Texas.
It occupies the 2nd place in the territory of the United States after Alaska and the 2nd place after the California population. Texas is one of the centers of American agriculture, animal husbandry, education, oil and gas and chemical industries, financial institutions. Capital State - Austin; administrative division - district.
The name of the state derives from the Spanish word "Tejas", and that, in turn, from the Indian «táysha», in the language of the tribes Caddo meaning "friend", "ally" (his first Spanish explorers territory called Indians, were part of a confederation of tribes hasinay) .