Despite this, its canal system led to a thriving farming community with the original settlers' crops remaining important parts of the Phoenix economy for decades, such as alfalfa, cotton, citrus, and hay.
It is in the northeastern reaches of the Sonoran Desert and has a hot desert climate. It became the capital of Arizona Territory in 1889. Phoenix was settled in 1867 as an agricultural community near the confluence of the Salt and Gila Rivers and was incorporated as a city in 1881. It is the largest metropolitan area of the Arizona Sun Corridor megaregion. Phoenix, the seat of Maricopa County, is the second largest city by area in Arizona, with an area of 517.9 square miles (1,341 km 2), and is also the 11th largest city by area in the United States. The metropolitan area is the 10th-largest by population in the United States, with approximately 4.85 million people as of 2020, making it the largest in the Southwestern United States. Phoenix is the anchor of the Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, which in turn is part of the Salt River Valley.
It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States and the most populous state capital in the country. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020.
Phoenix ( / ˈ f iː n ɪ k s/ FEE-niks Navajo: Hoozdo O'odham: S-ki:kigk Spanish: Fénix Walapai: Banyà:nyuwá ) is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S.
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