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El Paso (/ ɛ l ˈ p æ s oʊ /; Spanish: [el ˈpaso]; lit. ' the pass ' or ' the step ') is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States.The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the 22nd-most populous city in the U.S., the most populous city in West Texas, and the sixth-most populous city in Texas.
This list of tallest buildings in El Paso ranks skyscrapers and high-rises in the U.S. city of El Paso, Texas by height. The tallest building in the city is the 20- story WestStar Tower, which rises to 314 feet (96 m) and was recently completed in 2021. [1] The second-tallest building in the city is the Wells Fargo Plaza, this tower was the ...
Chamizal dispute. Coordinates: 31°45′30″N 106°27′30″W. Map of the Chamizal settlement of 1963. The Chamizal dispute was a border conflict over around 600 acres (240 ha; 2.4 km 2) on the Mexico–United States border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. [1] It was caused by a shift in the Rio Grande, [2] as a survey ...
The State National Bank is a historic building in El Paso, Texas. It was built in 1921 for the State National Bank, El Paso's oldest bank founded four decades earlier. [2] It was built on the site of a former building for the same bank completed in 1881, which was El Paso's "first real building." [3] The 1921 building was designed by Trost ...
History of El Paso, Texas. Coordinates: 31°47′25″N 106°25′24″W. Founded as El Paso del Norte (at what is now Ciudad Juárez, Mexico) by Spanish Franciscan friars at an important mountain pass, the area became a small agricultural producer though most settlement was south of the river where modern Mexico lies. The city was considered ...
FirstBank Southwest Tower. The FirstBank Southwest Tower in downtown Amarillo. / 35.2073; -101.8390. FirstBank Southwest Tower is a 374-foot, 31- story building located in Amarillo, Texas, United States. Formerly known as SPS Tower, Bank One Center, Chase Tower, and Amarillo Tower, it is the tallest building in Amarillo and the West Texas region.
The American Dam, or American Diversion Dam, is a diversion dam on the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas, that divides the river water between Mexico and the U.S. It is about 140 feet (43 m) north of the point where the west bank of the river enters Mexico, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from the business center. The dam is operated by the International ...
Socorro is a city in El Paso County, Texas, United States.It is located on the north bank of the Rio Grande southeast of El Paso, and on the border of Mexico.El Paso adjoins it on the west and the smaller city of San Elizario on the southeast; small unincorporated areas of El Paso County separate it from the nearby municipalities of Horizon City to the north and Clint to the east.