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Website. www .phoenix .gov. Phoenix ( / ˈfiːnɪks / FEE-niks; [8] Spanish: Fénix; [9] [10]) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. [11] It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States and the most populous state capital in the country.
Skyline view of Phoenix — looking northeast from a helicopter, from above the 4th Avenue. The history of Phoenix, Arizona, goes back millennia, beginning with nomadic paleo-Indians who existed in the Americas in general, and the Salt River Valley in particular, about 7,000 BC until about 6,000 BC. Mammoths were the primary prey of hunters.
The original Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. The capital of Arizona is Phoenix. The original Capitol building, with its distinctive copper dome, was dedicated in 1901 (construction was completed for $136,000 in 1900) when the area was a territory. Phoenix became the official state capital with Arizona's admission to the union in 1912.
The Phoenix Carnegie Library was built in 1907 and is located at 1101 W. Washington St. The property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Del Monte Market built in 1908 and located at 2659 W. Dobbins Road in South Mountain Village, an urban village within the city of Phoenix.
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport [a] ( IATA: PHX, ICAO: KPHX, FAA LID: PHX) is a civil–military public airport 3 miles (2.6 nmi; 4.8 km) east of downtown Phoenix, in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. [3] It is Arizona's largest and busiest airport; among the largest commercial airports in the United States, PHX was the 8th ...
Maricopa County, Arizona. / 33.5139°N 112.4758°W / 33.5139; -112.4758. Maricopa County ( / ˌmærɪˈkoʊpə /) is in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census the population was 4,420,568, [1] or about 62% of the state's total, making it the fourth-most populous county in the United States and the ...