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Phoenix (/ ˈfiːnɪks / ⓘ FEE-niks[8][9]) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,662,607 residents as of 2024. It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States and the most populous state capital in the country. [10]
It is the largest capital city in the United States and the only capital with over more than million people. [5] . The city is along the normally dry Salt River. It became a city on February 25, 1881. People who live in Phoenix are known as Phoenicians. Phoenix had 1,608,139 people in 2020.
Phoenix, city, seat (1871) of Maricopa county and capital of Arizona, U.S. It lies along the Salt River in the south-central part of the state, about 120 miles (190 km) north of the Mexico border and midway between El Paso, Texas, and Los Angeles, California.
The history of Phoenix, Arizona, goes back millennia, beginning with nomadic paleo-Indians who existed in the Americas in general, and the Salt River Valley in particular, about 7,000 BC until about 6,000 BC. Mammoths were the primary prey of hunters.
Its capital and largest city is Phoenix, which is the most populous state capital in the United States. Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912.
Maricopa County (/ ˌ m ær ɪ ˈ k oʊ p ə /) is a county in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona.As of the 2020 census the population was 4,420,568, [1] or about 62% of the state's total, making it the fourth-most populous county in the United States and the most populous county in Arizona, and making Arizona one of the nation's most centralized states.
The Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, the Salt River Valley, metro Phoenix, or The Valley, is the largest metropolitan statistical area in the Southwestern United States, with its largest principal city being the city of Phoenix. It includes much of central Arizona.
Phoenix (/ˈfiˌn ɪ ks/ 3) est la capitale et la plus grande ville de l' État de l' Arizona, aux États-Unis. Selon le Bureau du recensement des États-Unis, la ville compte 1 608 139 habitants en 2020, ce qui la place au cinquième rang national 1. Son aire urbaine de 4 845 832 habitants est la 11e du pays 2. 40 % de la population est hispanique.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Phoenix, Arizona, United States. 1–300 – Hohokam establish several villages along the Gila River. 300 – Ceramics appear in the Hohokam culture. [1] 450 – Pueblo Grande settled (approximate date). 600–1300 – Hohokam build large network or irrigation canals throughout the area.
Phoenix most often refers to: Phoenix (mythology), an immortal bird in ancient Greek mythology; Phoenix, Arizona, the capital of the U.S. state of Arizona and the most populous state capital in the United States; Phoenix may also refer to: