Cities

Phoenix

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Phoenix." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/phoenix.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Phoenix. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/phoenix

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-phoenix,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Phoenix},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/phoenix},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, in the Salt River Valley of the Sonoran Desert. Established as an agricultural settlement in 1867 and incorporated in 1881, it transformed into a major metropolitan center after the Second World War, driven by air conditioning, high-tech industry growth and water management projects. It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States.

Facts

Population

1,608,139 1

2020 census figure, from Phoenix's own Wikipedia infobox.

Area (sq km)

1342.3 1

Founding Year

1881 1

February 25, 1881 is the incorporation date the infobox itself gives; the settlement was established in 1867.

Population Estimate Year

2020 1

Latitude