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Tucson is the county seat of Pima County. It is also known as "The Old Pueblo".

Tucson was founded as a military fort by the Spanish when Hugo O'Conor authorized the construction of Presidio San Agustín del Tucsón in 1775. It was included in the state of Sonora after Mexico gained independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821. In 1853, the United States acquired a 29,670 square miles region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico from Mexico under the Gadsden Purchase. Tucson served as the capital of the Arizona Territory from 1867 to 1877. Tucson was Arizona's largest city by population during the territorial period and early statehood, until it was surpassed by Phoenix by 1920. Nevertheless, population growth remained strong during the late 20th century. In 2017, Tucson was the first American city to be designated a "City of Gastronomy" by UNESCO.

The Spanish name of the city, Tucsón [tuk%CB%88son], is derived from the O'odham Cuk Ṣon [t%CA%83%CA%8Ak ʂɔːn], meaning "(at the) base of the black [hill]",[citation needed] a reference to a basalt-covered hill now known as Sentinel Peak.

Neighborhoods - Historical & Current

• El Presidio, Tucson's oldest neighborhood
• Barrio Histórico, also known as Barrio Libre
• Armory Park, directly south of downtown
• Barrio Anita, named for an early settler and located between Granada Avenue and Interstate 10
• Barrio Tiburón, now known as the Fourth Avenue arts district, was designated in territorial times as a red-light district
• Barrio El Jardín, named for an early recreational site, Levin's Gardens
• Barrio El Hoyo, named for a lake that was part of the gardens.
• Barrio Santa Rosa, dating from the 1890s, is now listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places
• Feldman's, just north and northwest of the University of Arizona. The neighborhood is named for Alther M. Feldman (1833–1906) an Eastern European immigrant who arrived in Tucson circa 1878.
• Menlo Park, situated west of downtown, adjacent to Sentinel Peak
• Iron Horse, east of Fourth Avenue and north of the railroad tracks, named for its proximity to the railroad, informally known by that term
• West University, between the University of Arizona and downtown
• Dunbar Spring, west of West University
• Pie Allen, west and south of the university near Tucson High School and named for John Brackett "Pie" Allen, a local entrepreneur and early mayor of Tucson
• Sam Hughes, east of the University of Arizona, named after a European-American pioneer in Tucson

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