Texas | |
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Kintra | Unitit States |
Afore stateheid | Republic of Texas |
Admittit tae the Union | 29 December 1845 (28t) |
Lairgest ceety | Houston |
Lairgest metro | Dallas–Fort Worth[1] |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Greg Abbott (R) |
• Lieutenant Governor | David Dewhurst (R) |
Legislatur | Texas Legislatur |
• Upper hoose | Senate |
• Lawer hoose | Hoose o Representatives |
U.S. senators | John Cornyn (R) Ted Cruz (R) |
U.S. Hoose delegation | 23 Republicans, 9 Democrats (leet) |
Population | |
• Total | 25,674,681 (2,011 est)[2] |
• Density | 37.9/km2 (98.1/sq mi) |
Leid | |
• Offeecial leid | Nae offeecial leid (see Leids spoken in Texas) |
• Spoken leid | Inglis 68.7% Spainyie 27.0%[3] |
Trad. abbreviation | Tex. |
Latitude | 25° 50′ N tae 36° 30′ N |
Longitude | 93° 31′ W tae 106° 39′ W |
Texas is the seicont maist populous an the seicont maist extensive o the 50 states in the Unitit States o Americae, an the maist extensive state o the 48 contiguous Unitit States. The name, based on the Caddo wird tejas meanin "friends" or "allies", wis applee'd bi the Spaingie tae the Caddo thairsels an tae the region o thair dounset in East Texas.[4] Texas haes an aurie o 268,820 square mile (696,200 km2), an a growin population of 25.7 million residents.[5]