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Yuma is best known for its excellent location, beautiful winter weather, and bright, sunny days in the summertime. Yuma is a great place for a family to grow together because of the many wonderful things that it has to offer for all ages. For young drivers, Yuma is a safe, ideal place for a teenager to get behind the wheel for the first time, unlike the big cities. In addition, there are many different opportunities for education for students of all ages such as several catholic and private schools, three (soon to be four) high schools, and many elementary and Jr. High schools. Since the summertime gets very warm to say the least, Yuma offers so many options for family activities, despite the heat. Swimming is a very popular activity, but there are also recreational activities such as kayaking the Colorado River, hiking the foothill mountains, instructional classes, arts and crafts, community service, and so much more.

Because of Yuma's convenient location, weekend trips are just hours, sometimes even minutes away. First, Yuma is on the border of both Mexico and California, which is unique. For a little taste of Mexico, San Luis, Mexico is located just thirty minutes driving directly south or Algodones, Mexico is only 15 minutes driving southwest. For a picnic on the beach, zoo, or Sea World, San Diego, California is three hours away. Los Angeles and Las Vegas are five hours away, but the best part about Yuma's location, is the fact that Phoenix, Tucson, Parker, and Flagstaff are just hours away. These places provide endless opportunities for education, entertainment, and so much more for the people of Yuma.

I believe Yuma, AZ, my hometown, is a very special place because of the huge amount of agriculture sales and rapid growing population. In the winter, population practically triples. I have not been living in Yuma very long. It truly is a wonderful place to live. Everyone is so friendly, and the only bad thing is, the summer. Thank goodness for electricity and air conditioning. One thing that surprises me very much is that Yuma is in third place in all of the United States for the fastest growing city. I am going to prove to you why my hometown is so special and unique from other towns and cities in all of Arizona.

Yuma County outdoes any other county with agriculture sales of over 1 billion dollars a year. My hometown is known as the winter vegetable capital of the nation. Is that not amazing? Yuma is very dependent on field workers to raise these crops and to get these crops out to the market, even with all the machinery they have. If you look at all the crops in Yuma all year-round, you will see lettuce, romaine, honeydew, cantaloupe, cabbage, watermelon, and many other delicious fruits and vegetables. You may not see the same things all year-round of course. They also grow all the citrus fruit you can think of.

Yuma is rapidly growing. The population count in the 1990 census was 56,966, it is now, as of July 1, 2005, 88,775. In the winter, it's a whole different story. Many people who live all over the United States in extremely cold areas live in Yuma for a couple of months.