Arizona
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| State of Arizona | |||||
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| Nickname(s): The Grand Canyon State; The Copper State |
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| Motto(s): Ditat Deus | |||||
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| Offeecial leid | Inglis | ||||
| Spoken leids | English 72.58%[1] Spanish 21.57%[1] Navajo 1.54%[1] |
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| Demonym | Arizonan[2] | ||||
| Caipital (an lairgest ceety) |
Phoenix | ||||
| Lairgest metro | Phoenix Metropolitan Aurie | ||||
| Aurie | Ranked 6t | ||||
| • Tot | 113,990[3] sq mi (295,234 km2) |
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| • Width | 310 miles (500 km) | ||||
| • Lenth | 400 miles (645 km) | ||||
| • % watter | 0.35 | ||||
| • Latitude | 31° 20′ North tae 37° North | ||||
| • Longitude | 109° 03′ Wast tae 114° 49′ Wast | ||||
| Population | Ranked 16t | ||||
| • Tot | 6,482,505 (2011 est)[4] | ||||
| • Density | 57/sq mi (22/km2) Ranked 33rd |
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| Elevation | |||||
| • Heichest pynt | Humphreys Peak[5][6][7] 12,637 ft (3852 m) |
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| • Mean | 4,100 ft (1250 m) | ||||
| • Lawest pynt | Colorado River at the Sonora border[6][7] 72 ft (22 m) |
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| Admission to Union | 14 Februar 1912 (48t) | ||||
| Govrenor | Jan Brewer (R) | ||||
| Secretary o State | Ken Bennett (R) | ||||
| Legislatur | Arizona Legislature | ||||
| • Upper hoose | Senate | ||||
| • Lawer hoose | House of Representatives | ||||
| U.S. Senators | John McCain (R) Jon Kyl (R) |
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| U.S. Hoose delegation | Five Republicans and three Democrats (leet) | ||||
| Time zones | |||||
| • Maist o state | Mountain: UTC-7 | ||||
| • Navajo Nation | Muntain: UTC-7/-6 | ||||
| ISO 3166 | US-AZ | ||||
| Abbreviations | AZ, Ariz. | ||||
| Wabsteid | www |
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Arizona is a state o the Unitit States o Americae locatit in the soothwastren region o the Unitit States. The caipital an lairgest ceety is Phoenix. The seicont lairgest ceety is Tucson, follaed in size bi the aicht Phoenix metropolitan aurie ceeties o Mesa, Glendale, Chandler, Scottsdale, Gilbert, Tempe, Peoria, Surprise an then bi Yuma in Yuma Coonty.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 2005 American Community Survey. Retrieved from the data of the MLA, 2010-07-13
- ↑ "Arizona – Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary". Merriam-webster.com. 2007-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
- ↑ "2010 Census State Area Measurements and Internal Point Coordinates". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/upload/Arizona7-5-12.pdf
- ↑ "Frisco". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=FQ0624. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Elevations and Distances in the United States". United States Geological Survey. 2001. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Elevation adjusted to North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
Coordinates: 34°N 112°W / 34°N 112°W
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