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History of Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix {{IPA|/ˈfiːˌnɪks/}} (English language|English: Phoenix, Navajo language|Navajo: Hoozdo, lit. "the place is hot", Western Apache: Fiinigis) is the capital and the most populous city of the Arizona|U.S. State of Arizona and the county seat of Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa County. It is the largest capital city in the United States. Its physical location is along the banks of the normally dry Salt River (Arizona)|Salt River. It was incorporated as a city on February 25 1881. Residents of Phoenix are known as Phoenicians.

Phoenix had an estimated 2005 population of 1,475,834Phoenix is the sixth largest city as of the last official census in 2000. Phoenix may have already overtaken Philadelphia in city proper population, although this will not be official until the 2010 census. Phoenix has expansive city limits (515 square miles, the 10th highest List of United States cities by area|area for a city in the United States. See [http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/SUB-EST2005.html Census Bureau Population Estimates]., making it the List of United States cities by population|sixth largest city in the United States. As of 2006, the Phoenix Metropolitan Area|Phoenix Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) was the List of United States metropolitan statistical areas by population|13th-largest in the United States, with an estimated population of 4,039,182.


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