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Arizona is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the northwest and California to the west, and shares an international border with the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix, which is the most populous state capital and fifth-most populous city in the United States. Arizona is divided into 15 counties.

Arizona is the sixth-largest state by area and the 14th-most-populous of the 50 states. It is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912. Historically part of the territory of Alta California and Nuevo México in New Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in 1821. After being defeated in the Mexican–American War, Mexico ceded much of this territory to the United States in 1848, where the area became part of the New Mexico Territory. The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase.

Southern Arizona is known for its desert climate, with extremely hot summers and mild winters. Northern Arizona features forests of pine, Douglas fir, and spruce trees; the Colorado Plateau; mountain ranges (such as the San Francisco Mountains); as well as large, deep canyons, with much more moderate summer temperatures and significant winter snowfalls. There are ski resorts in the areas of Flagstaff, Sunrise, and Tucson. In addition to the internationally known Grand Canyon National Park, which is one of the world's seven natural wonders, there are several national forests, national parks, and national monuments.

Arizona is home to a diverse population. About one-quarter of the state is made up of Indian reservations that serve as the home of 27 federally recognized Native American tribes, including the Navajo Nation, the largest in the state and the country, with more than 300,000 citizens. Since the 1980s, the proportion of Hispanics has grown significantly owing to migration from Mexico and Central America. A substantial portion of the population are followers of the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Arizona's population and economy have grown dramatically since the 1950s because of inward migration, and the state is now a major hub of the Sun Belt. Cities such as Phoenix and Tucson have developed large, sprawling suburban areas. Many large companies, such as PetSmart and Circle K, have headquarters in the state, and Arizona is home to major universities, including the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, and Northern Arizona University. The state is known for a history of conservative politicians such as Barry Goldwater and John McCain, though it has become a swing state in recent years. (Full article...)

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Interstate 40 (I-40) is an east–west Interstate Highway that has a 359.11-mile (577.93 km) section in the US state of Arizona, connecting sections in California and New Mexico. The Interstate is also referred to as the Purple Heart Trail to honor those wounded in combat who have received the Purple Heart. It enters Arizona from the west at a crossing of the Colorado River southwest of Kingman. It travels eastward across the northern portion of the state, connecting the cities of Kingman, Ash Fork, Williams, Flagstaff, Winslow, and Holbrook. I-40 continues into New Mexico, heading to Albuquerque. The highway has major junctions with U.S. Route 93 (US 93; the main highway connecting Phoenix and Las Vegas, Nevada) in Kingman and again approximately 22 miles (35 km) to the east and I-17 (the freeway linking Phoenix to northern Arizona) in Flagstaff.

For the majority of its routing through Arizona, I-40 follows the historic alignment of US 66. The lone exception is a stretch between Kingman and Ash Fork where US 66 took a more northerly, less direct route that is now State Route 66 (SR 66). Construction of I-40 was ongoing in the 1960s and 1970s and reached completion in 1984. With the completion of I-40 in 1984, the entire routing of US 66 had been bypassed by Interstate Highways which led to its decertification a year later in 1985. (Full article...)

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... that Abraham Hamadeh lost one of the closest elections in Arizona history by 280 votes, and has filed multiple lawsuits challenging the results?
... that American football linebacker Segun Olubi grew up in New Jersey, Minnesota, Arizona, England, and California, and attended four different colleges in Idaho, California, and Arkansas?
... that in 2016 Verrado High School in Arizona began offering all-female engineering classes?
... that the Boundary Fire burned 17,788 acres (7,199 ha) of the Coconino and Kaibab National Forests in Arizona?
... that the Phoenixonian Institute was the first African-American high school in California?
... that the solar panels of Canyon View High School provide shade from the Arizona heat and provide 20 percent of the school's energy?
... that after Joe Matesic was revealed to have played at Arizona State under his brother's name, the football coach resigned and the school was nearly expelled from the Border Conference?
... that at the peak of the 2018 Tinder Fire in Arizona, 695 firefighters worked to contain its spread?

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Credit: United States Bureau of Reclamation

The Central Arizona Project Aqueduct is a diversion canal in Arizona in the United States. The aqueduct diverts water from the Colorado River from Lake Havasu City into central and southern Arizona. The Central Arizona Project is a multipurpose water resource development and management project that was designed to provide water to nearly one million acres (4,000 km²) of Indian and non-Indian irrigated agricultural land areas as well as municipal water for several Arizona communities.

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...that, in Arizona v. New Mexico, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Arizona's attempt to invoke original jurisdiction, but Arizona prevailed when the case returned to the court on appeal?

...that Cris Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets and Jerry Posin of Steppenwolf teamed up to perform music while both were imprisoned at the Federal Correctional Institution in Phoenix, Arizona?

...that Ryan Newman won the 2010 Subway Fresh Fit 600 after making a pass with only two laps to go?

...that Monument Valley was once mined for uranium ore?

... that Arizona Territorial Governor Joseph Henry Kibbey preferred to be addressed by the title "judge"?

... that Charles Silent tried to resign from the Arizona Supreme Court almost immediately upon taking up the office?

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Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was an American lawman and an assistant marshal to his brother, Virgil Earp. Earp was involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which he and other lawmen killed three outlaws. While Earp is usually depicted as the key figure in the shootout, his brother Virgil was both the U.S. Marshal and the Tombstone city marshal and had decided to enforce a city ordinance prohibiting carrying weapons in public and to disarm the Cowboys.

In 1874, Earp arrived in the boomtown of Wichita, Kansas, where his reputed wife opened a brothel. At this brothel, Earp was arrested more than once, as he may have been a pimp. He was appointed to the Wichita police force and developed a good reputation as a lawman but was "not rehired as a police officer" after a physical altercation with a political opponent of his boss. Earp left Wichita, following his brother James to Dodge City, Kansas, where his brother's wife Bessie and Earp's common-law wife Sally operated a brothel. In this city, he became an assistant city marshal. In 1878, he went to Texas to track down an outlaw, Dave Rudabaugh, and met John "Doc" Holliday, whom Wyatt credited with saving his life. (Full article...)

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The following are images from various Arizona-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Connor Hotel in Jerome (from History of Arizona)
Image 2The Gadsden Purchase (shown with present-day state boundaries and cities) (from History of Arizona)
Image 3White Mountains (Arizona) (from Geography of Arizona)
Image 4The Great House at the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument (from History of Arizona)
Image 5Riparian forest along upper Oak Creek Canyon (from Geography of Arizona)
Image 6The luxury Harvey House hotel opened in 1905 overlooking the South Rim of the Grand Canyon; it remains in operation as the El Tovar Hotel. (from History of Arizona)
Image 7Köppen climate types of Arizona, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Geography of Arizona)
Image 8Arizona Territory in 1866 (from History of Arizona)
Image 9Petrified Forest National Park (from Geography of Arizona)
Image 10A map showing the extent of the Ancestral Puebloan, Hohokam, and Mogollon cultures within the American Southwest and Northern Mexico, all three of which were based in what is now Arizona and/or New Mexico in around 1350 CE (from History of Arizona)
Image 11Fort Defiance, painted 1873 by Seth Eastman (from History of Arizona)
Image 12Arizona's average rainfall (from Geography of Arizona)
Image 13Major airfields in Arizona during World War II. (from History of Arizona)
Image 14Upper Salt River (Arizona) with the Sierra Ancha in the background. (from Geography of Arizona)
Image 15Panorama of Kinishba Ruins, an ancient Mogollon great house. The Kinishba Ruins are one building that has over 600 rooms. (from History of Arizona)
Image 16Hourly re-enactment for tourists of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (from History of Arizona)
Image 17The Sonoran Desert 35 miles (56 km) west of Maricopa, Arizona (from Geography of Arizona)
Image 18Inspiration Copper Company smelter at Miami, Arizona, c. 1915 (from History of Arizona)
Image 19Keet Seel cliff dwellings (from History of Arizona)
Image 20The location of Arizona in the United States (from Geography of Arizona)
Image 21San Rafael Valley (from Geography of Arizona)
Image 22Humphreys Peak seen on its western side from U.S. Route 180, with Agassiz Peak in the background (from Geography of Arizona)
Image 23Horseshoe Bend (Arizona) (from Geography of Arizona)
Image 24Verde River (from Geography of Arizona)
Image 251898 map of the Arizona Territory (from History of Arizona)
Image 26This ornate grain basket by Akimel O'odham dates from the early 20th century, showing the Native American dimension to the state's culture (from History of Arizona)
Image 27Big Lake (Arizona) (from Geography of Arizona)
Image 28Pinyon-juniper woodland near Heber-Overgaard, Arizona. (from Geography of Arizona)
Image 29Water delivered by the Central Arizona Project's canal. (from History of Arizona)
Image 30San Francisco Peaks (from Geography of Arizona)
Image 31Sinagua cliff dwelling (Montezuma Castle), Arizona, built in around 1100 CE (from History of Arizona)
Image 32Grand Canyon South Rim at Sunset. (from Geography of Arizona)
Image 33Arizona's counties (from Geography of Arizona)
Image 34Hohokam pottery from Casa Grande (from History of Arizona)
Image 35Chiricahua National Monument (from Geography of Arizona)
Image 36Signing of Arizona statehood bill in 1912 (from History of Arizona)
Image 371903 editorial cartoon by Bob Satterfield, depicting Arizona and New Mexico as crazed gunfighters intent on gaining access to the "E pluribus unum tavern". (from History of Arizona)
Image 38Mormon Lake (from Geography of Arizona)

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Nickname: The Grand Canyon State
Capital and largest city: Phoenix
Governor: Katie Hobbs (D)
Total area: 295,254 km² (113,998 sq mi)
Population (2020): 7,151,502
Date admitted to the Union: February 14, 1912
Senators: Kyrsten Sinema (I), Mark Kelly (D)
Representatives: Tom O'Halleran (D), Ann Kirkpatrick (D), Raúl Grijalva (D), Paul Gosar (R), Andy Biggs (R), David Schweikert (R), Ruben Gallego (D), Debbie Lesko (R), Greg Stanton (D)

State symbols:

Animal: Ring-tailed Cat
Bird: Cactus wren
Butterfly: Two-tailed Swallowtail
Colors: Federal Blue and old gold
Firearm: The Colt Single-Action Army Revolver
Fish: Apache trout
Flower: Saguaro blossom
Fossil: Araucarioxylon arizonicum
Gem: Turquoise
Neckwear: Bolo tie
Reptile: Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake
Songs: "Arizona March Song", "Arizona"
Tree: Blue Palo Verde

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