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Oro Valley and Marana, located northwest of the city, Sahuarita, located south of the city, and South Tucson, located in an enclave south of downtown, are all major incorporated suburbs of Tucson. Casas Adobes, Catalina Foothills, Flowing Wells, Midvale Park, Tanque Verde, Tortolita, and Vail are all communities around Tucson (some within or overlapping the city borders). Benson is to the southeast, Catalina and Oracle are to the north, and Green Valley is to the south of the Tucson metro region.

When Hugo O’Conor ordered the construction of Presidio San Agustin del Tucsón in 1775, the Spanish established Tucson as a military fort. After Mexico obtained independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821, it became part of the state of Sonora. Under the Gadsden Purchase, the United States purchased a 29,670 square mile (76,840 km2) section of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico from Mexico in 1853. From 1867 to 1877, Tucson was the capital of the Arizona Territory. Tucson was the most populous city in Arizona during the territory period and early statehood, until Phoenix surpassed it in 1920. Despite this, population growth remained robust in the late twentieth century. Tucson became the first American city to be named a “City of Gastronomy” by UNESCO in 2017.

The Spanish name of the city, Tucsón, is derived from the O’odham Cukon, which means “(at the) base of the black [peak],” a reference to the basalt-covered hill today known as Sentinel Peak. “The Old Pueblo” is a nickname given to Tucson.