Southwest
The American Southwest contains more than its fair share of natural wonders: Grand Canyon, Arches National Park, and Carlsbad Caverns National Park are only three of the most famous natural attractions that draw people from all over the world.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Las Vegas and Phoenix.
Las Vegas
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Situated in the midst of the southern Nevada desert, Las Vegas is the largest city in the state of Nevada. Nicknamed Sin City, Las Vegas and its surrounding communities are famed for their mega-casino resorts, often lavishly decorated with names and themes meant to evoke romance, mystery, and exotic destinations.
Phoenix
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Phoenix is the capital of the state of Arizona, the most populous city in the American Southwest. Warm and sunny winter weather have ensured a thriving tourism industry, and the city has become the region's primary political, cultural, economic, and transportation center.
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City is the capital of, and largest city in, the U.S. state of Utah. It is a destination for outdoor recreation, with nearby mountains full of hiking trails and ski resorts made famous by the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Arizona and Utah.
Arizona
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Arizona, also known as the Grand Canyon State, is in the American Southwest. Admitted as the 48th State of the Union in 1912, Arizona is home to the Grand Canyon as well as a variety of terrain, climates and cultures.
Utah
Utah, which is in the Southwest region of the United States, is well known for its incredible scenic beauty and year round outdoor activities including skiing, snowboarding, hiking, boating, water skiing, horseback riding, camping, and rock climbing.
New Mexico
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New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment, is a state in the American Southwest. It became a Spanish colony after conquistadors arrived in the 16th century, then a Mexican territory until the Mexican-American War of the 1840s, and then an American territory until it achieved statehood in 1912.
Nevada
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Nevada is an arid state of the USA, lying between California and Utah. Most of the state is within the Great Basin, but parts of the northeast drain into the Snake River and the southern portion is within the Mohave Desert and the Colorado river drainage.
Southwest
- Type: Region with 77,900,000 residents
- Description: geographical region of the USA
- Also known as: “American Southwest”, “Southwest US”, “Southwest USA”, “Southwestern States (USA)”, “Southwestern United States”, “Southwestern US”, and “Southwestern USA”
- Category: U.S. region
- Location: United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Southwest” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جنوب غرب الولايات المتحدة”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёвы захад ЗША”
- Bulgarian: “Югозапад”
- Catalan: “Sud-oest dels Estats Units”
- Chinese: “美国西南部”
- Chinese: “美國西南”
- Chinese: “美國西南方”
- Chinese: “美國西南部”
- Croatian: “Jugozapad SAD-a”
- Croatian: “Jugozapad SAD”
- Czech: “Jihozápad Spojených států amerických”
- Dutch: “Zuidwestelijke Verenigde Staten”
- Dutch: “Zuidwesten van de Verenigde Staten”
- Esperanto: “Sudokcidenta Usono”
- Finnish: “Lounais-Yhdysvallat”
- French: “Sud-Ouest américain”
- French: “Sud-Ouest des États-Unis”
- German: “Südwesten der Vereinigten Staaten”
- German: “Südwesten”
- Greek: “Νοτιοδυτικές Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες”
- Hebrew: “דרום-מערב ארצות הברית”
- Indonesian: “Amerika Serikat Barat Daya”
- Italian: “Stati Uniti d’America sud-occidentali”
- Italian: “Stati Uniti sud-occidentali”
- Italian: “Sudovest degli Stati Uniti d’America”
- Italian: “Sudovest degli Stati Uniti”
- Japanese: “アメリカ南西部”
- Japanese: “アメリカ合衆国南西部”
- Japanese: “南西アメリカ”
- Japanese: “南西部”
- Korean: “미국 남서부”
- Persian: “ایالت های جنوب غرب آمریکا”
- Persian: “ایالت های جنوب غرب امریکا”
- Persian: “ایالت های جنوب غرب ایالات متحده”
- Persian: “ایالت های جنوب غربی آمریکا”
- Persian: “ایالت های جنوب غربی امریکا”
- Persian: “ایالت های جنوب غربی ایالات متحده”
- Persian: “ایالتهای جنوب غربی آمریکا”
- Portuguese: “Região sudoeste dos estados unidos da américa”
- Portuguese: “Região Sudoeste dos Estados Unidos”
- Portuguese: “Sudoeste dos Estados Unidos”
- Portuguese: “Sudoeste”
- Russian: “Юго-Запад США”
- Russian: “Юго-запад”
- Serbian: “Jugozapad”
- Serbian: “Југозапад(САД)”
- Serbian: “Југозапад”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Američki Jugozapad”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jugozapad SAD”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jugozapad Sjedinjenih Američkih Država”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jugozapadne Sjedinjene Države”
- Slovak: “Southwest”
- Slovenian: “ameriški jugozahod”
- Slovenian: “jugozahodne ZDA”
- Slovenian: “jugozahodne Združene države Amerike”
- Spanish: “Estados Unidos del Suroeste”
- Spanish: “Sudoeste de los Estados Unidos”
- Spanish: “Suroeste Americano”
- Spanish: “Suroeste de Estados Unidos”
- Swedish: “Sydvästra USA”
- Turkish: “Amerikan Güneybatısı”
- Turkish: “Güneybatı ABD”
- Turkish: “Güneybatı Amerika Birleşik Devletleri”
- Turkish: “Güneybatı”
- Ukrainian: “Південний Захід США”
- Urdu: “جنوب مغربی ریاستہائے متحدہ”
- Venetian: “Sud-òvest dei Stati Unii”
- Vietnamese: “Tây Nam Hoa Kỳ”
- Western Frisian: “Súdwesten”
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