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City and State Information for Texas
Texas
Lone Star State
Motto: Friendship
Population (2005): 22,859,968
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Cities and Towns |
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Texas Facts and Statistics |
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| Capital |
Austin |
| Date entered the Union |
Dec. 29, 1845 (28th) |
| Land Area |
261,797 sq mi. (678,054 sq km) |
| Population Density |
79.6 people per square mile |
| Record High Temperature (F) |
120 (June 28, 1994) |
| Record High Temperature (C) |
49 |
| Record Low Temperature (F) |
–23 (February 08, 1933) |
| Record Low Temperature (C) |
–31 |
| Average Elevation |
1,700 feet |
| High Elevation |
8,749 feet |
| Low Elevation |
Sea level |
Origin of the name Texas: From an Indian word meaning “friends”
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State Symbols |
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A state's official symbols represent the composition and culture of the land and people who live and have lived here. Below are the symbols of Texas along with the year they became official.
| Flower | Bluebonnet (1901) | | Tree | Pecan (1919) | | Bird | Mockingbird (1927) | | Song | “Texas, Our Texas” (1929) | | Fish | Guadalupe Bass (1989) | | Seashell | Lightning Whelk (1987) | | Dish | Chili (1977) | | Folk Dance | Square Dance (1991) | | Fruit | Texas Red Grapefruit (1993) | | Gem | Texas Blue Topaz (1969) | | Gemstone Cut | Lone Star Cut (1977) | | Grass | Sideoats Grass (1971) | | Reptile | Horned Lizard (1993) | | Stone | Petrified Palmwood (1969) | | Plant | Prickly Pear Cactus | | Insect | Monarch Butterfly | | Pepper | Jalapeño Pepper | | Mammal | Longhorn | | Small Mammal | Armadillo | | Flying Mammal | Mexican Free-Tailed Bat |
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