The
Easter holiday's are upon us and I am more excited that I usually am about the
holidays because my brother and his girlfriend will be with us all the way from
Texas. (Minus a little girl called Emmy though so not totally happy with them
:P )
My
brother has lived in Dallas for over 3 years now and I went to visit him there
in 2010. Had a great time and if it hadn't been for the heat and the crazy
drivers I may have considered moving there. (I'd been made redundant so there
was no job to keep me in Scotland.)
This will
be Kristens's first visit to Scotland so to make here feel a little at home I
thought I would share with you some facts about Texas so you can wow her with
your knowledge if you meet her. :)
These
facts did make us giggle quite a bit. I was going to do a comparison for
Scotland and Texas but we don't have a country ship, country flying mammal or
country fish. But here goes
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Texas
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Scotland
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Capital
City:
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Austin
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Edinburgh
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Statehood:
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December
29, 1845 (28th)
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843 AD
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Population:
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20,044,141
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5,295,000
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Nickname:
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Lone
Star State
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Caledonia,
Alba, The Greatest Country on Earth
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Motto:
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Friendship
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Nemo me
impune lacessit (No one provokes me with impunity)
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Origin
of State Name:
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Based
on a word used by Caddo Indians meaning "friends"
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from the
"Scoti" or "Scotti" a Gaelic speaking people who had come
from Ireland around 500AD
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Counties:
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254
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33
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Largest
Cities:
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Houston,
San Antonio, Dallas, El Paso, Austin
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Aberdeen,
Dundee, Glasgow
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Border
States:
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Arkansas,
Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma
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England
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Land
Area:
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262,015
sq. mi.; 2nd largest
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78,789
sq km
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Highest
Point:
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Guadalupe
Peak, 8,749 ft
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Ben
Nevis (1,343 m)
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Lowest
Point:
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Gulf of
Mexico, sea level
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Loch
Morar, Scotland 987 ft (300 m) below sea level
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State
Bird:
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Mockingbird
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Golden
Eagle
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State
Flower:
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Bluebonnet
(lupinus)
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Thistle
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State
Tree:
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Pecan
(carya illinoensis)
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Pine
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State
Song:
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Texas,
Our Texas
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Flower
of Scotland
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State
Web Site:
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State Mammal:
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Texas
Longhorn
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Unicorn
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Longest
State River:
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Rio
Grande (1270 miles)
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Tay 193
kilometres (120 miles )
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| I did have to come up with some of them myself so they might not totally accurate :) TTFN |
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