50 Quick Facts about Arizona

Wayne Wheelwright

Description

This book is part of a series of 50 quick facts about each of the United States of America. This book covers the state of Arizona. Facts about the major cities, the history of the state, famous people linked to Arizona and many more subjects. This book contains all you will ever need to know about the Copper State.

Informations

• Publié par: Andrews UK
• Date de parution: 18 septembre 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781783332717
• Langue: English

Extrait

Title Page
50 QUICK FACTS ABOUT ARIZONA


By
Wayne Wheelwright



Publisher Information
50 Quick Facts about Arizona
Published in 2013 by Andrews UK Limited
www.andrewsuk.com
This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior written consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published, and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
Copyright © 2013 Wayne Wheelwright
The right of Wayne Wheelwright to be identified as author of this book has been asserted in accordance with section 77 and 78 of the Copyrights Designs and Patents Act 1988.



Facts It is believed the name Arizona originates from it’s earlier Spanish name of Arizonac which means small spring. In the O’odham language which is the 10 th most popular indigenous language in the united States and Mexico, the area is still known as alî sonak. Another suggested origin for the state’s name is from the Basque phrase for good oak which is haritz ona. Arizona is a landlocked state which is located in the southwest of the United States. Arizona is bordered to the north by the state of Utah, on it’s east it is bordered by New Mexico, on the west it is bordered by Nevada and it’s south shares a border with Mexico. The state of Arizona shares a water border with California. Also Arizona is one of the Four Corners states where it meets Colorado. Arizona is the sixth largest state in the country. It has an area of 113,998 square miles. Only a third of a percent of Arizona’s total area consists of water which makes is the state with the second lowest water to land ratio behind the state of New Mexico. At it’s widest point Arizona is 335 miles and at it’s longest Arizona is 390 miles.