Texas

Texas is the second largest state in the United States in size and in population.U.S. Census Bureau: State Rankings - Statistical Abstract of the United States Texas was declared the 28th U.S. state in 1845 which, due to a border dispute, precipitated the Mexican-American War. The economy of Texas has benefited from large reserves of oil and natural gas that were discovered in the early 1900s.

Geographically, Texas in located in the middle of the United States, and touches four other states, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana, this is often referred to as the "five state area". From the farthest eastern city in Texas (Texarakana) to the farthest western city (El Paso) it is 727 miles (1169.74 kilometers), from the farthest northern corner of the panhandle of Texas to the extreme southern tip, it is 805 miles (1295.52192 kilometers) http://www.google.com/search?q=convert+805+miles+to+kilometers&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a http://www.distance-calculator.co.uk/usa-distance-el_paso-to-texarkana.htm

Major cities in Texas are: Arlington, Amarillo, Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Galveston, Houston, Lubbock, and San Antonio.