Дuring the MexicanвЂ“American War in 1846вЂ“1848, TucsГіn was captured by Philip St. It was included in the state of Sonora after Mexico gained independence from the Kingdom of Spain and its Spanish Empire in 1821. Eventually the town came to be called TucsГіn, a Spanish version of the O'odham word for the area. During the Spanish period of the presidio, attacks such as the Second Battle of Tucson were repeatedly mounted by the Apache. Hugo O'Conor, the founding father of the city of Tucson, Arizona, authorized the construction of a military fort in that location, Presidio San AgustГn del TucsГіn, on Aug(the present downtown Pima County Courthouse was built near this site). A separate Convento settlement was founded downstream along the Santa Cruz River, near the base of what is now known as 'A' mountain. He founded the Mission San Xavier del Bac in 1700, about 7В mi (11В km) upstream from the site of the settlement of Tucson. The Spanish Jesuit missionary Eusebio Francisco Kino first visited the Santa Cruz River valley in 1692. The groups designated as the Hohokam lived in the area from AD 600 to 1450 and are known for their vast irrigation canal systems and their red-on-brown pottery. The Early Ceramic period occupation of Tucson saw the first extensive use of pottery vessels for cooking and storage. These people hunted, gathered wild plants and nuts, and ate corn, beans and other crops grown using irrigation canals they constructed. The floodplain of the Santa Cruz River was extensively farmed during the Early Agricultural Period, c. Recent archaeological excavations near the Santa Cruz River found a village site dating from 2100 BC. The Tucson area was probably first visited by Paleo-Indians, who were known to have been in southern Arizona about 12,000 years ago. 5.1.5 Tucson Rodeo (Fiesta de los Vaqueros).Tucson is sometimes referred to as 'The Old Pueblo'. The Spanish name of the city, TucsГіn, is derived from the O'odham Cuk б№ўon, meaning '(at the) base of the black ', a reference to a basalt-covered hill now known as Sentinel Peak. In 2017, Tucson was the first American city to be designated a 'City of Gastronomy' by UNESCO. Nevertheless, population growth remained strong during the late 20th century. Tucson was Arizona's largest city by population during the territorial period and early statehood, until it was surpassed by Phoenix by 1920. Tucson served as the capital of the Arizona Territory from 1867 to 1877. In 1853, the United States acquired a 29,670 square miles (76,840В km 2) region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico from Mexico under the Gadsden Purchase. It was included in the state of Sonora after Mexico gained independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821. Tucson was founded as a military fort by the Spanish when Hugo O'Conor authorized the construction of Presidio San AgustГn del TucsГіn in 1775. Towns outside the Tucson metro area include Benson to the southeast, Catalina and Oracle to the north, and Green Valley to the south. Communities in the vicinity of Tucson (some within or overlapping the city limits) include Casas Adobes, Catalina Foothills, Flowing Wells, Midvale Park, Tanque Verde, Tortolita, and Vail. Major incorporated suburbs of Tucson include Oro Valley and Marana northwest of the city, Sahuarita south of the city, and South Tucson in an enclave south of downtown. Tucson is the 33rd largest city and the 58th largest metropolitan area in the United States (2014). The city is 108 miles (174В km) southeast of Phoenix and 60В mi (97В km) north of the U.S.вЂ“Mexico border. Tucson is the second most-populated city in Arizona behind Phoenix, both of which anchor the Arizona Sun Corridor. The Tucson MSA forms part of the larger Tucson-Nogales combined statistical area (CSA). It is the second largest city in Arizona, with a population of 542,629 in the 2020 United States Census, while the population of the entire Tucson metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is 1,043,433. Tucson ( / Л€ t uЛђ s Й‘Лђ n, t uЛђ Л€ s Й‘Лђ n/ Spanish: TucsГіn O'odham: Cuk-б№ўon Navajo: TГі OostsКјД…Кј) is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, and is home to the University of Arizona.

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