Texas
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STATE Statistics
- capital-Austin
- Admitted to the United States- Dec.29,1845
- Motto- friendship
- population- 20,851,208
- largest cities- Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Elpaso, Austin,Fort Worth
- border states-New Mexico, Oklahoma,Arkansas,Lousiana
- nicknames-Lone Star,Beef Sate
- state song- "Texas,our Texas"
- landforms-great plains,central golf plains,lowlands,and basins
- natural resources- forests,timber,commercial
fun facts
- the state mammal is the nine-banded armadillo, also known as Texas Roadkill
- largest state