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Some 800 years ago Wupatki was a large, thriving pueblo community. Thousands of Native Americans lived in the area within a day's walk of one another.
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Ghostly cliff dwellings, such as Canyon de Chelly, contrast sharply with Phoenix and Tucson, where one out of three Arizonans live. The state's population has doubled in the past 20 years, and today smog often shrouds Phoenix, once favored by asthmatics for its clean, dry air. Service industries and high-tech and aerospace manufacturing have eclipsed the "three C's"—copper, cattle, and cotton; irrigated agribusiness remains important. The multibillion-dollar Central Arizona Project river diversion helps slake Arizona's thirst.

ECONOMY

Industry: real estate, manufactured goods, retail, state and local government, transportation and public utilities, wholesale trade, health services.
Agriculture: vegetables, cattle, dairy products, cotton, fruit, nursery stock, nuts.

Text source: National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition, 2004
Arizona Flag and Fast Facts
Flag of Arizona
Area
295,254 square kilometers
(113,998 square miles)
Population
5,580,811
Capital
Phoenix; 1,371,960
Per Capita Income
U.S. $26,157
Date Statehood Achieved
February 14, 1912
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