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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.
1897 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson established; Cathedral of Saint Augustine (Tucson) built. 1900 – Population: 7,531. 20th century. 1903 – Desert Laboratory founded. 1907 – Southern Pacific railway station built. 1910 – Population: 13,193. 1912 – City becomes part of new State of Arizona. 1919 City airfield established.
In 1885, the University of Arizona was founded in Tucson – it was situated in the countryside, outside the city limits of the time. During the territorial and early statehood periods, Tucson was Arizona's largest city and commercial and railroad center, while Phoenix was the seat of state government (beginning in 1889) and agriculture ...
Regina Romero (born 1974) is an American politician serving as the 42nd Mayor of Tucson, Arizona since 2019.. In addition to being the Mayor of Tucson, Romero is the Chair of the Latino Alliance of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Co-chair of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, an inaugural member of the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger, and a member of the Climate Mayors Network.
The City of Tucson acquired land southeast of town for a runway and dedicated the field in 1925. [15] [21] [22] Charles Lindbergh , fresh from his nonstop crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, flew his Spirit of St. Louis to Tucson in 1927 to dedicate the airport at Davis–Monthan Field, [23] then the largest municipal airport in the United States.
Tucson station. / 32.22306°N 110.96667°W / 32.22306; -110.96667. Tucson station is an Amtrak train depot in Tucson, Arizona, served three times a week by the combined Sunset Limited / Texas Eagle train.
[citation needed] 20 Pima County Superior Court Building: 137 (42) 9 1974 [citation needed] 21 UniSource Energy Building: 135 (42) 9: 2011 Building will become the new home for Tucson Electric Power and UniSource Energy, it is the first highrise/skyscraper built in Tucson since the mid-1980s. 22 Evo A. DeConcini United States Courthouse: 134 ...
McKale Center. / 32.23; -110.95. McKale Memorial Center is an athletic arena in the southwest United States, located on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. As the home of the university's Wildcats basketball team of the Pac-12 Conference, it is primarily used for basketball, but also has physical training and therapy ...