Texas
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| State of Texas | |||||
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| Elk-name(s): The Lone Star State | |||||
| Motto(s): Friendship | |||||
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| Offeecial leid(s) | Nae offeecial leid (see Leids spoken in Texas) |
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| Spaken leid(s) | Inglis 68.7% Spainyie 27.0%[1] |
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| Demonym | Texan Texian (archaic) Tejano |
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| Caipital | Austin | ||||
| Lairgest ceety | Houston | ||||
| Lairgest metro aurie | Dallas–Fort Worth[2] | ||||
| Aurie | Rankit 2nt in the U.S. | ||||
| - Total | 268,581[3] sq mi (696,241 km2) |
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| - Width | 773[4] miles (1,244 km) | ||||
| - Length | 790 miles (1,270 km) | ||||
| - % watter | 2.5 | ||||
| - Latitude | 25° 50′ N tae 36° 30′ N | ||||
| - Langitude | 93° 31′ W tae 106° 39′ W | ||||
| Population | Rankit 2nt in the U.S. | ||||
| - Total | 25,674,681 (2011 est)[5] | ||||
| - Densitie | 98.1/sq mi (37.9/km2) Rankit 26t in the U.S. |
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| Elevation | |||||
| - Heuchest point | Guadalupe Peak[6][7][8] 8,751 ft (2667.4 m) |
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| - Mean | 1,700 ft (520 m) | ||||
| - Lawest point | Guwf o Mexico[7] sea level |
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| Admission tae Union | 29 December 1845 (28t) | ||||
| Govrenor | Rick Perry (R) | ||||
| Lieutenant Govrenor | David Dewhurst (R) | ||||
| Legislatur | Texas Legislature | ||||
| - Upper hoose | Senate | ||||
| - Lawer hoose | Hoose o Representatives | ||||
| U.S. Senators | Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) John Cornyn (R) |
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| U.S. Hoose delegation | 23 Republicans, 9 Democrats (leet) | ||||
| Time zones | |||||
| - maist o state | Central: UTC −6/−5 | ||||
| - tip o Wast Texas | Muntain: UTC −7/−6 | ||||
| Abbreviations | TX Tex. US-TX | ||||
| Wabsteid | texas.gov | ||||
Texas is the seicont maist populous an the seicont maist extensive o the 50 states in the Unitit States o Americae, an the maist extensive state o the 48 contiguous Unitit States. The name, based on the Caddo wird tejas meanin "friends" or "allies", wis applee'd bi the Spainyie tae the Caddo thairsels an tae the region o their settlement in East Texas.[9] Texas haes an aurie o 268,820 square miles (696,200 km2), an a growin population of 25.7 million residents.[10]
Footnotes [edit]
- ↑ Texas — Languages. MLA. Retrieved on April 15, 2010.
- ↑ Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area Estimates. US Census (April 4, 2007). Retrieved on 28 Apryle 2008. .
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedfacts - ↑ Environment. Texas Almanac (2008). Archived from the original on 17 Mairch 2008. . Retrieved on 29 Apryle 2008. .
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedPopEstUS - ↑ "El Capitan". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=CD0994. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Elevations and Distances in the United States. United States Geological Survey (2001). Retrieved on 24 October 2011. .
- ↑ Elevation adjusted to North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
- ↑ Texas, origin of name Handbook of Texas Online
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau Announces 2010 Census Population Counts – Apportionment Counts Delivered to President. Press Release. U.S. Census Bureau (December 21, 2010). Retrieved on 7 Februar 2011. .
Freemit airtins [edit]
- State govrenment
- [ Texas state govrenment wabsteid]
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