Tucson, Arizona

Tucson (/ˈtuːsɒn/ or occasionally locally /tuːˈsɒn/) is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, and home to the University of Arizona. The 2010 United States Census put the population at 520,116, while the 2013 estimated population of the entire Tucson metropolitan statistical area (MSA) was 996,544. The Tucson MSA forms part of the larger Tucson-Nogales combined statistical area (CSA), with a total population of 980,263 as of the 2010 Census. Tucson is the second-largest populated city in Arizona behind Phoenix, both of which anchor the Arizona Sun Corridor. The city is located 108 miles (174 km) southeast of Phoenix and 60 mi (97 km) north of the U.S.-Mexico border. Tucson is the 33rd largest city and the 59th largest metropolitan area in the United States. Roughly 150 Tucson companies are involved in the design and manufacture of optics and optoelectronics systems, earning Tucson the nickname Optics Valley.

Major incorporated suburbs of Tucson include Oro Valley and Marana northwest of the city, Sahuarita south of the city, and South Tucson in an enclave south of downtown. Communities in the vicinity of Tucson (some within or overlapping the city limits) include Casas Adobes, Catalina Foothills, Flowing Wells, Midvale Park, Tanque Verde, Tortolita, and Vail. Towns outside the Tucson metro area include Benson to the southeast, Catalina and Oracle to the north, and Green Valley to the south.

Ariz

Ariz may refer to the following places:

Ariz.

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.