas

  Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area

• National Forests

  Apache & Sitgreaves National Forests Coconino National Forest

  Coronado National Forest Kaibab National Forest

  Prescott National Forest Tonto National Forest

Parks Directory of the United States, 5th Edition. © 2007 by Omnigraphics, Inc.

Arizona

Forty-eighth state; admitted on February 14, 1912

State capital: Phoenix

Nickname: Grand Canyon State

State motto: Ditat Deus (Latin “God Enriches”)

State amphibian: Arizona tree frog (Hyla eximia)

State bird: Cactus wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)

State butterfly: Two-tailed swallowtail

State colors: Federal blue and old gold

State fish: Apache trout (Salmo apache)

State flower: Blossom of the saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea)

State fossil: Petrified wood

State gem: Turquoise

State mammal: Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus)

State neckwear: Bola tie

State reptile: Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi)

State songs: “Arizona March Song” and “Arizona”

State tree: Palo Verde (Cercidium floridum)

More about state symbols at:

www.governor.state.az.us/kids/State_Facts.asp
http://www.lib.az.us/museum/symbols.cfm

SOURCES:

AmerBkDays-2000, p. 141
AnnivHol-2000, p. 27

STATE OFFICES:

State web site:
www.az.gov

Office of the Governor
1700 W Washington St
Executive Tower 9th Fl
Phoenix, AZ 85007
602-542-4331
fax: 602-542-7601
www.governor.state.az.us

Secretary of State
1700 W Washington St
West Wing 7th Fl
Phoenix, AZ 85007
602-542-4285
fax: 602-542-1575
www.azsos.gov

Arizona State Library
1700 W Washington St
Rm 200
Phoenix, AZ 85007
602-542-4035
fax: 602-542-4972
www.lib.az.us

Legal Holidays:

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Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary, Fourth Edition. © 2010 by Omnigraphics, Inc.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Arizona

 

state in the western USA. Area, 295,000 sq km; population, 1,665,000(1967). Administrative center, Phoenix.

In the center of the state there are mountains with altitudes up to 3,861 m. The Colorado and Gila desert plateaus, dissected by rivers of the Colorado River basin, lie in the northeast and southeast respectively. The main branches of Arizona’s economy are irrigated farming (about 500,000 hectares [ha] in 1965) and mining. The primary agricultural crop is cotton (138,000 ha in 1965), which occupies about one-third of the state’s cultivated area. There is considerable cultivation of alfalfa and vegetables, and there are citrus orchards. Livestock raising is carried on mainly for the production of meat and wool (1, 116,000 head of cattle, 669,000 head of sheep in 1966). As small farmers have been dispossessed of the land, the number of farms has decreased from 18,500 in 1940 to 6,200 in 1965. The Hoover Hydroelectric Plant (Boulder Dam, capacity 1.3 million kilowatts), one of the largest in the country, is located on the Colorado River on the border with Nevada. Arizona holds first place in the USA in output of copper, with deposits at Miami, Bisbee, and Morenci. In 1965, 638,000 tons—56 percent of the entire output of copper in the USA—were extracted. Arizona also plays an important role in the mining of silver (171,000 kg in 1965) and gold (4,300 kg). There are factories for nonferrous metallurgy (smelting of copper and production of secondary aluminum in Phoenix, and others), for metalworking, and for the food industry. There are also rocket and radioelectronic industries. The state is a center for tourism: the Grand Canyon National Park is in Arizona.

V. M. GOKHMAN

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.