Tucson

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city county seat

Tucson is a major city in southern Arizona known for its desert landscape, rich Native American and Mexican cultural influences, and the University of Arizona.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Tucson metropolitan area 2
Tucson, Arizona 2

Statements (83)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
county seat ⓘ
areaCode 520 ⓘ
averageAnnualRainfall approximately 300 mm ⓘ
becamePartOfUnitedStatesBy Gadsden Purchase agreement ⓘ
surface form: Gadsden Purchase
climate hot desert climate ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 32.2217 N ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 110.9265 W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
demographicsFeature large Hispanic and Latino population ⓘ
significant Native American population ⓘ
economicSector aerospace ⓘ
defense ⓘ
education ⓘ
technology ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevation approximately 728 meters ⓘ
foundedBy Spanish colonists ⓘ
foundedInYear 1775 ⓘ
gadsdenPurchaseYear 1854 ⓘ
governingBody Tucson City Council ⓘ
governmentType council–manager government ⓘ
hasAnnualEvent All Souls Procession ⓘ
Tucson Festival of Books ⓘ
Tucson Gem and Mineral Show ⓘ
hasMajorAttraction Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum ⓘ
Mission San Xavier del Bac ⓘ
Mount Lemmon ⓘ
Pima Air and Space Museum ⓘ
Sabino Canyon ⓘ
Saguaro National Park ⓘ
hasMajorInstitution Davis-Monthan Air Force Base ⓘ
Pima Community College ⓘ
University of Arizona ⓘ
hasMountainRangeNearby Rincon Mountains ⓘ
Santa Catalina Mountains ⓘ
Santa Rita Mountains ⓘ
Tucson Mountains ⓘ
hasPublicTransit Sun Tran bus system ⓘ
hasSeason summer monsoon season ⓘ
hasSportsTeam Arizona Wildcats ⓘ
hasStreetcar Sun Link modern streetcar ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Pima County, Arizona ⓘ
surface form: Pima County
knownFor Mexican cultural influences ⓘ
University of Arizona ⓘ
astronomy and observatories ⓘ
desert landscape ⓘ
military and aerospace presence ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
rich Native American cultural influences ⓘ
winter tourism ⓘ
locatedIn Arizona ⓘ
Pima County, Arizona ⓘ
surface form: Pima County
locatedInDesert Sonoran Desert ⓘ
locatedInRegion Southern Arizona ⓘ
majorCompanyPresence Raytheon Company ⓘ
surface form: Raytheon Missiles & Defense
nearNativeAmericanNation Pascua Yaqui Tribe ⓘ
Tohono O'odham ⓘ
surface form: Tohono O’odham Nation
nickname The Old Pueblo ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime no ⓘ
originalSettlementType Spanish presidio ⓘ
partOf southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: American Southwest

Arizona Sun Corridor ⓘ
populationRankInArizona second largest city in Arizona ⓘ
populationRankInUnitedStates one of the 50 largest cities in the United States ⓘ
postalCodePrefix 857 ⓘ
servedByHighway Interstate 10 ⓘ
Interstate 19 ⓘ
sisterCity Almaty ⓘ
Ciudad Obregón ⓘ
Guangzhou ⓘ
Mazatlán, Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Mazatlán

Puerto Peñasco ⓘ
Pécs ⓘ
Trikala ⓘ
sports college basketball ⓘ
college football ⓘ
statehoodContext became part of Arizona Territory before Arizona statehood ⓘ
timeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Mountain Standard Time
transportationFacility Tucson International Airport ⓘ
university University of Arizona ⓘ
wasPartOf Mexico ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arizona Stadium → city → Tucson ⓘ
Sunset Route → connectsCity → Tucson ⓘ
subject surface form: Southwestern United States
this entity surface form: Tucson metropolitan area
subject surface form: Arizona
Arizona → hasMajorCity → Tucson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tucson, Arizona
this entity surface form: Tucson, Arizona
this entity surface form: Tucson metropolitan area
subject surface form: Arizona
Arizona → secondLargestCity → Tucson ⓘ