Texas

Texas is one of the 50 states of the United States of America, located in the southwest. Has limits as the state of Oklahoma to northern New Mexico to the west, northeast Arkansas, Louisiana to the east and Mexico to South Texas is the surname of the Lone Star State, because of the lone star on the flag. The word derives from Texas Tejas, an Indian word meaning "friends. "

Texas is the second largest U.S. state and the largest among the 48 U.S. mainland. With its 696,241 km ², is larger than Germany and Poland together. Texas is also the second most populous state in the country, with approximately 22 million inhabitants and a population growing rapidly due to immigration, has more inhabitants than any other U.S. state except California.