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The Hohokam were pit dwellers who constructed extensive irrigation systems A.D. 500-1450. Canyon de Chelly is among the most famous of ancient Southwest cliff dwellings. Many of these elaborate structures were built by the Pubelo, who flourished in Arizona between the 11th and 14th centuries. The Apache and Navaho arrived from Canada about 1300.

When the first Europeans arrived, the major tribes were the Apache (southeast Arizona), Papago (southwest Arizona), Mojave and Jualapai (Colorado River River in northern Arizona and California), and Navajo (mesa country of Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado).

Spanish and Native American names are prominent.

The 2000 census put Arizona's population at 5,130,632. The State Capital is Phoenix, other major cities or towns include Tucson, Mesa, Glendale, Scottsdale, Tempe, Chandler, Peoria, Gilbert, Yuma.