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Texasisthesecondmostpopulous(afterCalifornia)andthesecondlargestofthe50U.S.states(afterAlaska)intheUnitedStatesofAmerica,andthelargeststateinthe48contiguousUnitedStates.Geographicallylocatedinthesouthcentralpartofthecountry,TexassharesaninternationalborderwiththeMexicanstatesofChihuahua,Coahuila,NuevoLeón,andTamaulipastothesouthandborderstheU.S.statesofNewMexicotothewest,Oklahomatothenorth,Arkansastothenortheast,andLouisianatotheeast.Texashasanareaof268,820squaremiles(696,200km2)andagrowingpopulationofover26.4millionresidents(July).第2页EconomyAsof,Texashadagrossstateproduct(GSP)of$1.207trillion,thesecondhighestintheU.S.[147]ItsGSPiscomparabletotheGDPofIndiaorCanada,whicharetheworld's12th-and11th-largesteconomies,respectively.Texas'economyisthefourth-largestofanycountrysubdivisionglobally,behindEngland(aspartoftheUK),California,andTokyoPrefecture.ItsPerCapitapersonalincomeinwas$36,484,ranking29thinthenation.第3页

ThesymbolStateflower:BluebonnetNickname:LonestarstateStateanimal:armadillotexaslonghornMexicanbat

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DallasHoustonisthelargestcityofDexas第7页

AustinAustinisthecapitaloftheUSstateofTexasandtheseatofTravisCounty.LocatedinCentralTexas,Austinisthe11th-mostpopulouscityintheUnitedStatesandthefourth-mostpopulouscityinTexas.Itwasthethird-fastest-growinglargecityinthenationfromto.AustinisalsothesecondlargeststatecapitalintheUnitedStates.AustinhadaJuly1,populationof885,400(U.S.CensusBureauestimate).ThecityistheculturalandeconomiccenteroftheAustin–RoundRockmetropolitanarea,whichhadanestimatedpopulationof1,883,051asofJuly1,.第8页

HOUSTONHouston

isthemostpopulouscityinTexas,thelargestcityintheSouthernUnitedStates,andthefourthmostpopulouscityintheUnitedStates.AccordingtotheU.S.Censusestimates,thecityhadapopulationof2.16millionpeoplewithinalandareaof599.6squaremiles(1,553km2).[5][6]HoustonistheseatofHarrisCounty,anditsmetropolitanareaisthefifth-mostpopulatedintheU.S.,withover6millionpeople第9页

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Texashold'emPoker第10页Westerncowboyculture第11页FamousSceneryTheLyndonB.JohnsonSpaceCenter(JSC)istheNationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration'scenterforhumanspaceflighttraining,research,andflightcontrol.Thecenterconsistsofacomplexofonehundredbuildingsconstructedon1,620acres(656ha)intheClearLakeAreaofHouston[2]whichacquiredtheofficialnickname"SpaceCity"in1967.JohnsonSpaceCenterishometoNASA'sastronautcorpsandisresponsiblefortrainingastronautsfromboththeU.S.anditsinternationalpartners.Ithasbecomepopularlyknownbyitscentralfunction"MissionControl",fromtheGemini,Apollo,andSpaceShuttlePrograms.

HoustonLyndonB.JohnsonSpaceCenter第12页GuadalupeMountainsNationalParkisintheGuadalupeMountainsofWestTexasandcontainsGuadalupePeak,thehighestpointinTexasat8,749feet(2,667m)inelevation.LocatedeastofElPaso,italsocontainsElCapitan,longusedasalandmarkbypeopletravelingalongtheoldroutelaterfollowedbytheButterfieldOverlandMailstagecoachline.VisitorscanseetheruinsofanoldstagecoachstationnearthePineSpringsVisitorCenter.

GuadalupeMountainsNationalPark第13页BigBendNationalParkintheU.S.stateofTexashasnationalsignificanceasthelargestprotectedareaofChihuahuanDeserttopographyandecologyintheUnitedStates.Itcontainsmorethan1,200speciesofplants,morethan450speciesofbirds,56speciesofreptiles,and