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A Little Bit about Tucson

Close to 800,000 people live in the Tucson metropolitan area, a Sonoran desert valley bordered by 4 mountain ranges and bisected by several (usually dry) rivers. Average rainfall is 12 inches a year, occurring mostly in the late winter and the summertime. Several smaller streams in the foothills (Sabino Canyon, Pima Canyon, Ventana Canyon) flow nearly year-round, and aspen and pine forests are only an hour away on Mt. Lemmon.

General Tucson information:

• Tucson's government homepage has valuable information for those new to Tucson:
  http://www.cityoftucson.org/index.html
• DoTucson.com is a commercial website with a good range of Tucson entertainment listings:
  http://www.dotucson.com/
• The UA has also posted a great list of places to visit in the area:
  http://www.arizona.edu/shared/tucson.shtml
• The Tucson Weekly is one of our alternative newspapers. check out the "Best of Tucson" lists:
  http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tw/current/index.html
• The Southern Arizona Attraction's Alliance has information on tourist attractions:
  http://www.tucsonattractions.com/

UA Calendar of Events and Maps:

• UA Master Calendar of Events: http://uanews.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/UAMasterCalendar.woa/wa/home
• UA Registrar’s Office Important Dates and Deadlines (Fall 2004): http://www.registrar.arizona.edu/schedule044/dates/044dates.htm
• Maps of the University: http://iiewww.ccit.arizona.edu/uamap/