Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
	Ceety
	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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	Nickname(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
Government
• Type	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	MST (UTC-7)
• Summer (DST)	no DST (UTC-7)
ZIP codes	85701-85775
Aurie code	520
FIPS code	04-77000
Website	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.