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Arizona Facts & Information |
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Nickname: Grand
Canyon State
Statehood: February 14, 1912
Square Miles In Area: 115,006 Sq/Mi
Arizona State Bird: Cactus Wren
Arizona State Tree: Palo Verde
Arizona Colors: Blue, Gold
State Fossil: Petrified Wood
Arizona State Song: Arizona March Song
Capital City: Phoenix
Population: 5,456,453
Arizona State Flower: Saguaro Cactus
Blossom
Major Rivers: Salt, Verde, Gila, Colorado
Major Lakes: Mead, Powell, Havasu, Roosevelt,
Lake Pleasant, Saguaro, Canyon, San Carlos, Mohave
Highest Point: Humphries Peak, Flagstaff
Arizona
Colleges: Arizona
State University, University of Arizona, Northern Arizona
University, University of Phoenix
The lower half of the flag is a blue field and the upper
half divided into thirteen equal segments, seven red and
six light yellow. In the center of the flag is a copper
colored star with 5 points. The red and the blue are the
same shades as the flag of the United States of America,
and it measures four feet high and six feet wide. The
copper star represents Arizona as the largest producer
of copper in the United States.
More Information:
Facts
About Arizona
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