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Arizona (The Grand Canyon State)

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Some of Arizona's Top
Tourist Attractions:


Grand Canyon
Chapel of the Holy Cross
Desert Botanical Gardens
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Kitt Peak National Observatory
Oak Creek Canyon
Bell Rock
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Kartchner Caverns State Park
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

For more tourist attractions with links to their websites, search our exclusive directory in the left column.


State Facts:

Arizona Office of Tourism:
888-520-3434
http://www.ArizonaGuide.com

Capital: Phoenix

Population: 5,130,632

Governor: Janet Napolitano (D, to January 2007)

Entered the Union: February 14, 1912

As the: 48th state

Motto: Ditat Deus (God Enriches)

Nickname: The Grand Canyon State

Flower: Flower of the saguaro cactus

Bird: Cactus Wren

Song: "Arizona March Song"

Sports Teams: Phoenix Suns (Men's Basketball); Phoenix Coyotes (Hockey); Arizona Cardinals (Football); Arizona Diamondbacks (Major League Baseball), Phoenix Mercury (Women's Professional Basketball)

Origin of Name: From the Native American word "Arizonac," meaning "little spring" or "young spring"

Major Industries: Manufacturing, Agriculture, Copper

Historical Sites: Tombstone, site of the famous shootout at the O.K. Corral ; Prescott, the first territorial capital of Arizona ; the Yuma Crossing, first used in the 1600s by Spanish traveling to California

Points of Interest: The Grand Canyon
Petrified Forest, the
Hoover Dam,
Monument Valley
Four Corners
Phoenix
Tucson
Tempe
Route 66
London Bridge, Lake Havasu
Sedona
Flagstaff
Saguaro Cactus

Bordering States: California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Mexico.