Information about the State of Texas

The State of Texas (TX) is a 28th state of the United States of America admitted in December 29, 1845. Texas is located in the south-central region of the USA and bounded by Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma U.S. states and Tamaulipas, Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila Mexican states.

The capital of Texas is Austin while the largest city is Houston. Texas is 2nd-largest state as by total area in 268,601 square miles as by population of 24,326 thousand residents. First 3 digits of area code in Texan's social security numbers are 449-467 and 627-645. Highest point of Texas is Guadalupe Peak with altitude 8,749 feet, lowest point is coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Time zones in this state are Central UTC-6/-5 & Mountain UTC-7/-6 time zones. Texas nickname is Lone Star State, before joining to the United States Texas was an independent republic. State has next symbols:

Bird: Mockingbird
Dance: Square Dance
Fish: Guadalupe Bass
Flower: Bluebonnet
Fruit: Texas Red Grapefruit
Gemstone: Texas Blue Topaz
Grass: Sideoats Grama
Insect: Monarch Butterfly
Motto: Friendship
Reptile: Horned Lizard
Shell: Lightning Whelk
Ship: U.S.S. Texas
Song: Texas, Our Texas
Tree: Pecan
Vegetable: Sweet Onion

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