Texas Facts and Tourism

A collection of facts, general information and travel resources for visitors and residents of the U.S. state of Texas.

NAME IN ENGLISH: State of Texas
STATEHOOD DATE: December 29, 1845 (28th state)
NICKNAME: "The Lone Star State"
TOURISM REGIONS: Western and South Central
CAPITAL CITY: Austin
LARGEST CITY: Houston

Tourism:
- Do It in The Americas: Texas Guide
- traveltexas.com
- gov.texas.gov - travel texas
- visittheusa.com - state - texas
texasforvisitors.com (offline) | 2008 | 2011 |
- wikipedia.org - tourism in texas - category
- wikitravel.org - texas
- unitedstatesforvisitors.com - states - tx - 2006 archive

Foods:
- skatedancer.com - recipes - by country - us - texas

Government
- texas.gov

Facts
- wikipedia.org - texas - main article
- wikipedia.org - statename - more articles
- wikipedia.org - texas - category
- wikipedia.org - texas - lists
- wikipedia.org - texas - outline
- wikipedia.org - texas - portal
- census.gov - state by state - texas population change

U.S. States Bordering Texas:
| Arkansas | Oklahoma | New Mexico |

Countries Bordering Texas:
- Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas)

Bodies of Water Bordering Texas:
- Gulf of Mexico