Pima County Arizona real estate
Pima County website
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Click on the Pima County map below for more information on the various cities in Pima County
DemographicsPima County is as rich in culture as it is in
its history, with a firm base dating back 9,000 years. Known for
their beautiful scenery, the warm summers and mild winters, a true
desert paradise, the area has grown considerably since the days of
its birth. Pima has firm economic sectors that include Aerospace,
Environmental Technology, and Information Technology. Pima County,
with its county seat in Tucson, encompasses a 9,184 square mile
area, with a population of approximately 890,545 (U.S. Census 2002). See more demographic information.
GeographyPima is located on the south eastern part of
the state, neighboring Mexico. Maricopa. home of Phoenix, is to the
north. Yuma is to the northwest of Pima. Municipalities in Pima County
History
The Tucson area was then settled by the Tohono O'odham (the desert people). The O'odham lived along the Santa Cruz and Gila Rivers and were mostly farmers. They were frequently terrorized and raided by their more war-like neighbors to the east and southeast, the Apache. The Spanish continued to colonize and settle the river valleys of Southern Arizona throughout the 1700s and in 1775 a Spanish officer, Hugh O'Connor, who was actually Irish, established the Tucson presidio, or fort, to protect the settlers from the bands of raiding Apaches. Residents of the walled city began referring to the fort as the "Old Pueblo" which is still the nickname for Tucson. The area remained part of Spain, then Mexico, until the Gadsden Purchase of 1853 bought Southern Arizona for the United States.
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