Ga wasu abubuwan ban sha'awa game da yankin Phoenix. Mun kuma hada wasu raguwa game da Jihar Arizona.
Phoenix ba kawai birni ne a Arizona ba, kuma birni ne a New York, Maryland, Oregon, da sauran jihohi .
A wani lokaci, ba bisa doka ba ne don farautar raƙuma a Jihar Arizona. An gabatar da raƙumi a cikin hamada a tsakiyar shekarun 1850. Sun fi dacewa da yanayi kuma suna iya ɗaukar nauyin nauyi fiye da wasu nau'o'in nauyin nauyin.
Arizona yana da jirgi da ke kunshe da jiragen ruwa biyu a kan tekun Colorado. An yi amfani da su don hana California daga ketare a yankin Arizona.
Sunan Arizona ya fito ne daga kalmar Amirkancin "Arizonac" wanda ke nufin "raƙuman ruwa."
Phoenix yana da adadin kwanaki 211 na rana a kowace shekara. Ƙarin kwanaki 85 a kowace shekara baƙi ne kawai, yana barin kwanaki 69 na girgije ko ruwan sama.
Filin jirgin saman Phoenix, mai suna Sky Harbor International Airport , shine tashar jiragen saman tara mafi girma a kasar (2014). Ƙididdigar ta dogara ne akan fasinjojin fasinja.
Kudancin Kudancin Kudancin yana rufe fiye da 16,000 na kadada, yana sanya shi daya daga cikin wuraren da ke da mafi girma a cikin gari. Babban mahimmanci yana kan Mount Suppoa a 2,690 feet. Babban mahimmanci mai yiwuwa ga jama'a (hanya ko hanya) yana a Dobbins Point, 2,330 feet. Girman hawa Phoenix yana da 1,124 feet.
Tsarin saguar cactus na iya ɗaukar shekaru 100 kafin yayi girma. Yana tsiro ne kawai a cikin Sonoran Desert-wancan ne inda duka Phoenix da Tucson suke. Saguaros zai yi girma a cikin hawa har zuwa kimanin mita 4,000. Kayan daga Phoenix zuwa Payson hanya ce mai kyau don ganin canje-canje a cikin namomin hamada kamar yadda tayi girma. Furen cactus na Saguaro shine furen fannin fasaha na Arizona.
Akwai kadada 11.2 na Forest na kasa a Arizona a cikin gandun daji na kasa guda shida. Ɗaya daga cikin hu] u na jiha na daji. Babban gandun dajin ya kunshi Ponderosa Pine.
Tonto National Forest ne mafi girma a cikin gandun daji a cikin Arizona kuma ita ce ta biyar mafi yawan ziyarci daji a Amurka. Kusan mutane miliyan 6 suna ziyarta kowace shekara.
Wani mutum daga Surprise, Arizona ya kama kaya a filin Bartlett wanda ya auna nauyin kilo 76.
Wani wanda ke zaune a Arizona an kira shi "Arizonan," ba Arizonian ba.