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Texas, USA

State

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Texas is a state in the south-central United States, bordered by New Mexico to the west, Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas to the northeast, Louisiana to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas to the southwest and south. Austin is the state capital, while Houston is the largest city; Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, El Paso and Arlington are other major population centers. As the second-largest state by both area and population, Texas encompasses a wide range of landscapes, including the Piney Woods of the east, the Blackland Prairies and Hill Country of central Texas, the South Texas Plains, the Chihuahuan Desert in the west, and more than 350 miles of Gulf coastline. Major rivers include the Rio Grande, Red, Brazos, Colorado, Trinity and Sabine, while Guadalupe Peak in the Guadalupe Mountains is the state’s highest point at 8,751 feet. Texas contains 254 counties—the most of any U.S. state—covers approximately 261,232 square miles of land and had 29,145,505 residents in the 2020 census. Admitted to the Union in 1845 as the 28th state after nearly a decade as the independent Republic of Texas, it is a leading center for energy, technology, agriculture, manufacturing, transportation and aerospace.

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  1. USA
    1. Texas
      1. Atascosa County
        1. Pleasanton
      2. Bexar County
        1. Alamo Heights
        2. San Antonio
      3. Brazoria County
        1. Angleton
        2. Clute
        3. Lake Jackson
      4. Brazos County
        1. Bryan
      5. Cameron County
        1. Brownsville
      6. Cherokee County
        1. Jacksonville
      7. Collin County
        1. Frisco
        2. Plano
        3. Princeton
      8. Colorado County
        1. Columbus
      9. Coryell County
        1. Gatesville
      10. Dallas County
        1. Coppell
        2. Dallas
        3. Highland Park
        4. Irving
        5. University Park
      11. Denton County
        1. Denton
        2. Flower Mound
        3. Krum
      12. Ector County
        1. Odessa
      13. Fort Bend County
        1. Missouri City
        2. Needville
        3. Richmond
        4. Sugar Land
      14. Galveston County
        1. Santa Fe
      15. Harris County
        1. Houston
      16. Hidalgo County
        1. Edinburg
        2. Hidalgo
        3. McAllen
        4. Mission
        5. Pharr
      17. Howard County
        1. Big Spring
      18. Hunt County
        1. Greenville
      19. Kaufman County
        1. Kaufman
      20. Lampasas County
        1. Kempner
      21. Llano County
        1. Llano
      22. Lubbock County
        1. Lubbock
      23. Matagorda County
        1. Bay City
      24. Montgomery County
        1. The Woodlands
      25. Nacogdoches County
        1. Nacogdoches
      26. Red River County
        1. Clarksville
      27. Tarrant County
        1. Fort Worth
        2. Mansfield
      28. Taylor County
        1. Abilene
        2. Dyess Air Force Base
      29. Tom Green County
        1. San Angelo
      30. Travis County
        1. Austin
        2. West Lake Hills
      31. Uvalde County
        1. Uvalde
      32. Val Verde County
        1. Del Rio
        2. Laughlin Air Force Base
      33. Wise County
        1. Decatur

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