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Texas State Fun Facts and Information

POSTAL ABBREVIATION: TX

CAPITAL CITY: Austin

NICKNAME: The Lone Star State

RESIDENTS ARE CALLED: Texans

MOTTO: Friendship

SONG: Texas, Our Texas

BIRD: Mockingbird

INSECT: Monarch Butterfly

FLOWER: Bluebonnet

TREE: Pecan

LARGEST CITY: Houston

HIGHEST POINT: Guadalupe Peak (8,749 ft)

BECAME A STATE ON: December 29, 1845 (28th state)

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