Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix (/ˈfiːnɪks/) is the capital, and largest city, of the state of Arizona. With 1,445,632 people (as of the 2010 U.S. Census), Phoenix is the most populous state capital in the United States, as well as the sixth most populous city nationwide.

Phoenix is the anchor of the Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, which in turn is a part of the Salt River Valley. The city is the 13th largest metro area by population in the United States, with approximately 4.3 million people in 2010. In addition, Phoenix is the county seat of Maricopa County and is one of the largest cities in the United States by land area.

Settled in 1867 as an agricultural community near the confluence of the Salt and Gila Rivers, Phoenix incorporated as a city in 1881. Located in the northeastern reaches of the Sonoran Desert, Phoenix has a subtropical desert climate. Despite this, its canal system led to a thriving farming community, many of the original crops remaining important parts of the Phoenix economy for decades, such as alfalfa, cotton, citrus and hay (which was important for the cattle industry). In fact, the "Five C's" (Cotton, Cattle, Citrus, Climate, and Copper), remained the driving forces of Phoenix's economy until after World War II, when high tech industries began to move into the valley.

Ariz

Ariz may refer to the following places:

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ARIZ

ARIZ, Russian acronym of Алгоритм решения изобретательских задач (Algorithm of Inventive Problems Solving)

See also

Ariz (Metro Bilbao)

Ariz is a station of the Line 2 of Metro Bilbao. The station before is Etxebarri and the station after is Basauri, which is the terminus station. Ariz station is located in the municipality of Basauri, in the Greater Bilbao area. It is one of the two stations located in this municipality, being the other one Basauri. It is an underground station and ita fare zone is B0.

History

It was opened on February 28, 2011, being one of the two stations planned to be opened in the municipality of Basauri, the other one being Basauri station and which was opened on November 11, 2011. Only on the first day, more than 8.000 passengers used the new station.

Until the opening of Basauri station, both lines 1 and 2 operated in this station; starting on November 11 only Line 2 reaches it, and then follows to Basauri station. Line 1 now ends in Etxebarri.

Services

Metro services

The station is served by the line 2, with trains coming from Basauri to Santurtzi. From Monday to Friday there are trains to Santurtzi each five minutes in rush hours and seven in the rest of schedules. Passengers willing to interchange to line 1 to the Right Bank (destinations, Bidezabal or Plentzia) may do so on any station located between Etxebarri and San Inazio.

Arizona

Arizona (ⁱ/ɛrɪˈzoʊnə/; /ærɪˈzoʊnə/) (Navajo: Hoozdo Hahoodzo; O'odham: Alĭ ṣonak) is a state in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the Western United States and of the Mountain West states. It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is one of the Four Corners states. It has borders with New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, and Mexico, and one point in common with the southwestern corner of Colorado. Arizona's border with Mexico is 389 miles (626 km) long, on the northern border of the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California.

Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912. It was previously part of the territory of Alta California in New Spain before being passed down to independent Mexico and later ceded to the United States after the Mexican–American War. The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase.