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  1. Texas is the second largest and second most populous state in the United States of America. Tourists might enjoy San Antonio and El Paso's Hispanic culture, or Fort Worth western attractions. Galveston, Corpus Christi, and Padre Island are some of the popular Texas resort areas on the Gulf of Mexico. Houston is Texas's leading convention city ...

  2. The Republic of Texas ( Spanish: República de Tejas ), or simply Texas, was a sovereign state in North America that existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846. It shared borders with Mexico, the Republic of the Rio Grande (another Mexican breakaway republic), and the United States of America.

  3. www.britannica.com › summary › Texas-stateTexas summary | Britannica

    Texas, State, southwestern U.S. Area: 268,597 sq mi (695,662 sq km). Population: (2020) 29,145,505; (2023 est.) 30,503,301. Capital: Austin. Texas is the second largest state in both area and population. Much of its perimeter is formed by water: the course of the Red River on the north makes up two-thirds of the state’s boundary with Oklahoma ...

  4. 6 days ago · History. Plan of the city of Austin, Texas, 1839. Lithograph of Austin, Texas, c. 1840. The state’s fourth largest city, Austin originated as the riverside village of Waterloo, in a buffalo-hunting region occupied by Tonkawa and Comanche peoples. In 1839 it was selected by scouts as the site for the permanent capital of the Republic of Texas ...

  5. wikitravel.org › en › TexasTexas - Wikitravel

    Feb 4, 2024 · UTC -6/-5 and UTC -7/-6. Texas [1] known as the "Lone Star State" is the largest and most populous state in the South in United States of America. Owing to its remarkable size, distinctive culture and politics, and colorful history, many Texans maintain a fiercely independent attitude, with Texan identity often superseding American identity.

  6. Austin, Texas. /  30.26722°N 97.74306°W  / 30.26722; -97.74306. Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Travis County. Austin is the 11th-largest city in the United States, and the 4th-largest in Texas. Its population in 2020 was 961,855. [6] The University of Texas at Austin is located there.

  7. 3 days ago · Dallas, city, Dallas, Collin, Denton, Rockwell, and Kaufman counties, seat (1846) of Dallas county, north-central Texas, U.S. It lies along the Trinity River near the junction of that river’s three forks, in a region of prairies, tree-lined creeks and rivers, and gentle hills. Its winters are mild with brief cold spells, but summers are hot ...

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