(Home Page) | (Grand Canyon) | (Flagstaff) | (Phoenix) |
(Payson) | Arizona State Facts Page | (Email Webmaster) Arizona
was the 48th state in the USA; it became a state on February 14,
1912. State Abbreviation - AZ State Capital - Phoenix Largest
City - Phoenix Area - 114,006 square miles [Arizona is the 6th
biggest state in the USA] Population - 5,130,632 (as of 2000)
[Arizona is the 20th most populous state in the USA] Major
Industries - mining (copper, molybdenum, gold, and silver),
manufacturing, and tourism Major Rivers - Colorado River, Little
Colorado River, Gila River, Bill Williams River Major Lakes -
Lake Mead, Lake Havasu, Lake Mohave, Theodore Roosevelt Lake,
San Carlos Lake, Lake Powell Highest Point - Humphreys Peak -
12,633 feet (3,581 m) above sea level Bordering States -
California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah Bordering Country
- Mexico Origin of the Name Arizona - The word Arizona comes
from one of the following (its origin is not certain): the Aztec
Indian word "arizuma," that means