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Phoenix, the capital
of the Arizona State of USA, is situated in the southwest of America.
The city covering an area of 2137 square kilometers with a population
up to 1.83 million (in 1987), among which 900 thousand people are
living in urban area. It is the ninth biggest city in America, and
one of the cities that have been developed with a fairly high speed.
It is the communication hub of western America with many well-developed
and convenient airways and coach lines. The headquarters of Grey
Hound is located here. Phoenix is one of the great industry centers
in America, famous for its data processing, electronics research,
electronic and aviation industry. The strengths of machinery, metallurgy,
chemical, textile and food industries are fairly strong. The headquarters
of the famous Motorola, Garrett Airplane Engine and GTE are all
located in this city. 50% of the people are engaged in high-tech
manufacturing industry. The service industries such as banking,
attorney, and accountant are flourishing, so the city is now the
business and communication hub of southwest America.
Phoenix enjoys the fame of The Sunny Canyon with
more than 310 of sun shining days annually and is a famous resort
for traveling, especially in winter, attracting hundreds of thousands
of tourists from both America and the world every winter. tourism
has become the second large industry of this city. The headquarters
of the famous Rarmada International Hotel System is located in this
city.
Phoenix was first established in 1867, when Jack
Swelling traveled here and noticed that the lands here were fertile,
soft and warm in winter, but lack of water. Then he started an irrigation
company in 1868, and a lot of aqueducts were developed as a result,
so this place attracted a lot of explorers. Because of the population
there was booming in 1870, people advised building a permanent city.
A common citizen suggested naming the city as Phoenix according
to a legend of a longevity bird, hence the name Phoenix. On the
February 25th, 1881, this city was took its shape and called Phoenix
officially.
In 1986, Phoenix and Chengdu were concluded as
sister cities. |
