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The original Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. The capital of Arizona is Phoenix. The original Capitol building, with its distinctive copper dome, was dedicated in 1901 (construction was completed for $136,000 in 1900) when the area was a territory. Phoenix became the official state capital with Arizona's admission to the union in 1912. [125]
Arizona is one of five states that do not have a specified lieutenant governor, so the Secretary of State is the first in line to succeed the Governor in the event of death, disability, resignation, or removal from office. The line of succession also includes the attorney general, state treasurer, and superintendent of public instruction.
The history of Arizona encompasses the Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Post-Archaic, Spanish, Mexican, and American periods. About 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, Paleo-Indians settled in what is now Arizona. A few thousand years ago, the Ancestral Puebloan, the Hohokam, the Mogollon and the Sinagua cultures inhabited the state. However, all of these ...
Phoenix (/ ˈ f iː n ɪ k s / ⓘ FEE-niks) 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.
As the top elected official, the governor is the head of the executive branch of the Arizona state government and is charged with faithfully executing state laws. [5] The governor has the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Arizona State Legislature ; [ 6 ] to convene the legislature; [ 5 ] and to grant pardons , [ 7 ] with the ...
Map of the United States with Arizona highlighted. Arizona is a state located in the Western United States.According to the 2020 United States Census, Arizona is the 14th most populous state with 7,151,502 inhabitants (as of the 2020 census) [1] and the 6th largest by land area spanning 113,623.1 square miles (294,282 km 2). [2]
Official name: State of Arizona; Abbreviations and name codes Postal symbol: AZ; ISO 3166-2 code: US-AZ; Internet second-level domain: .az.us; Nicknames Baby State (during the 47 years that Arizona was the newest state in the Union) [1] Copper State [1] Grand Canyon State (currently used on license plates) [1] [2] Sunset State [1]
As of the 2020 United States census, Arizona had a population of 7,151,502. [2]A past census found that the population had seen a natural increase since the last census of 297,928 people (that is 564,062 births minus 266,134 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 745,944 people into the state.