Arkansas (phat am trong tieng Anh bang chu IPA: /ˈɑ(r)k(ə)nˌsɑː/ hay /ˈɑ(r)k(ə)nˌsɔ/; thuong đuoc phat am trong tieng Viet nhu A-can-xo) la tieu bang Hoa Ky thuoc ve mien nam Hoa Ky.
Đay la noi sinh cua Tong thong Bill Clinton (tai Hope).


Đia ly Thu phu Arkansas la Little Rock. Arkansas la tieu bang duy nhat cua Hoa Ky ma co kim cuong tu nhien (gan Murfreesboro). Do đo, đong quarter My đac biet cua Arkansas co mot chiec kim cuong tren mat trai (co chung quanh than gao va mot con vit troi bay tren ho).
Bien gioi phia đong cua Arkansas la song Mississippi, tru o hai quan Clay va Greene, o đay song Saint Francis la bien gioi phia tay cua "Got giay ong Missouri". Arkansas ben canh Louisiana ve phia nam, Missouri ve phia bac, Tennessee va Mississippi ve phia đong, va Texas va Oklahoma ve phia tay. Arkansas la mien đep co nhieu nui va thung lung, rung ram, va đong bang tot. Mien Tay Bac Arkansas la mot phan cua Cao nguyen Ozark, bao gom day nui Boston; vao mien nam co day nui Ouachita. Nhung vung nay đuoc chia theo song Arkansas; nhung vung đong va nam cua Arkansas đuoc goi Vung đat thap.
Cai goi la "Vung đat thap" đuoc goi nhieu hon la Chau tho va Đai Đong co. Nhung đat theo song Mississippi đuoc goi la "Chau tho" cua Arkansas, bat nguon tu nhung đat boi tot do song Mississippi lam lut. Đai Đong co xa song Mississippi ti o phan đong nam cua tieu bang va phan nhieu la đat nhap nho o phan đo. Ca hai la khu vuc nong nghiep tot va trong phan lon nong nghiep cua tieu bang nay.
Arkansas co nhieu hang, vi du nhu Hang Blanchard Springs (tieng Anh: Blanchard Springs Caverns).
Arkansas co nhieu khu vuc đuoc Dich vu Vuon Quoc gia bao ve. Cac vung nay bao gom:

Đai ky niem Quoc gia Tram Arkansas (Arkansas Post National Memorial) tai Gillett
Song Quoc gia Buffalo
Khu luu niem Quoc gia Fort Smith
Cong vien Quoc gia Hot Springs
Khu luu niem Quoc gia Truong trung hoc Trung uong Little Rock
Cong vien Quan su Quoc gia Pea Ridge
Đuong lich su Quoc gia Đuong Nuoc mat cung chay qua Arkansas.


= Cac thanh pho quan trong =
Dan so đen nam 2000


Lich su Cac nha tham hiem Phap đau tien đat ten nay cho tieu bang, chac la cach đanh van ngu am cua tieng Phap cua nguoi "ve phia cua song", chi đen nguoi Quapaw va song ma ho o ben canh. Cac dan toc tho dan kia ngay xua o Arkansas ngay nay la nguoi Caddo, Cherokee, va Osage.
Ngay 15 thang 6 nam 1836, Arkansas đuoc tro thanh tieu bang thu 25 cua Hoa Ky nhu mot tieu bang chiem huu no le. Arkansas tu choi gia nhap cac Tieu bang Lien minh Hoa Ky đen sau khi Abraham Lincoln huy đong quan đoi tan cong Nam Carolina. No rut ra khoi Lien bang ngay 6 thang 5 nam 1861. Nhieu tran đanh nho xay ra o tieu bang nay trong Noi chien My. Theo Đao luat Tai xay dung Quan su, Quoc hoi nhan lai Arkansas vao Lien bang vao thang 6 nam 1868.
Vao nam 1881, co quan lap phap tieu bang Arkansas ban hanh mot du luat nhan "arkansaw" (cach phat am tieng Anh cua "a-can-xo") la cach phat am chinh thuc cua ten tieu bang – luu y la am tiet cuoi khong đuoc phat am nhu "sas" hay "xat".


Nhan khau Vao nam 2005, Arkansas co so dan uoc luong la 2.779.154 nguoi, đo 29.154 nguoi hay 1,1% hon nam truoc va la 105.756 nguoi hay 4,0% hon nam 2000. Con so nay bao gom 52.214 nguoi hon ky thong ke dan so truoc vi ly do tu nhien (tuc la 198.800 nguoi sinh tru 146.586 nguoi mat) va thuc so 57.611 nguoi hon do di tru. Su di tru tu ben ngoai Hoa Ky lam so dan tang len 21.947 nguoi, va di tru o trong nuoc lam dan so tang len 35.664 nguoi. Co uoc luong la vao khoang 48,8% cua dan cu la nam va 51,2% la nu.
Theo chung toc, Arkansas co:

78,6% la nguoi da trang
15,7% la nguoi da đen hay My goc Phi
3,2% la nguoi Hispanic
0,8% la nguoi A Chau
0,7% la nguoi My da đo
1,3% la nguoi lai
Nam goc dong ho pho bien nhat trong tieu bang la nguoi My (15,9%), nguoi My đen (15,7%), nguoi My goc Ireland (9,5%), nguoi My goc Đuc (9,3%), va nguoi My goc Anh (7,9%).
Nhung nguoi co goc My co so luong cao o mien tay bac Ozark va mien trung cua tieu bang. Nhung nguoi da đen song phan nhieu o nhung vung đat tot o phan đong va nam cua tieu bang, nhat la gan song Mississippi. Nhung nguoi Arkansas co goc Anh va Đuc phan nhieu o vung tay bac Ozarks gan bien gioi Missouri.
Vao nam 2000, 95,0% cua dan cu Arkansas 5 tuoi tro len noi tieng Anh o nha va 3,3% noi tieng Tay Ban Nha. Tieng Phap la ngon ngu pho bien thu ba co 0,3% nguoi, sau đo la tieng Đuc co 0,3% nguoi va tieng Viet co 0,1% nguoi. Arkansas co nhieu nguoi My goc Viet do nhieu nguoi đen trai ti nan o Fort Chaffee tai thanh pho Fort Smith sau Chien tranh Viet Nam. [1] Luu tru ngay 24 thang 2 nam 2006 tai Wayback Machine


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Lien ket ngoai Arkansas.gov – trang chu cua chinh phu tieu bang
Ho so cua cac quan Arkansas
Bo luat Tieu bang Arkansas Luu tru ngay 13 thang 10 nam 2008 tai Wayback Machine