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Texas is located in the
South Central United States
nicknamed the Lone Star
State. Austin is the
capital. Texas—the second
largest U.S. state in both
area and population—spans
268,820 square miles
(696,200 km2) and has a
growing population of 24.3
million. Houston is its
largest city and
fourth-largest in the United
States, while the
Dallas–Fort Worth
metropolitan area also
called the Metroplex is the
largest metropolitan area in
the state and the
fourth-largest in the
nation.
Texas contains diverse
landscapes, resembling, in
places, both the Deep South
and the desert Southwest.
Traveling from east to west,
one could observe piney
woods and semi-forests of
oak and cross timbers,
rolling plains and prairie,
and finally the desert of
the Big Bend. The phrase
"everything is bigger in
Texas" derives in part from
the state's geographic
sprawl and the wide open
spaces of its desert and
prairie regions.[9] Due to
its long history as a center
of the American cattle
industry, Texas is
associated throughout much
of the world with the image
of the cowboy. Historically
and culturally, Texas is
usually considered part of
the American South. However,
with its Spanish and Mexican
roots, it can also be
classified as part of the
American Southwest. While
residents acknowledge these
categories, many claim an
independent "Texan" identity
superseding regional labels.
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