major texas cities. austin state capitol located in central texas 4 th largest city in the state
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Major Texas Cities
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Austin
• State capitol • Located in central
Texas• 4th largest city in the
state
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San Antonio
• Located in central Texas
• 2nd largest city in the state
• Largest tourism city
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Houston
• Located in south east Texas
• Largest city in the state
• Home to several large businesses
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Fort Worth
• Located in north central Texas
• 5th largest city• Established as an
Army post in 1849
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Dallas
• Located in north central Texas
• 3rd largest city in the state
• Home to the Texas state fair
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El Paso
• Located in west Texas• 6th largest city in the
state• Closer to California
than Houston
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Brownsville
• Located in south Texas
• 16th largest city in the state
• Large manufacturing city
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Lubbock
• Located in north west Texas
• 11th largest city in the state
• Largest cotton growing region in the world
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Amarillo
• Located in the panhandle
• 14th largest city in the state
• Founded as a railroad city during cattle drives
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Midland
• Located in west texas • 28th largest city in the
state• Founded as an oil
boom town
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Odessa
• Located in west Texas• 31st largest city in the
state• Founded as an oil city
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Assignment
• Take out a sheet of paper• Choose 5 major cities we talked about and list
them from largest population to smallest• Write two sentences why or why you wouldn’t
like visit them