Located in the Southwest U.S. in the middle of the Sonoran Desert, Phoenix, Arizona is one of the fastest growing cities in America. Also called the “Valley of the Sun”, it is one of the hottest and driest places in the world during the summer, with average summertime temperatures well over 100 degrees. However, throughout most of the rest of the year the Phoenix metro area experiences very mild and temperate weather, making it an ideal location for a variety of outdoor activities.

Home to many headquarters of large corporations, nature preserves, master planned golf courses, and several major league sports teams, the Phoenix metro area offers a diverse spectrum of choices for work and play.

In the last 4 decades, Phoenix has grown to be the 5th biggest metropolitan area in the USA, with over 4 million people, in contrast to the remainder of the state. Arizona is mostly uninhabited land, aside from the much smaller cities of Yuma, Tucson and Flagstaff, and is about the size of France, but has only 1/10 of the population of that country.

Arizona has a very colorful past. Over the last 2000 years, it has been claimed by several countries, from the outskirts of the Aztec empire, to home of the American Indians, included as part of Spain, then Mexico, transitioned to become the USA’s “Old West”, and finally evolved into today’s tourist destination as the Grand Canyon State. Arizona is proud to retain a connection with all its past cultures, and with the natural beauty of the desert landscape, and the resulting mixture of people, history, and culture is a unique place that can only be described as Arizona!

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