Texas

TEXAS

By Piret Parrest, Daisi Mats, Kristiina Selter

Viljandi County Gymnasium, 11H

Supervisor: Margit Kirss

LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHICS

• Population: 24,782,406 (2009)

Ranked 2nd in the US

CITIES AND TOWNS

1 Houston

2 San Antonio

3 Dallas

4 Austin

5 Fort Worth

6 El Paso

7 Arlington

8 Corpus Christi

9 Plano

10 Laredo

State Capital

Austin

SYMBOLS

• The Texas Lone Star Flag

• The Jalapeño

• The Red Grapefruit

• The Longhorn

• The Mexican Free-Tailed Bat

• The Bluebonnet

• The Monarch Butterfly

• The Armadillo

• Chili

• The 1015 Onion

TEXAS RANGERS

• Texas professional baseball team

• ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' - famous TV show (1993-2001)

COWBOYS

• Animal herder, tends cattle on ranches

• Was typically a bachelor

COUNTRY MUSIC

• Is known for fusing traditionalist root sounds

• Very popular among Texas people

BEAUTY PAGEANTS

• Pageants are very popular in Texas

• Texas has no laws regulating child participation

INTERESTING FACTS

• Texas has no official language

• Motto : friendship

• Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.

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