Arizona is a state located in the southwest of the country and became its forty-eighth state in 1912. 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 metropolitan areas in the United States. Arizona is famous for its unique wonder of nature - the Grand Canyon, through which the Colorado River flows. In addition, there is something to be surprised there, because the landscape is exceptionally diverse and completely different from other picturesque corners of the world.
History
The population of Arizona is about six and a half million people, among which the Indian group - the largest in the world, is more than four percent. After the Indians, these lands were owned by the Spanish kingdom, then Mexico.
Thus, it turned out that Arizona is a state where three distinctive cultures have merged together: Indian, Spanish and English. Indians, formerly undividedwho owned all the territories, now live in reservations, which make up no more than a third of all lands, in them there is a lot of reminders of these immemorial times. The Indian country in the northeast of Arizona is famous for its enormous and indescribably beautiful De Chelly Canyon, there is also the equally picturesque Monument Valley, numerous Pueblo ruins on the lands of the Navajo tribe. The villages of the Hopi Indians are located in remote mountainous regions, lost between sheer cliffs. The mountains in the southeast are amazing and cinematically spectacular, where the last of the tribes that bowed to the white conquerors, the Apaches, settled. The name "Arizona" the state received precisely from the Indians. Symbolically, it translates as "short spring".
Transformations
In the 19th century, changes began in the course of shtetl life. The state of Arizona was not yet on the US map when significant deposits of minerals were discovered on these lands. At the same time, the development of agriculture began. 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
Scattering lakes and boundless stone deserts, sun-drenched mountain peaks and magnificent water meadows, narrow and deep canyons and high mountain plateaus - this is Arizona, a state of extraordinary contrasts, the most beautiful in America.
It is full of protected areas, such as nationalparks and reserves Pinted Desert, Petrified Forest, Rainbow Forest, Oak Creek Canyon, Coronado. Man-made Lake Mead, with its natural stone bridge on the Navajo Reservation, attracts countless crowds of tourists. The Santa Catalina Mountains are part of the National Forest Reserve with magnificent views.
Cultural Monuments
In the town of Lake Havasu City there is a real London bridge across the Colorado. It was brought from England and reassembled. At Montezuma Castle there is an archaeological site of the Pueblo culture with a magnificent museum. The rock towns of Tonto are the home of the Salado Indians, the most picturesque Tucson Sabino Canyon, and nearby - Saguaro (National Park) and the Museum of Wildlife.
There is also a film studio park where almost all the early American westerns were filmed.
Cities
In the south of Arizona, in the Valley of the Sun lies the city of Phoenix. Surrounded by high mountains, he seems to be on a level with them. Satellite cities have grown 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 towns such as Tucson, Mesa, Chandler. Arizona is a fast-growing state, we alth allows it. No wonder the state motto sounds like "Get rich with God!"
