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El Paso (/ ɛ l ˈ p æ s oʊ /; Spanish: [el ˈpaso]; lit. ' the route ' or ' the pass ') 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, [5] 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. [8]
UTC-6 ( Mountain Time Zone) El Paso and Ciudad Juárez from the ISS, 2014. El Paso–Juárez, also known as Juárez–El Paso, the Borderplex or Paso del Norte, is a transborder agglomeration, on the border between Mexico and the United States. [ 4] The region is centered on two large cities: Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, and El Paso ...
El Paso County, Texas. / 31.77°N 106.24°W / 31.77; -106.24. El Paso County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 865,657, [ 1] making it the ninth-most populous county in the state of Texas. Its seat is the city of El Paso, [ 2] the sixth-most populous city in Texas and the ...
The El Paso metropolitan area, officially the El Paso metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties – El Paso and (since 2013) Hudspeth – in far West Texas, anchored by the city of El Paso. As of the 2020 United States Census, the MSA had a population of 868,859.
Juan de Oñate, was the New Spain, born in present-day Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico, first explorer to arrive at the Rio Grande near El Paso (near the current small town of San Elizario, which is about 30 miles (48 km) downstream of El Paso), where he ordered his expedition party to rest and where the official act of possession, La Toma, was executed and celebrated, on April 30, 1598.
U.S. Route 62 Map of the United States with US 62 highlighted in red Route information Length 2,248 mi (3,618 km) Existed 1930 –present Major junctions West end US 85 at the Mexican border in El Paso, TX Major intersections I-10 / US 180 in El Paso, TX I-35 I-44 at Oklahoma City, OK I-55 in Miner, MO I-65 at Elizabethtown, KY I-75 near Georgetown, KY I-70 / I-71 at Columbus, OH I-77 / US 30 ...
U.S. Highway 62. U.S. Route 62 ( US 62) is a US highway that runs from the Mexico–US border at El Paso, TX to the Canada-US border at Niagara Falls, NY. In Texas, the highway exists in two segments separated by a segment in New Mexico. US 62 is a major corridor in West Texas as it connects the cities of El Paso and Lubbock .
U.S. Route 54 (US 54) is an east–west United States Highway that runs northeast–southwest for 1,197 miles (1,926 km) from El Paso, Texas, to Griggsville, Illinois.The Union Pacific Railroad's Tucumcari Line (former Southern Pacific and Rock Island Lines "Golden State Route") runs parallel to US 54 from El Paso to Pratt, Kansas, which comprises about two-thirds of the route.