Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona | ||
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 Frae upper left: Dountoun Tucson Skyline, Pima Coonty Coorthoose, Auld Main, Varsity o Arizona, Saguaro Naitional Pairk, St. Augustine Cathedral, Santa Catalina Muntains | ||
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| Eik-name(s): The Auld Pueblo, Optics Valley | ||
 Location in Pima Coonty an the state o Arizona | ||
  Tucson, Arizona Location in the Unitit States | ||
| Coordinates: 32°13′18″N 110°55′35″W / 32.22167°N 110.92639°W | ||
| Country | United States | |
| State | Arizona | |
| Coonty | Pima | |
| Govrenment | ||
| • Teep | Cooncil-manager govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Jonathan Rothschild (D) | |
| Area | ||
| • Ceety | 588.0 km2 (227.0 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 587.2 km2 (226.7 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 0.8 km2 (0.3 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 728 m (2,389 ft) | |
| Population (2012) | ||
| • Ceety | 524,295 (33rd) | |
| • Density | 1,078.8/km2 (2,793.6/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 843,168 (52nt) | |
| • Metro | 992,394 (53rd) | |
| • Demonym | Tucsonan | |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (no DST) | |
| ZIP codes | 85701-85775 | |
| Aurie code | 520 | |
| FIPS code | 04-77000 | |
| Wabsteid | www.tucsonaz.gov | |
| 1 Urban = 2010 Census | ||
Tucson (/ˈtuːsɒn/ TOO-son) is a ceety in an the coonty seat o Pima Coonty, Arizona, Unitit States,[1] an home tae the Varsity o Arizona. The 2010 Unitit States Census puts the ceety's population at 520,116,[2] while the 2012 estimatit population o the entire Tucson metropolitan aurie wis 992,394.[3] The Tucson MSA furms pairt o the lairger Tucson-Nogales combined statistical aurie, wi a tot population o 980,263 as o the 2010 Census. Tucson is the seicont-lairgest populatit ceety in Arizona behind Phoenix, which baith anchor the Arizona Sun Corridor. The ceety is [1] locatit 108 miles (174 km) sootheast o Phoenix an 60 mi (97 km) north o the U.S.-Mexico border. Tucson is the 33rd lairgest ceety an the 52nt lairgest metropolitan aurie in the Unitit States. Roughly 150 Tucson companies are involved in the design an manufacture o optics an optoelectronics seestems, earnin Tucson the nickname Optics Valley.
Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Tucson haes aicht sister ceeties, as designate bi Sister Cities International: [4]
Liupanshui, Cheenae
Trikala, Greece
Pécs, Hungary
Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan
Roscommon, Ireland
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico
Segovia, Castile an León, Spain
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ "Fact Finder". U.S. Census. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
- ↑ http://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2012/tables/CBSA-EST2012-01.csv
- ↑ "Tucson Sister Cities". Interactive City Directory. Sister Cities International. Retrieved 4 September 2013.