Texas

Texas is the seicont maist populous an the seicont maist extensive o the 50 states in the Unitit States o Americae, an the maist extensive state o the 48 contiguous Unitit States. The name, based on the Caddo wird tejas meanin "friends" or "allies", wis applee'd bi the Spaingie tae the Caddo thairsels an tae the region o thair dounset in East Texas. Texas haes an aurie o 268,820 square mile (696,200 km²), an a growin population of 25.7 million residents.

Texas
State
Kintra	Unitit States
Afore stateheid	Republic of Texas
Admittit tae the Union	29 December 1845 (28t)
Lairgest ceety	Houston
Lairgest metro	Dallas–Fort Worth
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Greg Abbott (R)
• Lieutenant Governor	David Dewhurst (R)
Legislatur	Texas Legislatur
• Upper hoose	Senate
• Lawer hoose	Hoose o Representatives
U.S. senators	John Cornyn (R) Ted Cruz (R)
U.S. Hoose delegation	23 Republicans, 9 Democrats (leet)
Population
• Total	25,674,681 (2,011 est)
• Density	37.9/km2 (98.1/sq mi)
Leid
• Offeecial leid	Nae offeecial leid (see Leids spoken in Texas)
• Spoken leid	Inglis 68.7% Spainyie 27.0%
Trad. abbreviation	Tex.
Latitude	25° 50′ N tae 36° 30′ N
Longitude	93° 31′ W tae 106° 39′ W

Freemit airtins

State govrenment

• The State o Texas