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Arizona
Motto: "Ditat Deus" - Latin - "God enriches"
Nickname: "The Grand Canyon State"
Capital: Phoenix
Population: 5,580,811 (Estimate by the US Census Bureau, 7/01/03); Ranks 18th in US State Population
Size: 400 miles long and 310 miles wide; covers 114,006 square miles - 6th largest of the 50 states.
State Bird: Cactus Wren
State Flower: Saguaro Cactus Flower
The name Arizona comes from two words from the Papago Indian dialect of the Pima language: "Aleh" and "Zon" together as "Aleh-zon" which means "little spring."
Arizona became a state on February 14, 1912. It was the last of the contiguous 48 states to be admitted to the Union.
People who live in or come from Arizona are called Arizonans.
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