| Tucson is the seat of Pima County, Arizona, | | | | Missile launch silo left intact in the US is |
| United States, located 118 miles southeast of | | | | a must. The nuclear warhead was dismantled |
| Phoenix and 60 miles north of the Mexican | | | | and the site decommissioned in the early |
| border. The city is located on the Santa Cruz | | | | 1980s and with few modifications it became a |
| River, a dry river bed much of the year that | | | | very unique museum. |
| floods during significant seasonal rains. | | | | |
| | | | President Kennedys Air Force, experimental |
| Tucson International Airport, eight miles | | | | NASA planes, missiles and all eras of US war |
| south of downtown, receives far fewer long | | | | planes can be seen in the Pima Air and Space |
| distance flights than Phoenix. Its connected | | | | Museum. There are over 250 aircraft on 80 |
| to the city by the slow Sun Tran bus. | | | | acres. |
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| It has been continuously settled for over | | | | Tucson is the gateway to Saguaro National |
| 12,000 years. It celebrates a diversity of | | | | Park, which is located on both sides of the |
| cultures, architecture, and peoples. Over | | | | city. |
| the past 20 years, expanding from a mid size | | | | |
| Western town into a metropolitan area of more | | | | There are hotels and motels in Tucson, with |
| than 800,000 people. | | | | something for every taste and price range. |
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| Proud of a multicultural heritage composed of | | | | The area is famous for its many species of |
| Native American, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo | | | | bird life, with at least 14 varieties of |
| influences, residents call their hometown Old | | | | hummingbirds alone. |
| Pueblo a name hearkening back to rough and | | | | |
| exciting pioneer days. | | | | One of the youngest big cities in the nation |
| | | | it has a median age of just 32. A huge |
| Known for its dry and sunny climate. The | | | | student population and a recent influx of |
| climate varies from the 2400 foot desert | | | | young professionals to fill the booming high |
| basin to the 9100 foot forests of the Santa | | | | tech job market have. It is one of the |
| Catalina Mountains. The Cities dry desert air | | | | hippest cities in the nation, with upscale |
| and winter sunshine make it a popular health | | | | nightlife options more typical of larger |
| and winter resort. | | | | cities, but without the big city hassles. |
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| Tucson has managed to support both an opera | | | | Clean air, warm temperatures, perennial |
| and a symphony orchestra for several decades | | | | sunshine and great views make Tucson a great |
| now without interruption. Both the Arizona | | | | place for outdoor recreation. The city is |
| Opera and the Tucson Symphony Orchestra | | | | surrounded by mountains, with hiking and |
| usually perform at the Tucson Convention | | | | camping available in the Mountains to the |
| Centre Music Hall, the main venue for high | | | | west and the Catalina Mountains to the north. |
| culture downtown. | | | | Mt Lemmon in the Catalinas is a 9,157 foot |
| | | | peak perfect for climbing uphill in the |
| The only Titan II Inter Continental Ballistic | | | | summer and skiing downhill in the winter. |