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Tucson (/ ˈtuːsɒn /; O'odham: Cuk Ṣon; Spanish: Tucsón) [ 1 ] is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, [ 7 ] and is home to the University of Arizona. It is the second-largest city in Arizona behind Phoenix, with a population of 542,629 in the 2020 United States census, [ 8 ] while the population of the entire Tucson metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is ...
In 1854, Tucson, along with much of the surrounding area, was purchased from Mexico by the United States in the Gadsden Purchase and was made part of the New Mexico Territory. President Lincoln created the Arizona Territory in 1863, and Tucson was named capitol from 1867 to 1877. On February 14, 1912, Arizona became the 48th state in the United ...
Arizona is the sixth largest state by area, ranked after New Mexico and before Nevada. Of the state's 113,998 square miles (295,000 km 2), approximately 15% is privately owned. The remaining area is public forest and parkland, state trust land and Native American reservations.
Tucson International Airport (IATA: TUS, ICAO: KTUS, FAA LID: TUS) is a civil-military airport owned by the City of Tucson 8 miles (7.0 nmi; 13 km) south of downtown Tucson, in Pima County, Arizona, United States. [1] It is the second busiest airport in Arizona, after Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
The Arizona State Museum’s library and archives is a research collection open to the public specializing in southwestern United States and northern Mexico archaeology, ethnology, ethnohistory, and material culture, as well as American Indian and museum studies.
This is a list of historic properties in Tucson, Arizona, which includes a photographic gallery of some of the remaining historic structures. Tucson is a city and the county seat of Pima County. It is the second-largest populated city in Arizona behind Phoenix. Included in this list are the photographs of some of the districts. buildings and individual properties identified as historic by the ...
1990 – Population: 405,390. [14] 1991 Biosphere 2 built. George Miller (Arizona politician) becomes mayor. 1996 Goodricke-Pigott Observatory dedicated. Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson founded. 1998 City website online (approximate date). [15][chronology citation needed] Park Place (Tucson, Arizona) shopping mall in business.
Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park – Exhibits focus on the state's history in the 20th and 21st centuries, including World War II, the rise of desert cities, Arizona pop culture, sports, and the state's geology.