Phoenix, Arizona (U.S.A.) Travel Directory

Arizona's capital and the 5th largest city in the U.S.A... Surprisingly this city was established in the middle of the desert in the 1860s... Its economy was initially built upon agriculture. Might seem a paradox why a city in the middle of the desert thrives from agriculture, wouldn't it? Well, in fact there's a number of rivers and underground streams of water that can be exploited for irrigation. The area around Phoenix was revived with modern technology: reservoirs were built and the lands are artificially irrigated on a wide area...

Canals were already built by the Amerindians (Native Americans) as early as the 11th century. Anglo-Americans have inherited this technique. Today the land around Phoenix produce crops, citrus. fruits, cotton especially.

Phoenix is also a hi-tech industry center... Microelectronics firms and software companies have multiplied like bacteria in the 1980s, 1990s and more are appearing today.

Spanish is used by the Latino community, which makes up 41,5 % of the city. Phoenix is bilingual.

Phoenix is very hot. Expect the April through October period to be the hottest. Overall it's hot all time of the year, raining scarcely happens.