State of Arizona
Welcome to the State of Arizona!"You know you're in Arizona when...
You can pronounce Saguaro, Tempe, San Xavier,
Canyon de Chelly, Mogollon Rim, and Cholla."
A lot of Arizona sites online provide you with cold and factual information.
Here, we also aim to entertain because we added some fun facts and trivia. Read on and see for yourself. No Kidding. Enjoy it!
ARIZONA FUN FACTS & TRIVIA - Did you know that the amount of copper on the roof of the Capitol building is equivalent to 4,800,000 pennies?
- Did you know that it is unlawful to refuse a person a glass of water in Arizona?
- Did you know that the age of a saguaro cactus is determined by its height? And that it takes 50-100 years before it grows an arm?
- Did you know that among all the states, Arizona has the largest percentage of its land designated as Indian lands?
- Did you know that Arizona is one of the Four Corner States, noted as the spot in the United States where a person can stand in four states at the same time?
- Did you know that the original London Bridge was shipped stone-by-stone and reconstructed in Lake Havasu City, Arizona?
- Did you know that there is a possible 25 years in prison for cutting down a cactus?
- Did you know that Arizona has more parks and national monuments than any other state, more mountains than Switzerland, and more golf courses than Scotland?
- Did you know that Arizona's most abundant mineral is copper?
- Did you know that the Apache trout fish is found only in Arizona?
- Did you know that Humphreys Peak is the state's highest point at 12,633 feet above sea level?
- Did you know that the lowest point is 70 feet above sea level at the Colorado River near Yuma?
- Did you know that the world's largest telescope is at the Kitt Peak National Observatory, Arizona?
Now folks, let's get a little more detailed about Arizona's significant facts and figures... ;-)  CAPITAL: Phoenix
ESTIMATED 2004 POPULATION: 5,743,834
LAND AREA: 113,635 square miles
STATE NICKNAME: Grand Canyon State
ENTERED UNION: 14 February 1912 (48th)
SONGS: "Arizona March Song" and "Arizona."
MOTTO: Ditat Deus (God enriches)
COLOR: Blue and Gold
FOSSIL: Petrified Wood
FLAG: A copper-colored five-pointed star symbolic of the state's copper resources rises from a blue field; six yellow and seven red segments radiating from the star cover the upper half.
OFFICIAL SEAL: Depicted on a shield are symbols of the state's economy and natural resources, including mountains, a rising sun, and a dam and reservoir in the background; irrigated farms and orchards in the middle distance; and a quartz mill, a miner, and cattle in the foreground; as well as the state motto. The words "Great Seal of the State of Arizona 1912" surround the shield.
BIRD: Cactus wren.
AMPHIBIAN: Tree Frog New!
FISH: Apache Trout
MAMMAL: Ringtail
REPTILE: Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake New!
FLOWER: Blossom of the saguaro cactus
TREE: Palo verde
OFFICIAL NECKWEAR: Bola tie.
GEMSTONE: Turquoise.
LEGAL HOLIDAYS: New Year's Day, 1 January; Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., 3rd Monday in January; Lincoln's Birthday, 1st Monday in February; Washington's Birthday, 3rd Monday in February; Memorial Day, last Monday in May; Independence Day, 4 July; Labor Day, 1st Monday in September; Columbus Day, 2nd Monday in October; Veterans Day, 11 November; Thanksgiving Day, 4th Thursday in November; Christmas Day, 25 December.
TIME: 5 AM MST = noon GMT. ARIZONA CITIES AND TOWNS Be amazed at how unique each community is on climate, culture and tourism! Alpine Anthem Apache Junction Arivaca Ashfork Avondale
Bagdad Benson Bisbee Black Canyon City Bouse Buckeye Bullhead City
Camp Verde Carefree Casa Grande Cave Creek Chandler Chino Valley Chloride Clarkdale Clifton and Morenci Coolidge Cottonwood
Dolan Springs Duncan
Eagar Ehrenberg El Mirage Eloy
Flagstaff Florence Fountain Hills
Gila Bend Gilbert Glendale Globe and Miami Goodyear Grand Canyon Village Green Valley Greer Guadalupe
Hayden Heber / Overgaard Holbrook Huachuca
Jerome Joseph City
Kearny Kingman
Lake Havasu City Lake Powell Litchfield Park
Mammoth Marana Maricopa Mayer Mesa
Nogales
Oatman Oracle Oro Valley
Page Paradise Valley Parker Patagonia Payson Pearce / Sunsites Peoria Phoenix Pima Pine / Strawberry Pinetop / Lakeside Prescott / Prescott Valley
Quartzsite Queen Creek
Rio Rico
Safford Sahuarita St. John's Salome / Wenden San Manuel Scottsdale Sedona Show Low Sierra Vista Snowflake Sonoita Springerville Sun City / Sun City West Sun Lakes Superior Surprise
Taylor Tempe Thatcher Tolleson Tombstone Tonopah Tuba City Tubac Tucson
Verde Valley
Wellton Wickenburg Willcox Williams Winkelman Winslow
Yarnell / Peeples Valley Young Youngtown Yuma  Return from State of Arizona to Arizona4Pinoys Home
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