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Fort Worth
Texas is a state located in the Southern and Western regions of the United States of America. The state is second-largest in both area and population behind Alaska and California, respectively. The state's name derives from a word in the Caddoan language of the Hasinai. Texas declared its independence from Mexico in 1836 and existed as the independent Republic of Texas for nearly a decade. Texas is internationally known for its energy and aeronautics industries, and for its ship channel at the Port of Houston, the largest in the U.S. in international commerce and the sixth-largest port in the world.
Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas and the 19th-largest in the United States. Located in the south of the country, Fort Worth is also large in geographic area as it covers almost 300 square miles and is the county seat of Tarrant County, the 18th most populous county in the country. A small portion of the city extends into Denton County as well.
Fort Worth is located in the northeastern part Texas and the southeastern part of the United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 774.1 square kilometers out of which 757.7 square kilometers of it is covered by land and 16.4 square kilometers by water.
Fort Worth is home to the 2006 men's basketball champions, Texas Wesleyan University. Texas Wesleyan also is the three-time national collegiate table tennis association team champion 2004 to 2006. Fort Worth is also home to the NCAA, National Collegiate Athletic Association football Bell Helicopter armed forces bowl as well as four professional sports teams.
A large storage dam was built in 1913 on the West Fork of the Trinity River, 10 kilometers from the city, with a storage capacity of 30 billion US gallons of water. The lake formed by this dam is known as Lake Worth. The cost of the dam was nearly 1,500,000 Us dollars a handsome sum at the time. Fort Worth, justifiably so, enjoys a very positive reputation with worldwide travelers, and is one of the most visited place. It is also said the place of best geographical environment and can trace its origin back to prehistoric times.
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