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The location was selected because of the abundance of deep water from the Santa Cruz River found in the valley. It is uncertain how the name of the community was chosen. From time to time, most recently in , attempts have been made to incorporate as a municipality , but they have so far always been defeated at the ballot box, except for the first effort in the early s, which succeeded at the ballot box but was overturned in court because there were not enough residents at that time to incorporate.
The area in and around Arizona City contained several of the concrete Corona Satellite Calibration Targets , [6] [7] which were used to calibrate cameras on the satellites in the Corona Satellite Program that lasted from to According to the Arizona Geological Survey , the valley floor surrounding Arizona City and nearby Eloy has lowered by more than 20 feet 6 m in the past 50 years due to rapid depletion of the groundwater aquifers underneath the region.
In , a new earth fissure approximately 1. Arizona City itself is mostly flat, lying in the Santa Cruz Valley in the center of three low mountain ranges; the Sawtooth Mountains to the south, the Picacho Mountains to the east, and the Casa Grande Mountains to the north.
Picacho Peak , a prominent peak with a summit elevation of 3, feet 1, m , is located approximately 20 miles 32 km to the southeast adjacent to Interstate Directly to the west of the CDP is the expansive Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation , [2] which stretches 80 miles km south to the international border with Mexico. The community experiences long, extremely hot summers and mild winters. The area averages only Nighttime lows at or below the freezing mark are not uncommon. During the winter, an occasional cold front will pass through the area sometimes containing a brief shower.
Along with the rest of Arizona, the community is affected by the North American Monsoon during summer, which brings high winds and occasional heavy rain.
A large portion of the community is located in Pinal County's floodplain , and is very susceptible to flash flooding during heavy monsoon rains. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was Population density was 1, There were 4, housing units, with an average of 2.
Only The mean travel time to work was Historically, Arizona City's only employers have been the farms that surround the area and the few service jobs that exist within the townsite. However, being located in the middle of the Arizona Sun Corridor region, Arizona City's economy may soon be impacted by several large proposed attractions and factories that will potentially add 30, new jobs and attract up to 4 million visitors annually.
This project will contain an extreme sports venue, water parks , restaurants, retail space, a residential area, and a fully themed amusement park comparable to Walt Disney World. This project alone is expected to create more than 10, permanent jobs and will be located 10 miles 16 km to the northwest of Arizona City, adjacent to Interstate 8.
Phoenixmart was promised to boost the economy, the project never came to fruition and the site is just an empty building. Interstate 8 and transcontinental Interstate 10 intersect only 3 miles 4.
Both freeways can be accessed via Sunland Gin Road. The main east-west surface street through the CDP is Battaglia Drive, which has an intersection with the main north-south street, Sunland Gin Road, at the north end of Arizona City at the community's only signalized intersection. A member of the Society of Jesus " Jesuits " , he led the development of a chain of missions in the region. Spain founded presidios "fortified towns" at Tubac in and Tucson in During the Mexican—American War — , the U.
Army occupied the national capital of Mexico City and pursued its claim to much of northern Mexico, including what later became Arizona Territory in and later the State of Arizona in What is now the state of Arizona was administered by the United States government as part of the Territory of New Mexico from until the southern part of that region seceded from the Union to form the Territory of Arizona.
The Southern territory supplied the Confederate government with men, horses, and equipment. Arizona has the westernmost military engagement on record during the Civil War with the Battle of Picacho Pass The Federal government declared a new U. The first territorial capital, Prescott, was founded in following a gold rush to central Arizona. Although names including "Gadsonia", "Pimeria", "Montezuma" and "Arizuma" had been considered for the territory, [37] when 16th President Abraham Lincoln signed the final bill, it read "Arizona", and that name was adopted.
Montezuma was not derived from the Aztec emperor, but was the sacred name of a divine hero to the Pima people of the Gila River Valley. It was probably considered — and rejected — for its sentimental value before Congress settled on the name "Arizona". They founded Mesa , Snowflake , Heber , Safford , and other towns.
The Mormons settled what became northern Arizona and northern New Mexico. At the time these areas were in a part of the former New Mexico Territory. During the nineteenth century, a series of gold and silver rushes occurred in the territory, the best known being the s stampede to the silver bonanzas of Tombstone, Arizona in southeast Arizona, also known for its legendary outlaws and lawmen.
During the Mexican Revolution from to , several battles were fought in the Mexican towns just across the border from Arizona settlements. Throughout the revolution, many Arizonans enlisted in one of the several armies fighting in Mexico. Only two significant engagements took place on U.
The Mexicans won the first battle and the Americans won the latter. After Mexican federal troops fired on U. The Mexicans eventually surrendered after both sides sustained heavy casualties.
A few months earlier, just west of Nogales, an Indian War battle had occurred, considered the last engagement in the American Indian Wars , which lasted from to Arizona became a U. Arizona was the 48th state admitted to the U.
Cotton farming and copper mining, two of Arizona's most important statewide industries, suffered heavily during the Great Depression. Several upscale hotels and resorts opened during this period, some of which are still top tourist draws. They include the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in central Phoenix opened and the Wigwam Resort on the west side of the Phoenix area opened From to , they were forced to reside in internment camps built in the interior of the country.
Many lost their homes and businesses. The camps were abolished after World War II. The Phoenix-area German P.
It was developed as the site of the Phoenix Zoo. A Japanese-American internment camp was on Mount Lemmon , just outside the state's southeastern city of Tucson. Arizona was also home to the Phoenix Indian School , one of several federal Indian boarding schools designed to assimilate Native American children into mainstream European-American culture.
Children were often enrolled in these schools against the wishes of their parents and families. Attempts to suppress native identities included forcing the children to cut their hair, to take and use English names, to speak only English, and to practice Christianity rather than their native religions. Their experiences resulted in a rising activism in the postwar years to achieve better treatment and civil rights after their return to the state.
Laveen , to challenge this exclusion. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled in their favor. Arizona's population grew tremendously with residential and business development after World War II, aided by the widespread use of air conditioning , which made the intensely hot summers more comfortable. According to the Arizona Blue Book published by the Arizona Secretary of State 's office each year , the state population in was , By , it was 1,, In the s, retirement communities were developed.
These age-restricted subdivisions catered exclusively to the needs of senior citizens and attracted many retirees who wanted to escape the harsh winters of the Midwest and the Northeast. Sun City , established by developer Del Webb and opened in , was one of the first such communities.
Green Valley , south of Tucson, was another such community, designed as a retirement subdivision for Arizona's teachers. Many senior citizens from across the U. In March , Arizona was the site of the first legally binding election ever held over the internet to nominate a candidate for public office. In the 21st century, Arizona has frequently garnered national attention for its efforts to quell illegal immigration into the state. In , voters passed Proposition , requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.
The Supreme Court of the United States struck this restriction down in United States in On January 8, , a gunman shot congresswoman Gabby Giffords and 18 others at a gathering in Tucson.
Giffords was critically wounded. The incident sparked national attention regarding incendiary political rhetoric. Arizona is the sixth largest state by area , ranked after New Mexico and before Nevada. The remaining area is public forest and park land, state trust land and Native American reservations.
Arizona is well known for its desert Basin and Range region in the state's southern portions, which is rich in a landscape of xerophyte plants such as the cactus. This region's topography was shaped by prehistoric volcanism , followed by the cooling-off and related subsidence. Its climate has exceptionally hot summers and mild winters. The state is less well known for its pine-covered north-central portion of the high country of the Colorado Plateau see Arizona Mountains forests.
Like other states of the Southwest United States, Arizona is marked by high mountains, the Colorado plateau, and mesas. In , this was an area of the Rodeo—Chediski Fire , the worst fire in state history until Located in northern Arizona, the Grand Canyon is a colorful, deep, steep-sided gorge, carved by the Colorado River.
President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of designating the Grand Canyon area as a National Park, often visiting to hunt mountain lion and enjoy the scenery. The canyon was created by the Colorado River cutting a channel over millions of years, and is about miles km long, ranges in width from 4 to 18 miles 6 to 29 km and attains a depth of more than 1 mile 1.
Nearly two billion years of the Earth 's history have been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut through layer after layer of sediment as the Colorado Plateau uplifted. Arizona is home to one of the most well-preserved meteorite impact sites in the world. Created around 50, years ago, the Barringer Meteorite Crater better known simply as " Meteor Crater " is a gigantic hole in the middle of the high plains of the Colorado Plateau, about 25 miles 40 km west of Winslow.
The crater itself is nearly a mile 1. Arizona is one of two U. Due to its large area and variations in elevation, the state has a wide variety of localized climate conditions. In the lower elevations, the climate is primarily desert, with mild winters and extremely hot summers. About midway through February, the temperatures start to rise, with warm days, and cool, breezy nights. Due to the primarily dry climate, large diurnal temperature variations occur in less-developed areas of the desert above 2, ft m.
In the state's urban centers, the effects of local warming result in much higher measured night-time lows than in the recent past.
Arizona has an average annual rainfall of In July or August, the dewpoint rises dramatically for a brief period. During this time, the air contains large amounts of water vapor. This hot moisture brings lightning , thunderstorms , wind, and torrential, if usually brief, downpours. These downpours often cause flash floods , which can turn deadly.
In an attempt to deter drivers from crossing flooding streams, the Arizona Legislature enacted the Stupid Motorist Law. It is rare for tornadoes or hurricanes to occur in Arizona. Arizona's northern third is a plateau at significantly higher altitudes than the lower desert, and has an appreciably cooler climate, with cold winters and mild summers, though the climate remains semiarid to arid. Phoenix , in Maricopa County , is Arizona's capital and largest city.
Tucson , with a metro population of just over one million, is the state's second-largest city. Located in Pima County , approximately miles km southeast of Phoenix, it was incorporated in , making it the oldest incorporated city in Arizona.
It is home to the University of Arizona. Major incorporated suburbs of Tucson include Oro Valley and Marana northwest of the city, Sahuarita south of the city, and South Tucson in an enclave south of downtown. Saguaro National Park , just west of the city in the Tucson Mountains , is the site of the world's largest collection of Saguaro cacti. The Prescott metropolitan area includes the cities of Prescott, Cottonwood , Camp Verde and many other towns in the 8, square miles 21, km 2 of Yavapai County area.
With , residents, this cluster of towns is the state's third largest metropolitan area. The city of Prescott population 41, lies approximately miles km northwest of the Phoenix metropolitan area. Yuma is the center of the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Arizona.
Located in Yuma County , it is near the borders of California and Mexico. The Yuma Metropolitan Statistical Area has a population of , Yuma attracts many winter visitors from all over the United States. Flagstaff , in Coconino County , is the largest city in northern Arizona, and is at an elevation of nearly 7, feet 2, m.
With its large Ponderosa pine forests, snowy winter weather and picturesque mountains, it is a stark contrast to the desert regions typically associated with Arizona. It is sited at the base of the San Francisco Peaks , the highest mountain range in the state of Arizona, which contains Humphreys Peak , the highest point in Arizona at 12, feet 3, m. Flagstaff has a strong tourism sector, due to its proximity to numerous tourist attractions including: Grand Canyon National Park , Sedona , and Oak Creek Canyon.
Historic U. Route 66 is the main east—west street in the town. The Flagstaff metropolitan area is home to , residents and the main campus of Northern Arizona University. Lake Havasu City has a population of about 53, people. It is famous for huge spring break parties, sunsets and the London Bridge , relocated from London, England.
Lake Havasu City was founded by real estate developer Robert P. McCulloch in Arizona remained sparsely settled for most of the 19th century.
According to the United States Census, Arizona had a population of 6,, This was the second highest percentage of any state in the U. Metropolitan Phoenix 4. Metro Phoenix alone accounts for two-thirds of the state's population. Arizona's five largest ancestry groups, as of [update] , were: [87].
Arizona is home to the largest number of speakers of Native American languages in the 48 contiguous states, as more than 85, individuals reported speaking Navajo , [89] and 10, people reported Apache , as a language spoken at home in The Catholic Church has the highest number of adherents in Arizona at , , followed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with , members reported [92] and then non-denominational Evangelical Protestants, reporting , adherents.
According to the Association of Religion Data Archives, the fifteen largest denominations by number of adherents in and were: [95] [96]. Hinduism became the largest non-Christian religion when combining all denominations in with more than 32, adherents, followed by Judaism with more than 20, and Buddhism with more than 19, The composition of the state's economy is moderately diverse; although health care, transportation and the government remain the largest sectors.
Copper is still extensively mined from many expansive open-pit and underground mines, accounting for two-thirds of the nation's output. The state government is Arizona's largest employer, while Banner Health is the state's largest private employer, with more than 39, employees As of August [update] , the state's unemployment rate was 5.
The largest employment sectors in Arizona are August , Nonfarm Employment : []. According to The Arizona Republic , the largest private employers in the state as of [update] were: []. Tax is collected by the Arizona Department of Revenue.
Arizona collects personal income taxes in five brackets: 2. The state of Arizona does not levy a state tax on food for home consumption or on drugs prescribed by a licensed physician or dentist. However, some cities in Arizona do levy a tax on food for home consumption. All fifteen Arizona counties levy a tax. These added assessments could push the combined sales tax rate to as high as In [update] Romaine lettuce was harvested from 23, acres 9, ha , yielding an average of short hundredweight per acre Cantaloupe was harvested from 9, acres 3, ha , yielding an average of short hundredweight per acre The state is consistently the second largest grower of broccoli , consistently behind California's harvest , going from 10, to 9, to 11, acres 4, to 3, to 4, ha in , , and Cauliflower was harvested from 5, acres 2, ha , yielding an average of short hundredweight per acre Federal crop insurance is available for grape Vitis vinifera and other Vitis spp.
Arizona Extension has tested some varieties and recommends some others which their experience tells them should produce well for the Low Desert area: []. The whitefly Bemisia tabaci B was introduced through the poinsettia trade in the s, displacing the previous A biotype. The Colorado Potato Beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata is either native or an early introduction here.
Main Interstate routes include I, and I traveling north—south, I-8, I, and I, traveling east—west, and a short stretch of I traveling northeast—southwest through the extreme northwestern corner of the state.
In addition, the various urban areas are served by complex networks of state routes and highways, such as the Loop , which is part of Phoenix's vast freeway system. The Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas are served by public bus transit systems. Yuma and Flagstaff also have public bus systems. In Tucson, the Sun Link streetcar system travels through the downtown area, connecting the main University of Arizona campus with Mercado San Agustin on the western edge of downtown Tucson.
Sun Link, loosely based on the Portland Streetcar , launched in July Amtrak Southwest Chief route serves the northern part of the state, stopping at Winslow , Flagstaff , Williams and Kingman. Phoenix lost Amtrak service in with the rerouting of the Sunset Limited , and now an Amtrak bus runs between Phoenix and the station in Maricopa.
As of , Amtrak has proposed to restore rail service between Phoenix and Tucson. The capital of Arizona is Phoenix. Phoenix became the official state capital with Arizona's admission to the union in The House of Representatives and Senate buildings were dedicated in , and an Executive Office Building was dedicated in the ninth floor of this building is where the Office of the Governor is located.
The original Capitol building was converted into a museum. The Capitol complex is fronted and highlighted by the richly landscaped Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza , named after Wesley Bolin , a governor who died in office in the s. The site also includes many monuments and memorials, including the anchor and signal mast from the USS Arizona one of the U.
Navy ships sunk in Pearl Harbor and a granite version of the Ten Commandments. The Arizona Legislature is bicameral and consists of a thirty-member Senate and a member House of Representatives. Each of the thirty legislative districts has one senator and two representatives. Legislators are elected for two-year terms.
Each Legislature covers a two-year period. The first session following the general election is known as the first regular session, and the session convening in the second year is known as the second regular session. Each regular session begins on the second Monday in January and adjourns sine die terminates for the year no later than Saturday of the week in which the th day from the beginning of the regular session falls.
The President of the Senate and Speaker of the House, by rule, may extend the session up to seven additional days. Thereafter, the session can be extended only by a majority vote of members present of each house. The majority party is the Republican Party , which has held power in both houses since The Democratic Party picked up several legislative seats in recent elections, bringing both chambers one seat away from being equally divided as of Arizona state senators and representatives are elected for two-year terms and are limited to four consecutive terms in a chamber, though there is no limit on the total number of terms.
When a lawmaker is term-limited from office, it is common for him or her to run for election in the other chamber. Arizona's executive branch is headed by a governor , who is elected to a four-year term. The governor may serve any number of terms, though no more than two in a row.
Arizona is one of the few states that has no governor's mansion. During their term, the governors reside within their private residence, with executive offices housed in the executive tower at the state capitol. The governor of Arizona is Doug Ducey R.
All elected officials hold a term of four years, and are limited to two consecutive terms except the office of the State Mine Inspector, which is limited to four terms. Arizona is one of five states that do not have a lieutenant governor. The elected secretary of state is first in line to succeed the governor in the event of death, disability, resignation, or removal from office. If appointed, the Secretary of State is not eligible and the next governor is selected from the next eligible official in the line of succession, including the attorney general, state treasurer, and superintendent of public instruction.
Since , four secretaries of state and one attorney general have succeeded to Arizona's governorship. The Arizona Supreme Court is the highest court in Arizona, consisting of a chief justice, a vice chief justice, and five associate justices. Justices are appointed by the governor from a list recommended by a bipartisan commission and must be sustained in office by election after the first two years following their appointment.
Subsequent sustaining elections occur every six years. The supreme court has appellate jurisdiction in death penalty cases, but nearly all other appellate cases go through the Arizona Court of Appeals first. The court has original jurisdiction in a few other circumstances, as outlined in the state constitution. The Arizona Court of Appeals , subdivided into two divisions, is the intermediate court in the state. Division One is based in Phoenix, consists of sixteen judges, and has jurisdiction in the Western and Northern regions of the state, along with the greater Phoenix area.
Division Two is based in Tucson, consists of six judges, and has jurisdiction over the Southern regions of the state, including the Tucson area. Judges are selected in a method similar to the one used for state supreme court justices. Each county of Arizona has a superior court , the size and organization of which are varied and generally depend on the size of the particular county. Arizona is divided into 15 counties , ranging in size from 1, square miles 3, km 2 to 18, square miles 48, km 2.
Kelly succeeded Martha McSally who was appointed by Gov. Arizona gained a ninth seat in the House of Representatives due to redistricting based on Census From statehood through the late s, Arizona was primarily dominated by the Democratic Party. During this time, the Democratic candidate for the presidency carried the state each election, the only exceptions being the elections of , and — all three were national Republican landslides.
In , Congress had passed a law granting citizenship and suffrage to all Native Americans, some of whom had previously been excluded as members of tribes on reservations. Legal interpretations of Arizona's constitution prohibited Native Americans living on reservations from voting, classifying them as being under "guardianship".
The landmark case is Harrison and Austin v. After the men were refused the opportunity to register in Maricopa County, they filed suit against the registrar.
These were the only two states that had continued to prohibit Native Americans from voting. Arizona voted Republican in every presidential election from to , with Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan winning the state by particularly large margins.
During this forty-year span, it was the only state not to be carried by a Democrat at least once. Democrat Lyndon Johnson , in , lost the state by fewer than 5, votes to Arizona Senator and native Barry Goldwater. This was the most closely contested state in what was otherwise a landslide victory for Johnson that year.
Democrat Bill Clinton ended this streak in , when he won Arizona by a little over two percentage points Clinton had previously come within less than two percent of winning Arizona's electoral votes in From until , the majority of the state continued to support Republican presidential candidates by solid margins. In the United States presidential election , Joe Biden again broke the streak by becoming the first Democratic presidential candidate to win Arizona since Since the mid 20th century, the Republican Party has also dominated Arizona politics in general.
The fast-growing Phoenix and Tucson suburbs became reliably Republican areas from the s onward. During this time, many "Pinto Democrats", or conservative Democrats from rural areas, became increasingly willing to support Republicans at the state and national level. While the state normally supports Republicans at the federal level, Democrats are often competitive in statewide elections.
Two of the last six governors have been Democrats. On March 4, , Senator John McCain effectively clinched the Republican nomination for , becoming the first major party presidential nominee from the state since Barry Goldwater in Arizona politics are dominated by a longstanding rivalry between its two largest counties, Maricopa and Pima — home to Phoenix and Tucson, respectively.
The two counties have almost 75 percent of the state's population and cast almost 80 percent of the state's vote. They also elect a substantial majority of the state legislature. Forecast Radar Cameras. An interview with a local Arizona City resident in by the Arizona City Daily Star said this about the water: "Our water is unusually pure and soft. It has very few minerals, just enough to give it a good taste.
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