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Texas (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 30 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 30.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 100 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -100.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Possibly inhabited by 35,000 BCE; later had hunting and agrarian cultures; formed loose Caddo confederacies; Spanish and French settled here 16th-18th centuries; European-Americans came in 19th century; territorial conflict with Mexico 1830s; Confederate in Civil War. |
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| Texas (preferred,C,V)
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............ | name is derived from "Teyas," a term applied to local Amerindians, meaning "friends" |
| TX (C,V,USPS)
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Texas (state) (P) |
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| state (preferred, B) |
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since December 29, 1845 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Austin .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States, Texas, Travis county) [7013346] |
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