<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Released in 2008 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Lists of United States state symbols </Td> </Tr> <P> Arizona (/ ɛər ɪˈzoʊnə, ær ɪ - / (listen); Navajo: Hoozdo Hahoodzo (xòːztò xɑ̀xòːtsò); O'odham: Alĭ ṣonak (laɺi lʂonak)) is a state in the southwestern region of the United States . It is also part of the Western and the Mountain states . It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states . Its capital and largest city is Phoenix . Arizona is one of the Four Corners states . It has borders with New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, and Mexico, and one point in common with the southwestern corner of Colorado . Arizona's border with Mexico is 389 miles (626 km) long, on the northern border of the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California . </P> <P> Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912 . Historically part of the territory of Alta California in New Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in 1821 . After being defeated in the Mexican--American War, Mexico ceded much of this territory to the United States in 1848 . The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase . </P>

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