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| Tempe
/ Arizona
State Statistics |
| Arizona State Flag |
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| ARIZONA
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| TEMPE
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| AREA |
114,000 sq miles (land)113,635 sq miles (water) 365 sq miles
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| CAPITAL |
Phoenix
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| FAMOUS DATES
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Organized as territory: Feb. 24, 1863, Entered Union (rank): Feb. 14, 1912 (48) and Present constitution adopted: 1911 |
| LOCATION
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33.542N, 112.071W |
| MEAN ELEVATION
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4,089 ft. |
| HIGHEST
POINT |
12,633 feet, 12th Humphreys Peak |
| LOWEST
POINT |
Colorado River; 70 feet, 27th |
| COUNTIES |
15 |
| COASTLINE |
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| GEOGRAPHIC CENTER |
approximately 55 miles to the southeast of Prescott, in Yavapai County |
| STATE FOSSIL
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petrified wood (1988) |
| STATE GRASS
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| STATE REPTILE
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Arizona ridgenose rattlesnake (1986) |
| STATE ROCK
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Petrified Wood |
| STATE GEMSTONE
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turquoise (1974) |
| STATE FLAG
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Arizona's state flag was designed and adopted in 1927. It's divided into two halves. The top half consists of thirteen alternating yellow and red rays which represent America's thirteen original colonies. Because Arizona is a western state, the rays show a setting sun. The colors of the rays refer to yellow and red in the Spanish flags carried by Coronado when he came to Arizona in the sixteenth century. |
| STATE COLORS
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blue and old gold (1915) |
| STATE SEAL
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| STATE SLOGAN
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But It's A Dry Heat |
| STATE
MOTTO
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Ditat Deus (God enriches) |
| STATE SONG
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Arizona” (1919) |
| STATE TREE
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palo verde (1954) |
| STATE BIRD
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cactus wren (1931) |
| STATE ANIMAL
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Ringtail Cat |
| STATE FISH
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Arizona trout (1986) |
| STATE METAL
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| STATE NICKNAMES
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Grand Canyon State |
| STATE FLOWER
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Saguaro Cactus Blossom |
| BORDERING
STATES
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California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico |
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