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'''Tucson''' is a densely-populated, highly ethnically-diverse and rapidly growing desert city in the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona.  As of 2000 the population was 486,699 <ref>http://www.tucsonaz.gov/planning/data/census/pima_tucson/dempro/Tucson%20city,%20Arizona.pd </ref> and the city was the 30th largest in the United States. <ref> http://www.tucsonaz.gov/planning/data/census/pima_tucson/main/factoids.pdf </ref>
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Tucson boasts a lively cultural heritage, arts centers and an International airport.  The University Arizona is headquartered in Tucson.
'''Tucson''', Arizona, is a large, sprawling, rapidly growing, and highly ethnically-diverse city in the Sonoran Desert in the southwest of the United States.  As of 2000 the population was 486,699 <ref>http://www.tucsonaz.gov/planning/data/census/pima_tucson/dempro/Tucson%20city,%20Arizona.pd </ref> and the city was the 30th largest in the United States. <ref> http://www.tucsonaz.gov/planning/data/census/pima_tucson/main/factoids.pdf </ref> Because of its mild winter climate, it also attracts a large population of winter visitors, called by the locals "snowbirds".
 
Tucson boasts a lively cultural heritage, beautiful mountains, arts centers, and an international airport.  The University of Arizona is headquartered in Tucson, which perhaps contributes to the area's politically liberal tendencies. In a traditionally Republican state, Tucson almost always supports Democratic candidates.  


==History==
==History==
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==Local government==
==Local government==
Tucson is governed by a [[mayor]] and council.  The present mayor of Tucson is Bob Walkup.
Tucson is governed by a [[mayor]] and council.  The present mayor of Tucson is Bob Walkup, now serving his third term of office.


==Arts and attractions==
==Arts and attractions==
*Arizona Opera Company
*Arizona Theatre Company
*Ballet Arizona
*Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
*Ballet Arizona  
*Ballet Arizona  
*Arizona Opera Company
*Conrad Wilde Gallery  
*Conrad Wilde Gallery
*Old Tucson
*Tucson Museum of Art
*Tucson Museum of Art
*Tucson Rodeo Parade & Parade Museum
*Tucson Rodeo Parade & Parade Museum
*Arizona Theatre Company


==NOtes and sources==
==Notes and sources==
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==External links==
==External links==

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Tucson, Arizona, is a large, sprawling, rapidly growing, and highly ethnically-diverse city in the Sonoran Desert in the southwest of the United States. As of 2000 the population was 486,699 [1] and the city was the 30th largest in the United States. [2] Because of its mild winter climate, it also attracts a large population of winter visitors, called by the locals "snowbirds".

Tucson boasts a lively cultural heritage, beautiful mountains, arts centers, and an international airport. The University of Arizona is headquartered in Tucson, which perhaps contributes to the area's politically liberal tendencies. In a traditionally Republican state, Tucson almost always supports Democratic candidates.

History

Tucson was first settled by American Indians. The earliest European settlement in the area was by Spanish missionaries at the close of the 17th Century; the Spanish government established a fort in what is now Tucson early in the 18th Century.

Local government

Tucson is governed by a mayor and council. The present mayor of Tucson is Bob Walkup, now serving his third term of office.

Arts and attractions

  • Arizona Opera Company
  • Arizona Theatre Company
  • Ballet Arizona
  • Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
  • Ballet Arizona
  • Conrad Wilde Gallery
  • Old Tucson
  • Tucson Museum of Art
  • Tucson Rodeo Parade & Parade Museum

Notes and sources

External links