Arizona

Arizona
State
State of Arizona
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Eik-name(s):  The Grand Canyon State; The Copper State; The Valentine State
Motto(s):  Ditat Deus (God enriches)
Anthem: "The Arizona March Song" an "Arizona"
Map o the Unitit States wi Arizona hielichted
Kintra	Unitit States
Afore stateheid	Arizona Territory
Admittit tae the Union	14 Februar 1912 (48t)
Caipital (an lairgest ceety)	Phoenix
Lairgest ceety	caipital
Lairgest metro	Greater Phoenix
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Doug Ducey (R)
• Secretar o State	Katie Hobbs (D)
Legislatur	Arizona Legislatur
• Upper hoose	Senate
• Lawer hoose	Hoose o Representatives
Judiciar	Arizona Supreme Coort
U.S. senators	Kyrsten Sinema (D) Martha McSally (R)
U.S. Hoose delegation	5 Democrats 4 Republicans (leet)
Area
• Total	295,234 km2 (113,990[1] sq mi)
Area rank	6t
Dimensions
• Length	645 km (400 mi)
• Width	500 km (310 mi)
Elevation	1250 m (4,100 ft)
Highest elevation (Humphreys Peak[2][3][4])	3852 m (12,637 ft)
Lowest elevation (Colorado River at the Sonora mairch[3][4])	22 m (72 ft)
Population  (2019)
• Total	7,278,717
• Rank	14t
• Density	22/km2 (57/sq mi)
• Density rank	33rd
• Median hooseaud income	$56581[5]
• Income rank	29t
Demonym(s)	Arizonan[6]
Leid
• Offeecial leid	Inglis
• Spoken leid	As o 2010 Inglis 74.1% Spaingie 19.5% Navajo 1.9% Ither 4.5%
Time zones
Maist o state	UTC−07:00 (Muntain)
Navajo Nation	UTC−07:00 (Muntain)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
USPS abbreviation	AZ
ISO 3166 code	US-AZ
Trad. abbreviation	Ariz.
Latitude	31°20′ N to 37° N
Longitude	109°03′ W to 114°49′ W
Website	az.gov

Arizona (ⁱ/ˌærᵻˈzoʊnə/; Navajo: Hoozdo Hahoodzo [xòːztò xɑ̀xòːtsò]; O'odham: Alĭ ṣonak [ˡaɺi ˡʂonak]) is a U.S. state in the soothwastren region o the Unitit States. It is an aw pairt o the Wastren an the Moontain states. It is the saxt lairgest an the 14t maist populous o the 50 states. Its caipital an lairgest ceety is Phoenix. Arizona is ane o the Fower Corners states. Arizona is mairchit bi New Mexico tae the east, Utah tae the north, Nevada an Californie tae the wast, an Mexico tae the sooth, as weel as the soothwastren corner o Colorado. Arizona's mairch wi Mexico is 389 mile (626 km) lang, on the northren border o the Mexican states o Sonora an Baja California.

Arizona is the 48t state an last o the contiguous states ae be admittit tae the Union, achievin stateheid on 14 Februar 1912, coincidin wi Valentine's Day. Historically pairt o the territory o Alta California in New Spain, it becam pairt o independent Mexico in 1821. Efter bein defeatit in the Mexican–American War, Mexico cedit muckle o this territory tae the Unitit States in 1848. The soothrenmost portion o the state wis acquired in 1853 throu the Gadsden Purchase.

Soothren Arizona is kent for its desert climate, wi verra het simmers an mild winters. Northren Arizona featurs forests o pine, Douglas fir, an spruce trees; the Colorado Plateau; some moontain ranges (sic as the San Francisco Moontains); as weel as lairge, deep canyons, wi muckle mair moderate simmer temperaturs an signeeficant winter snawfaws. Thare are ski resorts in the auries o Flagstaff, Alpine, an Tucson. In addeetion tae the Grand Canyon Naitional Pairk, thare are several national forests, naitional pairks, an naitional monuments.

Aboot ane-quarter o the state^[7] is made up o Indie reservations that serve as the hame o 27 federally recognised Native American tribes, includin the Navajo Naition, the lairgest in the state an the Unitit States, wi mair nor 300,000 ceetizens. Awtho federal law gae aw Native Americans the richt tae vote in 1924, Arizona excludit thae leevin on reservations frae votin till its state Supreme Coort ruled in 1948 in favour o Native American plaintiffs.^[8][9]

1. ↑ "2010 Census State Area Measurements and Internal Point Coordinates". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
2. ↑ "Frisco". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
3. ↑ ^{a b} "Elevations and Distances in the United States". United States Geological Survey. 2001. Archived frae the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Elevation adjusted to North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
5. ↑ "Median Annual Household Income". The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Archived frae the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
6. ↑ "Arizona—Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary". Merriam-webster.com. 25 Apryle 2007. Archived frae the original on 12 Januar 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
7. ↑ All about Arizona. sheppardsoftware.com. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
8. ↑ Dr. Dean Chavers, "History of Indian voting rights and why it's important" Archived 2016-07-07 at the Wayback Machine, Indian Country Today, 29 October 2012; accessed 17 Julie 2016. See Trujillo v. Garley (1948)
9. ↑ Harrison v. Laveen, July 1948 Archived 2016-08-17 at the Wayback Machine, Arizona Supreme Court