Tucson is the county seat of and the most populated city in Pima County, Arizona, and the second-most populous city in the state, with a population of about 542,600 at the 2020 census. Set in the Sonoran Desert and ringed by mountain ranges, Tucson is known for its saguaro cactus-studded landscape, its astronomy research institutions taking advantage of the region's clear desert skies, and a large public university that anchors much of the city's economy.
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Source Tucson, Arizona (Wikipedia)
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The 2020 United States census puts the city's population at 542,629 with a metropolitan area population at 1,043,433.
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728
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Hugo Oconór (Hugo O'Conor), the founding father of the city of Tucson, Arizona, authorized the construction of a military fort in that location, Presidio San Agustín del Tucsón, on August 20, 1775 (the present downtown Pima County Courthouse was built near this site).
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subdivision_name = USA
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subdivision_name = USA
Associated With: Arizona, Infobox, subdivision_name1
subdivision_name1 = Arizona
- In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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