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Tucson (/ ˈ t uː s ɒ n / TOO-son; O'odham: Cuk Ṣon) is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, and is home to the University of Arizona.It is the second-largest city in Arizona behind Phoenix, with a population of 542,629 in the 2020 United States census, while the population of the entire Tucson metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is 1,043,433.
- Pima County, Arizona
Pima County Fair, 2007. Pima County ( / ˈpiːmə / PEE-mə) is...
- List of People From Tucson, Arizona
This is a listing of notable people who were born in, or...
- Interstate 19
Interstate 19 (I-19) is a north–south Interstate Highway...
- Sentinel Peak
Sentinel Peak is a 2,897 ft (900 m) peak in the Tucson...
- Catalina Foothills
Desert oasis in Sabino Canyon Santa Catalina Mountains in...
- Tucson International Airport
Tucson International Airport (IATA: TUS, ICAO: KTUS, FAA...
- Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DM AFB) (IATA: DMA, ICAO:...
- History
The history of Tucson, Arizona began thousands of years ago....
- Pima County, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona. / 32.22167°N 110.92639°W / 32.22167; -110.92639. Tucson is a city in Arizona, United States. It is the seat of Pima County. It is 118 miles (188 km) southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles (98 km) north of the Mexican border. It is where the shooting of senator Gabrielle Giffords took place.
- August 20, 1775
- Pima
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, and is home to the University of Arizona. It is the second-largest city in Arizona behind Phoenix, with a population of 542,629 in the 2020 United States census, while the population of the entire Tucson metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is 1,043,433. The Tucson MSA forms part of the larger Tucson-Nogales ...
Apr 19, 2022 · Tucson was the largest city in Arizona until 1920 when Phoenix took over that designation. In 1850, the population was roughly 400. Within two decades, it had increased eight-fold to over 3,200. From 1900 until 2020, Tucson's population went from 7,531 to over 542,000, with over 1 million in the greater Tucson area.
The history of Tucson, Arizona began thousands of years ago. Paleo-Indians practiced plant husbandry and hunted game in the Santa Cruz River Valley from 10,000 or earlier BCE. Archaic peoples began making irrigation canals, some of the first in North America, around 1,200 BCE. The Hohokam people lived in the Tucson area from around 450–1450 CE in a complex agricultural society.
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