52 Facts About Tucson Arizona

Tucson Arizona is the 33rd largest city and the 58th largest metropolitan area in the United States.

Major incorporated suburbs of Tucson Arizona include Oro Valley and Marana northwest of the city, Sahuarita south of the city, and South Tucson Arizona in an enclave south of downtown.

Communities in the vicinity of Tucson Arizona include Casas Adobes, Catalina Foothills, Flowing Wells, Midvale Park, Tanque Verde, Tortolita, and Vail.

Tucson Arizona was founded as a military fort by the Spanish when Hugo O'Conor authorized the construction of Presidio San Agustin del Tucson Arizona in 1775.

In 2017, Tucson Arizona was the first American city to be designated a "City of Gastronomy" by UNESCO.

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Spanish name of the city, Tucson Arizona, is derived from the O'odham Cuk Son, meaning base of the black [hill]", a reference to a basalt-covered hill now known as Sentinel Peak.

Early Ceramic period occupation of Tucson Arizona saw the first extensive use of pottery vessels for cooking and storage.

Tucson Arizona was not included in the Mexican Cession to the United States following the war.

Cooke's road through Tucson Arizona became one of the important routes into California during the California Gold Rush of 1849.

US acquired those portions of Tucson Arizona that lay south of the Gila River via treaty from Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase on June 8, 1854.

In 1857, Tucson Arizona was established as a stage station on the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line.

The US Army established Fort Lowell, then east of Tucson Arizona, to help protect settlers and travelers from Apache attacks.

In 2006, the population of Pima County, in which Tucson Arizona is located, passed one million, while the City of Tucson Arizona's population was 535, 000.

Tucson Arizona is on an alluvial plain in the Sonoran Desert, surrounded by five minor ranges of mountains: the Santa Catalina Mountains and the Tortolita Mountains to the north, the Santa Rita Mountains to the south, the Rincon Mountains to the east, and the Tucson Arizona Mountains to the west.

In 2009, Tucson Arizona ranked as the 32nd-largest city and 52nd-largest metropolitan area in the United States.

Similar to many other cities in the Western U S, Tucson was developed by European Americans on a grid plan starting in the late 19th century, with the city center at Stone Avenue and Broadway Boulevard.

Local retail business in Central Tucson Arizona is densely concentrated along Fourth Avenue and the Main Gate Square on University Boulevard near the UA campus.

Speedway Boulevard, a major east–west arterial road in central Tucson Arizona, was named the "ugliest street in America" by Life magazine in the early 1970s, quoting Tucson Arizona Mayor James Corbett.

The Tucson Arizona street was called "The Speedway, " from 1904 to about 1906, when "The" was removed from the title.

South Tucson Arizona is widely known for its many Mexican restaurants and architectural styles.

Western Tucson Arizona encompasses the banks of the Santa Cruz River and the foothills of the Tucson Arizona Mountains.

North Tucson Arizona includes the urban neighborhoods of Amphitheater and Flowing Wells.

The Ritz Carlton at Dove Mountain, the second Ritz Carlton Resort in Tucson Arizona, which includes a golf course, opened in the foothills of the Tortolita Mountains in northeast Marana in 2009.

East Tucson Arizona is relatively new compared to other parts of the city, developed between the 1950s and the 1970s, with developments such as Desert Palms Park.

Tucson Arizona's was the first documented European woman to ascend to the peak, accompanied by her husband and by local rancher Emmerson Oliver Stratton.

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Tucson Arizona has a hot desert climate, with two major seasons, a hot summer and mild winter.

Recent studies show the rate of skin cancer in Tucson Arizona is at least three times higher than in more northerly regions.

Winters in Tucson Arizona are mild relative to other parts of the United States.

Tucson Arizona airport recorded 1 inch of snow, while Summerhaven in the mountains received 25 inches.

Roughly 150 Tucson Arizona companies are involved in the design and manufacture of optics and optoelectronics systems, earning Tucson Arizona the nickname "Optics Valley".

Much of this comes from the Steward Observatory at The University of Tucson Arizona, which is one of few locations in the world that can cast the enormous mirrors used in telescopes around the world and in space.

Procession, held at sundown, consists of a non-motorized parade through downtown Tucson Arizona featuring many floats, sculptures, and memorials, in which the community is encouraged to participate.

Tucson Arizona is considered an influential center for Mariachi music and is home to a large number of Mariachi musicians and singers.

Tucson Arizona has been the setting and filming location for multiple films.

Some notable films that have been filmed in Tucson Arizona include Revenge of the Nerds, Can't Buy Me Love, Major League, Tombstone, and Tin Cup.

Tucson Arizona has a strong, though contested, claim to being the place of origin of the chimichanga.

Tucson Arizona is not represented in any of the five major sports leagues of the United States; the NFL, MLB, the NBA, the NHL, or MLS.

The Tucson Arizona Padres played at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium from 2011 to 2013.

Tucson Arizona is host to the Mobile Mini Sun Cup, the largest pre-season Major League Soccer tournament in the country.

Tucson Arizona is host to FC Tucson Arizona, a professional soccer club that plays in the third-tier USL League One.

Tucson Arizona Monsoon, a full-contact women's football team, was a member of the Independent Women's Football League where they played from their inception in 2006 until their demise in 2009.

El Tour de Tucson Arizona produced and promoted by Perimeter Bicycling has had as many as 10, 000 participants from all over the world.

In 2013, Tucson became the second city in Arizona to approve of civil unions for same-sex partners.

Tucson is the only city in Arizona that holds officially partisan elections for city offices, with candidates nominated through party primaries.

Tucson Arizona is known for being a trailblazer in voluntary partial publicly financed campaigns.

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Primarily, students of the Tucson Arizona area attend public schools in the Tucson Arizona Unified School District.

Tucson Arizona's primary electrical power source is a natural gas power plant managed by Tucson Arizona Electric Power that is within the city limits on the southwestern boundary of Davis-Monthan Air-force base adjacent to Interstate 10.

Biggest sustainability problem in Tucson Arizona, with its low-desert climate, is a potable water supply.

However, with over 300 days of full sun annually, Tucson Arizona has demonstrated its potential to be an ideal solar energy producer.

In 1992, Tucson Arizona Water delivered CAP water to some customers that was referred to as being unacceptable due to discoloration, bad odor and flavor, as well as problems it caused with some customers' plumbing and appliances.

The City of Tucson Arizona provides reclaimed water to its inhabitants, but it is only used for "applications such as irrigation, dust control, and industrial uses.

TIA is the second-largest commercial airport in Tucson Arizona, providing nonstop flights to 15 destinations throughout the United States.