Arizona is a state located in the south-west of the country and included in its composition in 1912, the forty-eighth in a row. Later, only Alaska and Hawaii were annexed . The capital of this picturesque area is the city of Phoenix (or Phoenix - Phoenix), one of the largest megacities in the USA. Arizona is famous for its unique natural wonder - the Grand Canyon, along which the Colorado River flows. In addition, there is something to be surprised there, because the landscape is distinguished by its exceptional diversity and absolute dissimilarity to other picturesque corners of the world.
History
The population of Arizona is about six and a half million people, among which the Indian group is the largest in the world, accounting for more than four percent. After the Indians, these lands were owned by the Kingdom of Spain, then Mexico.
Thus, it turned out that Arizona is the state where three distinctive cultures merged together: Native American, Spanish and English. The Indians, who previously undividedly owned all the territories, now live in reservations that make up no more than a third of all lands; in them very much recalls these immemorial times. An Indian country in the north-east of Arizona is famous for the huge and indescribable beauty of the canyon De Chelly, there is also the no less picturesque Monument Valley, numerous ruins of the Pueblo times on the lands of the Navajo tribe. Hopi Indians villages are located in remote mountainous areas, lost between steep cliffs. The mountains in the southeast are amazing and cinematically spectacular, where the last of the tribes settled down, bowing before the white conquerors - the Apaches. The name "Arizona" the state received precisely from the Indians. It is symbolic that it translates as "short spring".
Conversions
In the 19th century, changes began during the small-town life. The state of Arizona on the map of the United States was not yet listed when significant mineral deposits were discovered on these lands. Then began the development of agriculture. As a result, the United States acquired a new territorial entity with densely populated metropolitan areas, a well-developed industry, and numerous farms.
More about landscapes
Lakes and boundless stone deserts, mountain peaks reaching for the sun, and magnificent flood meadows, narrow and deep canyons and high plateaus - such is Arizona, a state of unusual contrasts, the most beautiful in America.
It is full of nature conservation zones, for example, the Painted Desert, Petrifid Forest, Rainbow Forest, Oak Creek Canyon, Coronado national parks and reserves.
The artificial Mid
Lake with its natural
stone bridge in the Navajo reservation attracts countless crowds of tourists. The Santa Catalina Mountains with magnificent views are part of the National Forest Reserve.
Cultural monuments
Lake Havasu City has a real London bridge across Colorado. He was brought from England and reassembled. In Montezuma Castle - archaeological site of the Pueblo culture with a magnificent museum. The rocky cities of Tonto are the home of the Salado Indians, the picturesque Tucson Canyon of Sabino, and nearby - Saguaro (National Park) and a wildlife museum.
There is also a film studio park where almost all of the early
American Westerns were filmed
.Cities
In southern Arizona, in the Valley of the Sun, lies the city of Phoenix. Surrounded by high mountains, it seems to be flush with them. Satellite towns sprang up around it, and as a result, the total population of the state capital and its surrounding cities exceeds four million. The tourism industry is well developed in fast-growing resort cities such as Tucson, Mesa, Chandler. Arizona is a fast-growing state, welfare allows. No wonder the motto of the state sounds like "Wealthier with God!"