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  2. History of Tucson, Arizona - Wikipedia

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    The history of Tucson, Arizona began thousands of years ago. Paleo-Indians practiced plant husbandry and hunted game in the Santa Cruz River Valley from 10,000 or earlier BCE. Archaic peoples began making irrigation canals, some of the first in North America, around 1,200 BCE. [1] The Hohokam people lived in the Tucson area from around 450 ...

  3. Tucson, Arizona - Wikipedia

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    Tucson (/ ˈ t uː s ɒ n / TOO-son; O'odham: Cuk Ṣon) is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, 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, while the population of the entire Tucson metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is 1,043,433.

  4. Sentinel Peak (Arizona) - Wikipedia

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    Sentinel Peak is a 2,897 ft (900 m) peak in the Tucson Mountains southwest of downtown Tucson, Arizona, United States. The valley's first inhabitants grew crops at the mountain's base, along the Santa Cruz River. The name "Tucson" is derived from the O'odham Cuk Ṣon ( [tʃʊk ʂɔːn] ), meaning " [at the] base of the black [hill]".

  5. Tucson Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The Tucson Mountains ( O'odham: Cuk Doʼag) are a minor mountain range west of Tucson, Arizona, United States. The Tucson Mountains, including Wasson Peak, are one of four notable mountain ranges surrounding the Tucson Basin. The Santa Catalina Mountains lie to the northeast, the Rincon Mountains are to the east of Tucson, and the Santa Rita ...

  6. Hyundai Tucson - Wikipedia

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    Front engine, front-wheel-drive. Front engine, all-wheel-drive. The Hyundai Tucson ( / ˈtuːsɒn /; Korean: 현대 투싼) is a compact crossover SUV [1] produced by the South Korean manufacturer Hyundai. It is named after the city of Tucson, Arizona. It was originally known as the Hyundai JM when it was introduced in Japan in 2004.

  7. List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States

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    Lampasas County, Texas. Laredo, Texas ("scree") (Laredo city in Cantabria) Lavaca County, Texas ("La vaca", literally "the cow") Leon County, Florida (named for Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León; it is his surname, which means lion, as well as the name of a Spanish city, León, Spain. Leon County, Texas.

  8. Arizona - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Timeline of Tucson, Arizona - Wikipedia

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    1776 – Presidio San Augustin del Tucson (military outpost) established. [1] 1779 – December 6: First Battle of Tucson. 1782. May 1: Second Battle of Tucson. December 25: Third Battle of Tucson (1782). 1784 – March 21: Fourth Battle of Tucson, Sonora, New Spain.

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