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Southern U.S. Federated State, 691,027 km², 23,507,783 residents (2006
estimate), 34 inhabitants / km²,
capital: Austin. Borders: Oklahoma (N), Arkansas and Louisiana (E), Gulf of
Mexico (SE), New Mexico (NW); Mexico (SW).
State Overview
The state faces the sea with a low and dune coast, flanked by very long
coastlines which delimit numerous lagoons, including the Mother Lagoon, and
inlets (bays of Galveston, Matagorda, San Antonio, Copano, Corpus Christi, by
Baffin). From this flat strip it passes through large terraces to the shelves of
the Interior Lowlands and the High Plains, the latter formed by two distinct
groups, the Llano Estacado and the limestone Edwards Plateau. The western sector
of the state is characterized by the Stockton Plateau, a plateau crossed by
various mountain ranges, including the Guadalupe and Santiago Mountains. The
main river is the Rio Grande, which entirely marks the border with Mexico: the
other major rivers are the Canadian River (tributary of the Arkansas river),
the Red River, the Sabine, the Trinity, the Brazos, Colorado, the Guadalupe, the
San Antonio and the Nueces. The climate is subtropical, hot and humid in the
coastal area, dry continental and with marked temperature changes on the
highlands of the interior. Texas's main economic resources are agriculture
(cotton, cereals, peanuts, citrus fruits, peaches, sweet potatoes, vegetables,
fodder), breeding (cattle, sheep, pigs, with abundant meat and wool production),
extraction sea salt and especially the exploitation of the subsoil, rich
in oil and natural gas. Industries (food, chemical, petrochemical, engineering,
textile, paper and cement industries) are located in the capital and cities
of Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Fort Worth, El Paso, Corpus
Christi, Lubbock, Amarillo, Beaumont, Wichita Falls, Pasadena etc.
History
The territory was crossed in the century. XVI from Cabeza de
Vaca, Coronado and other Spanish explorers. In the following century the
French R. La Salle tried to found a settlement there; the Spaniards established
"missions" in the eastern part and made San Antonio, since 1718, a stable
settlement. However, Texas remained almost depopulated, until, in 1821, the
Mexican government granted S. Austin the right to lead settlers from the United
States to the region between the Brazos and Colorado rivers. The settlers were
mostly southern slaveholders and wanted to introduce slavery, which is
prohibited by Mexican law. The new colonists then rebelled - under the
leadership of S. Houston- and in 1836 they proclaimed the independence of Texas,
recognized by the United States, Great Britain, France and Belgium. In 1845
Texas joined the Union, but annexation caused the war between the USA and
Mexico. In the civil war, Texas joined the Confederation of Secessionists and
was only readmitted to the Union in 1870. Since then, it has seen great progress
first in agriculture, with the development of cattle breeding; then with the
process of industrialization and urbanization, prompted by the discovery of huge
oil fields; today it has important modern industries, such as aeronautics and
electronics.
Austin (Texas)
City (466,000 residents) capital of Texas (USA), 110 km NE of San Antonio,
on the Colorado River. Active market of agricultural products (cereals, cotton)
and livestock (meat, wool) of the surrounding region, it is located just
downstream of the Travis reservoir, which has supplied the city with
hydroelectric energy (since the 1950s) industrial development in the food,
textile (cotton), metallurgical, mechanical (agricultural machinery), footwear
and wood sectors. Airport. University of Texas and St. Edward. Founded in 1838
under the name of Waterloo, it was chosen as the capital the following year and
so called in honor of the statesman Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836).
Houston
City (1,953,631 residents; 4,320,000 residents the metropolitan area in
1997) of the State of Texas (USA), located 16 m in the coastal strip overlooking
the Gulf of Mexico, between the low courses of the Trinity and Brazos rivers. It
is the most populous and economically most important city in the state, with a
very modern appearance and in a phase of continuous expansion; placed at the
convergence of important traffic routes from all over the country, it is
connected to Galveston Bay via a 92 km long Houston Ship Canal, which makes its
port the fourth largest in the USA for import and export movement. Founded in
1836 by John A. Allen and named in honor of General S. Houston, the first
president of the Republic of Texas, developed as a cotton processing center,
recording a rapid demographic increase following the construction of the railway
(1856) and therefore of the canal that connects it to the Gulf of Mexico
(1914). The major development of the city, however, occurred after the Second
World War following the discovery, in the area, of vast oil and natural gas
deposits and therefore the installation of grandiose refineries and
petrochemical plants which are now flanked by powerful active industrial
complexes. in the steel, metallurgical (lead, zinc), mechanical, shipbuilding,
food, chemical, paper, clothing, aeronautics and cement sectors. Houston also
plays a leading role as a financial and cultural center, home to four
universities (University of Houston, Texas Southern University, University of
Saint Thomas, Rice University) and numerous colleges, libraries and museums. The
Museum of Fine Arts, which was established in 1924 thanks to a series of
donations and acquisitions of ancient and modern art, houses, a section of
European painting from the century. XV to XVIII and a section of European and
American painting of the sec. XX. William P. Hobby Airport, Houston
Intercontinental Airport and all research centers, laboratories and training
centers for space launches, both satellites and human manned vehicles of
the NASA. Houston was the capital of Texas in 1837-39 and 1842-45.
Dallas
"For the Dallas and Fort Worth map see the lemma of the 7th volume." city
(1,188,580 residents in 2000; 5,221,801 residents the metropolitan area in
2000) of the state of northern Texas (USA), located 152 m at the confluence of
the rivers Elm Fork and West Fork (which form the river here Trinity), 50km E
of Fort Worth. Second city "The Dallas and Fort Worth map is on page 528 of
the 7th volume." of the state after Houston, was founded in 1841 by John
Neely Bryan and named in honor of Vice President GM Dallas. During the war of
secession it was an important military base, welcoming many southerners, who
introduced the processing of cotton, imported from the surrounding regions: well
organized commercially, the Dallas cotton industry would have covered, around
1920, as much as 40% of the entire US production. Meanwhile, following a state
law promulgated in 1908, the city had become an important financial and
insurance center, holding, for the latter branch, a sort of monopoly in
Texas. Subsequently, from the early 1930s, the role of oil extraction increased,
with the related refining industry. Finally, in 1946, the location of two large
aeronautical construction complexes marked Dallas' most modern specialization
and the beginning of a period of very intense growth: in 1940 the city did not
reach 300,000 inhabitants, while the 1960 census recorded almost 680,000. A
further moment of development of urban functions came at the end of the sixties,
with the choice of building, in a central position between Dallas and Fort
Worth, a large regional airport, which, opened to traffic in 1973, reached over
the following decade an annual movement of 40 million passengers, in continuous
expansion (the maximum potential is expected for 100 million passengers per
year). The progressive diversification of the secondary sector also includes the
electronic, chemical, cement, textile, food and polygraphic. The city is also a
major cultural center, home to the University of Dallas, Southern Methodist
University, Dallas Theological Seminary, numerous colleges and rich museums (of
Natural History, Arts, Sciences). § Dallas suddenly rose to the forefront of
history when the assassination of the President took place on November 22,
1963JF Kennedy while visiting the city.
San Antonio (Texas)
City (1,144,646 residents in 2000; 1,490,111 residents the metropolitan
area in 1996) of the State of Texas (USA), 300 km W of Houston, 205 m on the
homonymous river, between the southeastern offshoots of the Edwards Plateau and
the coastal plain of the Gulf of Mexico. Located at the convergence of some
large rolling stock and railway lines connecting the central USA to the Mexican
cities of Nuevo Laredo and Monterrey, it was affirmed since the sec. XIX as a
livestock trading center, especially after the construction of the first railway
(1877). Subsequently, thanks to its excellent geographical position, it also
became a thriving market for wool, cotton and agricultural and livestock
products. The industry operates in the food, textile, metalworking, footwear,
petrochemical, cement, furniture and ceramics sectors. San Antonio is home to
several cultural institutions, including Saint Mary's University (1852) and
Trinity University (1869). Airport. § Founded by the Spaniards in 1718, it then
passed to Mexico. Seat of important Franciscan missions, it was erected in the
archbishopric in the century. XIX. At the nearby Forte Alamo an epic battle took
place between the Texans who claimed the.
Fort Worth
City (479,716 residents in 1996; 762,000 residents the metropolitan area)
of the State of Texas (USA), 50 km W of Dallas, 183 m at the point where the
Clear and West rivers meet to form the Trinity River. Road and railway junction,
it is one of the main cities of the state and one of the most important
agricultural and livestock markets in the USA; terminal point of
several pipelines, is home to large refineries of petroleum and many chemical
industries, aerospace, automotive, engineering, food, textile, tanning and
wood. University. Airport. § It is home to one of the most important museums in
the United States, the Kimbell Art Museum, which takes its name from the
founder, the collector Kay Kimbell. The building that houses it, considered a
unique example from a museographic point of view, was designed by Louis
Kahn between 1967 and 1972. In addition to the sections of ancient Greek and
Roman art and medieval art, the collections of European painting from the
sec. XV to the century XX, among which are masterpieces such as I bari by Caravaggio,
the Olympus by Giambattista Tiepolo, Venere and Adone by Poussin,
the Matador Pedro Romero by Goya. The museum also houses numerous
paintings from the English (Reynolds, Gainsborough, Romney, Turner), Dutch
(Hals, Rembrandt), Flemish (Memling, Rubens, van Dyck), Spanish (El
Greco, Ribera, Murillo) schools.
El Paso (city)
City (615,032 residents in 1998; metropolitan area 684,446 residents in
1996) of the State of Texas (USA), located at 1147 m on the left of the Rio
Grande, opposite the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez. Located in the center of an
irrigation area (Elephant Butte dam), it is an important agricultural (cotton)
and livestock market, home to metallurgical (copper, lead), mechanical, food,
textile, clothing, petrochemical and cement industries. An important
communications hub with Mexico and a popular climatic health resort, the city is
served by an international airport. There is a section of the University of
Texas (1913).
Corpus Christi
City (280,260 residents; 384,056 residents the metropolitan area in 1996)
of the State of Texas (USA), 285 km SW of Houston, on the southern shore of the
bay of the same name (separated from the Mustang island by the Gulf of Mexico),
near the mouth of the Nueces River on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Active
commercial port, it is home to numerous industries active in the metallurgical,
chemical, petrochemical, textile, food and cement sectors; nearby, oil and
natural gas fields. Airport. University campus since 1947, it is also an
important air and naval base.
Lubbock
City (193,565 residents in 1996) of the State of Texas (USA), 180 km S of
Amarillo, 990 m in the Llano Estacado. There is an important agricultural
(cotton, cereals) and livestock market with food and building materials
industries. Airport.
Amarillo
City (169,588 residents in 1996) of northwestern Texas (USA), to the right
of the Canadian river. Founded in 1887 as a railway station, it had a rapid
development following the discovery of oil and natural gas fields in the
surroundings; today it is an important commercial and industrial center, active
in the metallurgical (zinc), mechanical (agricultural machinery), petrochemical,
food and chemical (helium production) sectors.
Beaumont
City (1180 residents) of Texas (USA), 140 km ENE of the capital Houston,
port on the Neches river, connected to the Gulf of Mexico via
the Sabine- Neches canal. Founded in 1835, it is home to large oil refineries to
which chemical, food, shipbuilding and paper industries were subsequently
added. From its port, which has a traffic of approx. 44 million tons per year,
mainly oil products, sulfur, timber and rice are exported. Airport.
Wichita Falls
City (100,138 residents in 1996) of the State of Texas (USA), 230 km NW
of Dallas, 290 m on the Wichita River. Located near rich oil fields, it is home
to the petrochemical, food, textile, metalworking and tanning
industries. Airport. University (1922).
Pasadena (Texas)
City (131,620 residents in 1996) of the state of Texas (USA), on the
southeastern outskirts of Houston. Residential center with petrochemical, paper
and wood industries.
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