Phoenix, Arizona
Arizona's largest city
Phoenix is the capital and largest city of Arizona, located in the Sonoran Desert of the American Southwest.
The metropolitan area, called the Valley of the Sun, is one of the fastest-growing in the United States.
Phoenix is known for extreme summer heat, sprawling development, and retirement communities: We're snowbirds—we winter in Phoenix.
- TucsonSouthern Arizona city
- Sonoran DesertArid region, Arizona-Mexico
- dry heatHigh temperature, low humidity
- state capitalAdministrative center of a state
- saguaro cactusGiant columnar desert succulent
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U.S. seat of government
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