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NICK NAME | Grand Canyons State | |
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CAPITAL CITY | Phoenix | |
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LARGEST CITY | Phoenix | |
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SECOND LARGEST CITY | Tuscon | |
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LARGEST COUNTY | Maricopa | |
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AREA | 114,006 sq. miles; 113,642 sq. miles land, 364 sq. miles water. (6th Largest state) | |
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HIGHEST ELEVATION | 12,633 ft., Humphreys Peak (Coconino County). | |
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LOWEST POINT | 70 ft., along the Colorado River (Yuma County). | |
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ABBREVIATION | AZ (postal); Ariz. (traditional) | |
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AREA CODE(S) | 480, 602, 623 | |
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TIME ZONE | Mountain Standard Time | |
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PART OF REGION | Mountain; Southwest; Far West | |
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ADMISSION DATE | February 14, 1912 (48th State) | |
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LOCATION | In the Southwestern United States, bordering California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Mexico. | |
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NAME ORIGIN | From teh Pima or Papago Indian word arizonac, which may mean "place of small springs." | |
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STATE BIRD | Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) | |
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STATE FLOWER | Blossom of the Saguaro Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) | |
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STATE SONG | "Arizona March Song" and "Arizona" | |
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STATE STONE | Turquoise | |
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STATE TREE | Paloverde (Cercidium Floridum) | |
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STATE MOTTO | Ditat Deus (Latin: "God Enriches") |
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