Gun Trade World - January 2023

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SOUTHWESTERN
USA
D O I N G B U S I N E S S W I T H . . .
For 2023 we have split up the USA into manageable sections, giving
you even more insight into specific areas within the country. First up,
we take a deep dive into Southwestern United States – could this be
the best region to export your products to in the world?
T
he Southwestern United
States, also known as the
American Southwest or
simply the Southwest, is a
geographic and cultural region
of the United States that
generally comprises Arizona,
New Mexico, and adjacent
sections of California,
Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma,
Texas, and Utah.
The largest cities by
metropolitan area are
Phoenix, Las Vegas, El Paso,
Albuquerque, and Tucson.
Prior to 1848, in the historical
region of Santa Fe de Nuevo
México as well as parts of
Alta California and Coahuila
y Tejas, settlement was
almost non-existent outside
of Nuevo México’s Pueblos
and Spanish or Mexican
municipalities. Much of the
area had been a part of New
Spain and Mexico until the
United States acquired the
area through the Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848
and the smaller Gadsden
Purchase in 1854.
The geography of the
region is mainly made up of
four features: the Mojave,
Sonoran, and Chihuahuan
Deserts, and the Colorado
Plateau; although there are
other geographical features
as well, such as a portion of
the Great Basin Desert. The
deserts dominate the southern
and western reaches of the
area, while the plateau (which
is largely made up of high
desert) is the main feature
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