Saturday, September 28, 2013

General information about Phoenix, Arizona

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Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the 6th most inhabited city nationwide, and is also the most thickly settled state capital in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau information.

Phoenix, Az
It is the anchor of the Phoenix metropolitan area (also known as the Valley of the ) and is the twelfth largest metro area by population in the United States with around 4.2 million people in 2010. In addition, Phoenix is the county seat of Maricopa County and is one of the largest cities in the United States by land area.

Downtown Phoenix, Az
Phoenix was incorporated as a city in 1881, after being founded in 1861 close to the Salt River near its confluence with the Gila River. The city has a noteworthy and renowned political culture and has been home to many important American politicians, including Barry Goldwater, William Rehnquist, John McCain, Carl Hayden, and Sandra Day . Residents of the city are known as Phoenicians. Settled in the northeastern reaches of the Sonoran Desert, Phoenix has a subtropical desert climate.

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