Arizona
Arizona state capital is Phoenix it is also the largest city in Arizona its population density in July 2008 were 1,567,924 and it is 3302 people per sq mi
Origin of the Name Arizona – The word Arizona comes from one of the following (its origin is not certain): the Aztec Indian word “arizuma,” that means “silver-bearing,” from the Tohono O’odham Indian word “Aleh-zone” which means “small spring,” or the Pima Indian word “Ali shonak” which also means “small spring.”
Arizona aria has 114,006 square miles it’s the 6th biggest state, and the 48th state in the USA that was admitted in 1912 (it had been part of Mexico before the Mexican War).
Marcos de Niza, a Spanish Franciscan friar, was the first European to explore Arizona. He entered the area in 1539 in search of the mythical Seven Cities of Gold. In 1775 the Spanish established Fort Tucson. In 1848, after the Mexican War, most of the Arizona territory became part of the U.S., and the southern portion of the territory was added by the Gadsden Purchase in 1853.Arizona history is rich in legends of America’s Old West. It was here that the great Indian chiefs Geronimo and Cochise led their people against the frontiersmen. Today, Arizona has one of the largest U.S. Indian populations; more than 14 tribes are represented on 20 reservations.
The official state flag of Arizona was officially adopted on February 17, 1917. It was designed by Colonel Charles W. Harris (adjutant general and chief administrative officer of Arizona) and was first sewn by Nan D. Hayden.
The 13 yellow and red rays represent both the Sun’s rays and the original 13 colonies of the United States of America. The colors red and yellow are used because they were the colors of the flag of the Spanish conquistadors led by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, who entered Arizona in 1540 (looking for the legendary Seven Cities of Cibola). The copper-colored star in the middle represents copper mining, since Arizona produces more copper than any other state in the USA.