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General Information Nickname Lone Star State State bird Western Mockingbird State flower Bluebonnet Capital Austin Date of admission to the Union December 29 1845 Population 22,490,022 (official estimate 2004) Population density 32.3 per sq km 2003 total overseas arrivals/US ranking 829,000/7 Time Central (GMT - 6). Daylight Saving Time is observed. The State Texas, the ‘Lone Star State’, is the second-largest state in the USA, covering more than 695,676 sq km (268,600 sq miles). Spain was the first European power to lay claim to Texas; the State also flew the flags of France and Mexico before gaining its independence in 1836. Texas borders Mexico along the Rio Grande and embraces vast mountain ranges and canyons to the west; lakes, plantations and pine forests to the east; broad plains to the north; citrus groves, Gulf of Mexico beaches and low-lying alluvial plains to the south; and rolling hill country and clear natural springs at its heart. Its great wealth stems from its vast oil reserves. It has several booming cities: Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and its capital city, Austin. |