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The state of Arizona is located in the southwest of the United States and has an external border with the Mexican states of Baja California and Sonora. The capital and largest city of Arizona is Phoenix with around 1.6 million inhabitants. The world-famous Grand Canyon, a gorge carved deep into the rock by the Colorado River, is located in northwestern Arizona. The state is characterized by the region's desert climate and the barren landscape has been the setting for many films. The imposing Monument Valley with its spectacular rock formations is also partly in Arizona. Arizona's highest mountain is Humphreys Peak at 3,851 meters. On the border with the neighboring state of California lies the Hoover Dam. The lake dammed by him has the nameLake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United States. Check Ask4Beauty for more information about the state of Arizona.

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, the capital and largest city of the state of Arizona, on the Salt River, with a population of 984,000. (agglom.: approx. 2.1 million inhabitants). See allcitypopulation for latest population of Phoenix. Industrial, commercial and service center, including the manufacture of electronic equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals and agricultural machinery and the aircraft and aerospace industry. The city is… Read More »

The Climate of Arizona

According to Abbreviation Finder, Arizona is one of the states of the United States. The dry and sometimes very rugged landscape of Arizona is found in the southwestern US, bordering Utah, Collorado, Nevada, California, New Mexico, and the country of Mexico. The nicknames for Arizona are Grand Canyon State or Copper State. The Grand Canyon… Read More »

Arizona History Timeline

Indigenous peoples from Central America and South America, as well as from Mexico, had already traveled north to this land now called Arizona, some 25,000 BC. The legendary Apache and Navajo countries began arriving in Arizona in the 13th century, and somewhere between the 11th and 14th centuries, the Pueblo Indian culture built their mysterious… Read More »