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Arizona, United States
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West Arizona is a region in Arizona mostly with desert and mountains. It is west of Phoenix and Tucson, north of the border with Sonora, Mexico, and east California and the Colorado River.
By train
Yuma is served by Amtrak, by the Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle routes that between Los Angeles to New Orleans and Chicago, respectively.
By plane
Yuma is a regional airport served by American Eagle with flights from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
As there is no public transportation, a car is essential. A four-wheel drive is recommended if you want to get off the beaten track.
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Dateland is a tiny settlement in Yuma County, Arizona, most notable for farming Medjool and other types of dates. The town was once a World War II training outpost and the site of a Japanese internment camp.
Lake Havasu City is a city in Mohave County in western Arizona. It is known best for being the home of the 1831 London Bridge, which Robert McCulloch, the founder of the city, bought from the British government in 1967.
Oatman is a former mining town on Route 66 in Western Arizona. For visitors it offers equal parts touristy kitsch and real, honest-to-goodness Wild West atmosphere, complete with wood slat sidewalks.
Quartzsite is a former mining town in La Paz County, Arizona. In 2020, it hosted a permanent population of 2,400 people, but during the balmy winters from December to February the population explodes to well over 100,000 as RV campers descend in droves in recreational vehicles to camp on the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) Lands surrounding the town.
Topock is a town in Arizona near the western border with California. The Colorado River is about 5 miles away and Topock has access through a marsh.
Sun City is a suburb 20 miles (30km) northwest of downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It was built as a planned retirement community in Maricopa County in the 1960s.
Wikieup is a city in Mohave County, Arizona.
Yuma is the largest city and county seat of Yuma County, Arizona. It is in the southwest corner of the state, across the Colorado River from California and near two Mexican states of Baja California and Sonora.
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