Area Codes for the Largest Cities in Arizona
Apache Junction 480
Avondale 623
Bullhead City 928
Casa Adobes 520
Casa Grande 520
Catalina Foothills 520
Chandler 480
Drexel Heights 520
Flagstaff 928
Fortuna Foothills 928
Fountain Hills 480
Gilbert 480
Glendale 623
Kingman 928
Lake Havasu City 928
Mesa 480
Nogales 520
Oro Valley 520
Peoria 623
Phoenix 602
Prescott 928
Prescott Valley 928
Scottsdale 480
Sierra Vista 520
Sun City 623
Sun City West 623
Surprise 623
Tempe 480
Tucson 520
Yuma 928

This article is about the U.S. state of Arizona. For other uses, see Arizona (disambiguation).
State of Arizona
Flag of Arizona State seal of Arizona
Flag Seal
Nickname(s): The Grand Canyon State;
The Copper State

Saguaro cactus flowers and buds after a wet winter. This is Arizona's official State Flower.
Arizona is a state in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the Western United States and of the Mountain West states. It is the sixth largest and the 15th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is one of the Four Corners states. It has borders with New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, and Mexico, and one point in common with the southwestern corner of Colorado. Arizona's border with Mexico is 389 miles (626 km) long, on the northern border of the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California.
(Arizona State) is the forty-eighth state of the United States to join the United States, located in the west of the United states. It is the East, New Mexico, adjacent to the South and the United States of Mexico, west of the Colorado River and California across, the northwestern boundary of Nevada, north to Utah, an area of 29.5 million square kilometers, [1] the state capital of Phoenix (Phoenix).
The state flower is a columnar cactus. Is the state bird wren. The state's alias "Canyon State Grand" (Grand Canyon)
Points for two natural geographic areas: the north is part of the Colorado Plateau, accounting for two fifths of the statewide area, including the Grand Canyon area, the elevation of the 12002400 meters, surface flat. The Colorado River in the northwest part of the state, Colorado Grand Canyon in the cutting of rock formation, the depth of 1800 meters, cliffs on both sides of the ladder shaped, the scenery is magnificent. Central plateau is the forest cover of the dead volcano, Humphrey peak (3851 meters) is the highest point in the state. Southern basin and mountain area. Southeastern mountains belong to the Rocky Mountains; the southwest is a mountain basin, which has Hirano, the two part of the combined area of 3/5. The Colorado River is a river, the Pacific coast and the Gulf of California prior to injection has become a trickle, more than 99% of the traffic in the United States
Economic profile editing
Arizona's early economic dependence on 5 C, namely: copper (copper), cotton (cotton), cattle (cattle), citrus (Citrus) and Tourism Climate (climate), the first industry based. After the Second World War, the manufacturing industry has developed rapidly and has been dominant in the economy. The main departments are aviation, power, telecommunications, aluminum products, etc.. Arizona is the largest producing copper and copper production accounted for 60% of the country. In addition, Arizona is one of the four major cotton growing areas in the United States, cotton production in the United States accounted for 47%.
foreign trade
Arizona 2011 trade exports totaled $175, an increase of 11.8%, the amount of exports in the United States ranked twenty-seventh, down 3 from 2010. Mexico is its largest export market, with exports of $57.4, followed by Canada, China, Japan, the United Kingdom and Germany. The main export products for computers and electronic products, transport equipment, machinery and equipment, agricultural products, minerals, electronic equipment and metal products, etc..
The state imports 175.6 billion dollars in 2011, an increase of 12.4%; the amount of imports in the United States ranked twenty-sixth, a decline of compared to 2010. Mexico is the largest source of imports, imports of $61.7, followed by China, Japan, Canada and Malaysia. The main imported products for computers and electronic products, machinery and equipment, agricultural products, transportation equipment and electronic equipment and accessories, etc..