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1、StateofTexasTexasisthesecondmostpopulous(afterCalifornia)andthesecondlargestofthe50U.S.states(afterAlaska)intheUnitedStatesofAmerica,andthelargeststateinthe48contiguousUnitedStates.Geographicallylocatedinthesouthcentralpartofthecountry,Texassharesaninternationalborderwi
2、ththeMexicanstatesofChihuahua,Coahuila,NuevoLeón,andTamaulipastothesouthandborderstheU.S.statesofNewMexicotothewest,Oklahomatothenorth,Arkansastothenortheast,andLouisianatotheeast.Texashasanareaof268,820squaremiles(696,200km2)andagrowingpopulationofover26.4millionreside
3、nts(July2013).EconomyAsof2010,Texashadagrossstateproduct(GSP)of$1.207trillion,thesecondhighestintheU.S.[147]ItsGSPiscomparabletotheGDPofIndiaorCanada,whicharetheworld's12th-and11th-largesteconomies,respectively.Texas'economyisthefourth-largestofanycountrysubdivisionglob
4、ally,behindEngland(aspartoftheUK),California,andTokyoPrefecture.ItsPerCapitapersonalincomein2009was$36,484,ranking29thinthenation.ThesymbolStateflower:BluebonnetNickname:LonestarstateStateanimal:armadillotexaslonghornMexicanbatFlagSealMainCityCapitalAustinLargeCityHoust
5、onSanAntonioDallasHoustonisthelargestcityofDexasAustinAustinisthecapitaloftheUSstateofTexasandtheseatofTravisCounty.LocatedinCentralTexas,Austinisthe11th-mostpopulouscityintheUnitedStatesandthefourth-mostpopulouscityinTexas.Itwasthethird-fastest-growinglargecityinthenat
6、ionfrom2000to2006.AustinisalsothesecondlargeststatecapitalintheUnitedStates.AustinhadaJuly1,2013populationof885,400(U.S.CensusBureauestimate).ThecityistheculturalandeconomiccenteroftheAustin–RoundRockmetropolitanarea,whichhadanestimatedpopulationof1,883,051asofJuly1,201
7、3.HOUSTONHoustonisthemostpopulouscityinTexas,thelargestcityintheSouthernUnitedStates,andthefourthmostpopulouscityintheUnitedStates.Accordingtothe2012U.S.Censusestimates,thecityhadapopulationof2.16millionpeoplewithinalandareaof599.6squaremiles(1,553km2).[5][6]Houstonisth
8、eseatofHarrisCounty,anditsmetropolitanareaisthefifth-mostpopulatedintheU.S.,withover6millionpeopleFamousthingT
