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	Topics Fort Worth, Texas Topic Home Fort Worth is the seventeenth-largest city List of United States cities by population The following is a list of the most populous incorporated places in the United States. As defined by the United States Census Bureau, an incorporated place includes a variety of designations, including a city, town, village, borough, and municipality....  in the United States of America United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...  and the fifth-largest city within the state of Texas Texas Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents.... . Situated in and a cultural gateway into the American West Western United States The Western United States—commonly referred to as the American West or simply The West—traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost U.S.... , the city covers nearly in Tarrant Tarrant County, Texas Tarrant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2007, it had a population of 1,717,435. Its county seat is Fort Worth, Texas....  and Denton Denton County, Texas Denton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 432,976; in 2007 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that its population had reached 612,357....  counties, serving as the county seat for Tarrant County. As of the 2007 U.S. Census estimate, Fort Worth had a population of 681,818. Its population has now reached 702,850, according to new estimates released by the North Central Texas Council of Governments, making it the fifth largest city in Texas. Discussion Ask a question about 'Fort Worth, Texas' Start a new discussion about 'Fort Worth, Texas' Answer questions from other users Full Discussion Forum Encyclopedia Fort Worth is the seventeenth-largest city List of United States cities by population The following is a list of the most populous incorporated places in the United States. As defined by the United States Census Bureau, an incorporated place includes a variety of designations, including a city, town, village, borough, and municipality....  in the United States of America United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...  and the fifth-largest city within the state of Texas Texas Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents.... . Situated in and a cultural gateway into the American West Western United States The Western United States—commonly referred to as the American West or simply The West—traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost U.S.... , the city covers nearly in Tarrant Tarrant County, Texas Tarrant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2007, it had a population of 1,717,435. Its county seat is Fort Worth, Texas....  and Denton Denton County, Texas Denton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 432,976; in 2007 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that its population had reached 612,357....  counties, serving as the county seat for Tarrant County. As of the 2007 U.S. Census estimate, Fort Worth had a population of 681,818. Its population has now reached 702,850, according to new estimates released by the North Central Texas Council of Governments, making it the fifth largest city in Texas. The city is the second-largest cultural and economic center of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex The Dallas, Texas?Fort Worth, Texas?Arlington, Texas metropolitan area, a title designated by the U.S. Census as of 2003, encompasses 12 counties within the U.S....  metropolitan area (commonly called the Metroplex Metroplex A metroplex is large metropolitan area containing several cities and their suburbs. It is also sometimes used as an alternative to metropolis or megalopolis , which is a chain of continuous metropolitan areas.... ). Fort Worth and the surrounding Metroplex area offer numerous business opportunities and a wide array of attractions. Established originally in 1849 as a protective Army outpost situated on a bluff overlooking the Trinity River, the city of Fort Worth today still embraces its western heritage and traditional architecture and design. History By the 1840s scores of Americans from the East coast were moving westward. As Ranchers and Settlers from the Eastern states made their way into the area, Native Americans retreated from the North Texas frontier. Meanwhile, tensions mounted between the Republic of Texas and its southern neighbor, Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico.... , since Texas' victory over Mexico at San Jacinto Battle of San Jacinto The Battle of San Jacinto, fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day Harris County, Texas, was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the Texas Army engaged and defeated General Antonio L?pez de Santa Anna's Mexico forces in a fight that lasted just eighteen minutes....  in 1836. The Mexican War Texas remained an independent Republic for nine years prior to being annexed as the 28th state on December 29, 1845. Less than three months later on March 24, 1846, an American Army commanded by General Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor was an Military of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States.Known as "Old Rough and Ready", Taylor had a 40-year military career in the United States Army, serving in the War of 1812, Black Hawk War, and Seminole Wars before achieving fame leading U.S....  was encamped along the northern banks of the Rio Grande Rio Grande For the railroad often known as the Rio Grande, see Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.The Rio Grande River in the United States, known as the R?o Bravo in Mexico, is a river, long, is the fourth longest river system in the United States and serves as a natural boundary along the border between the U.S.... , directly across the river from Mexican soldiers. Within a month, hostilities commenced and a large body of Mexican cavalrymen attacked a patrol of dragoons (soldiers trained to fight on foot, but who transport themselves on horseback) on April 23, 1846. Declaring, "American blood had been shed on American soil", President Polk addressed Congress, who declared war on Mexico. Major General William Jenkins Worth William J. Worth William Jenkins Worth was a United States general during the Mexican-American War....  (1794-1849) was second in command to General Zachary Taylor at the opening of the Mexican-American War in 1846. Born in Hudson, NY, Worth was a tall and commanding figure said to be the best horseman and handsomest man in the Army. He was of a manly, generous nature, and possessed talents that would have won him distinction on any field of action. While leading his troops, Worth himself personally planted the first American flag on the Rio Grande. Under General Taylor, Worth conducted negotiations for Mexico's surrender of Matamoros Matamoros The name Matamoros, meaning moors-killer or Moor-slayer in Spanish language, may refer to:...  and was entrusted with the assault on the Bishop's Palace in Monterrey Monterrey Monterrey is the capital city of the northeastern Mexico state of Nuevo Le?n and a Monterrey of the same name. Also known as "Sultana del Norte" , Monterrey is an important industrial and business center.... , Mexico. The assault on the Bishop's Palace was a hazardous undertaking. Worth and his troops managed to drag their cannon and ammunition over adverse terrain and up sheer cliff faces while under constant heavy enemy fire. Worth passed from post to post during the entire action on horseback escaping personal injury and losing a minimal number of his soldiers. Worth played a critical role in the capture of Puebla Puebla, Puebla The city of Puebla, officially Heroic Puebla de Zaragoza is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Puebla. The city has a population of 1,399,519 ....  (Mexico's second largest city in 1846) and was one of the first to enter the city of Mexico Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008.... , where he personally cut down the Mexican flag that waved over the National Palace. At the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848, Worth was placed in command of the Department of Texas in 1849. The Fort In January 1849 Worth proposed a line of ten forts to mark the Western Texas frontier from Eagle Pass to the confluence of the West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity River Trinity River (Texas) The Trinity River is a 710-mile long river that flows entirely within the U.S. state of Texas. It rises in extreme north Texas, a few miles south of the Red River .... . One month later Worth died from cholera. Worth was a well respected and decorated U.S. Army General at the time of his death and a hero of three wars. Fort Worth, Texas; Lake Worth, Texas; Lake Worth, Florida; and Worth County, Georgia are named in his honor. Upon Worth's death, General William S. Harney William S. Harney William Selby Harney was a cavalry officer in the United States Army during the Mexican-American War and the Indian Wars....  assumed command of the Department of Texas and ordered Major Ripley A. Arnold to find a new fort site near the West Fork and Clear Fork. On June 6, 1849, Arnold established a camp on the bank of the Trinity River and named the post Camp Worth in honor of General Worth. In August 1849 Arnold moved the camp to the North-facing bluff which overlooked the mouth of the Clear Fork of the Trinity River. The U.S. War Department officially named the post Fort Worth on November 14, 1849. Although Indian Native Americans in the United States Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....  attacks were still a threat in the area, pioneers were already settling near the fort. E. S. Terrell (1812–1905) claimed to be the first resident of Fort Worth. The fort was flooded the first year and moved to the top of the bluff where the courthouse sits today. No trace of the original fort remains. The Town Fort Worth went from a sleepy outpost to a bustling town when it became a stop along the legendary Chisholm Trail Chisholm Trail The Chisholm Trail was a dirt trail used in the later 19th century to Cattle drive overland from ranches in Texas to Kansas railheads. The trail stretched from southern Texas across the Red River , and on to the railhead of the Kansas Pacific Railway in Abilene, Kansas, Kansas, where the cattle would be sold and shipped eastward.... , the dusty path where millions of cattle were driven North to market. Fort Worth became the center of the cattle drives, and later, the ranching industry. Its location on the Old Chisholm Trail, helped establish Fort Worth as a trading and cattle center and earned it the nickname "Cowtown." During the 1860s Fort Worth suffered from the effects of the Civil War American Civil War The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States.... , and Reconstruction. The population dropped as low as 175, and money, food, and supply shortages burdened the residents. Gradually, however, the town began to revive. By 1872 Jacob Samuels, William Jesse Boaz, and William Henry Davis had opened general stores. The next year Khleber M. Van Zandt established Tidball, Van Zandt, and Company, which became Fort Worth National Bank in 1884. In 1876 the Texas & Pacific Railway Texas and Pacific Railway The Texas and Pacific Railway Company was created by federal charter in 1871 with the purpose of building a southern transcontinental railroad between Marshall, Texas, and San Diego, California....  arrived in Fort Worth causing a boom and transformed the Fort Worth Stockyards Fort Worth Stockyards The Fort Worth Stockyards is a National Historic District located in Fort Worth, Texas north of the central business district. The stockyards are a former livestock market which operated under various owners from 1866...  into a premier cattle industry and in wholesale trade. The arrival of the railroad ushered in an era of astonishing growth for Fort Worth as migrants from the devastated war-torn South continued to swell the population and small, community factories and mills yielded to larger businesses. Newly dubbed the nickname, "Queen City of the Prairies", Fort Worth supplied a regional market via the growing transportation network. Fort Worth became the westernmost railhead and a transit point for cattle shipment. With the city's main focus being on cattle and the railroads, local businessman, Louville Niles, formed the Fort Worth Stockyards Company in 1893. Shortly thereafter, the two biggest cattle slaughtering firms at the time, Armour and Swift, both established operations in the new stockyards. With the boom times came some problems. Fort Worth had a knack for separating cattlemen from their money. Cowboys took full advantage of their last brush with civilization before the long drive on the Chisholm Trail from Fort Worth up North to Kansas. They stocked up on provisions from local merchants, visited the colorful saloons for a bit of gambling and carousing, then galloped Northward with their cattle and whoop it up again on their way back. The town soon became home to Hell's Half Acre Hell's Half Acre Hell?s Half-Acre can refer toin History*area around Lock 38 of the Ohio and Erie Canal in Cuyahoga Valley National Park*a location at the Battle of Stones River... , the biggest collection of bars, dance halls and bawdy houses South of Dodge City, giving Fort Worth the nickname of "The Paris of the Plains." Crime was rampant and certain sections of town were off-limits for proper citizens. Shootings, knifings, muggings and brawls became a nightly occurrence. Cowboys were joined by a motley assortment of buffalo hunters, gunmen, adventurers, and crooks. As the importance of Fort Worth as a crossroads and cowtown grew, so did Hell's Half Acre. What was originally limited to the lower end of Rusk Street (renamed Commerce Street in 1917) spread out in all directions. By 1881 the Fort Worth Democrat was complaining Hell's Half Acre covered more like two-and-half acres. The Acre grew until it sprawled across four of the city's main North-South thoroughfares. These boundaries, which were never formally recognized, represented the maximum area covered by the Acre, around 1900. Occasionally, the Acre was also referred to as "The bloody Third Ward" after it was designated one of the city's three political wards in 1876. Long before the Acre reached its maximum boundaries, local citizens had become alarmed at the level of crime and violence in their city. In 1876 Timothy Isaiah (Longhair Jim) Courtright was elected City Marshal with a mandate to tame the Acre's wilder activities. Courtright cracked down on violence and general rowdiness by sometimes putting as many as 30 people in jail on a Saturday night, but allowed the gamblers to operate unmolested. After receiving information that train and stagecoach robbers, such as the Sam Bass gang, were using the Acre as a hideout, local authorities intensified law-enforcement efforts. Yet certain businessmen placed a newspaper advertisement arguing that such legal restrictions in Hell's Half Acre would curtail the legitimate business activities there. Despite this tolerance from business, however, the cowboys began to stay away, and the businesses began to suffer. City officials muted their stand against vice. Courtright lost support of the Fort Worth Democrat and consequently lost when he ran for reelection in 1879. Throughout the 1880s and 1890s the Acre continued to attract gunmen, highway robbers, card sharps, con men, and shady ladies, who preyed on out-of-town and local sportsmen. At one time or another reform-minded mayors like H. S. Broiles and crusading newspaper editors like B. B. Paddock declared war on the district but with no long-term results. The Acre meant income for the city (all of it illegal) and excitement for visitors. This could possibly be why the reputation of the Acre was sometimes exaggerated by raconteurs which longtime Fort Worth residents claimed the place was never as wild as its reputation. Suicide was responsible for more deaths than murder, and the chief victims were prostitutes, not gunmen. However much its reputation was exaggerated, the real Acre was bad enough. The newspaper claimed "it was a slow night which did not pan out a cutting or shooting scrape among its male denizens or a morphine experiment by some of its frisky females." The loudest outcries during the periodic clean-up campaigns were against the dance halls, where men and women met, as opposed to the saloons or the gambling parlors, which were virtually all male. A major reform campaign in the late 1880s was brought on by Mayor Broiles and County Attorney R. L. Carlock after two events. In the first of these, on February 8, 1887, Luke Short and Jim Courtright had a shootout on Main Street that left Courtright dead and Short the "King of Fort Worth Gamblers." Although the fight did not occur in the Acre, it focused public attention on the city's underworld. A few weeks later a poor prostitute known only by the name of Sally was found murdered and nailed to an outhouse door in the Acre. These two events, combined with the first prohibition campaign in Texas, helped to shut down the Acre's worst excesses in 1889. More than any other factor, urban growth began to improve the image of the Acre, as new businesses and homes moved into the South end of town. Another change was the influx of black residents. Excluded from the business end of town and the nicer residential areas, Fort Worth's black citizens, who numbered some 7,000 out of a total population of 50,000 around 1900, settled into the south end of town. Though some joined in the profitable vice trade (to run, for instance, the Black Elephant Saloon), many others found legitimate work and bought homes. A third change was in the popularity and profitability of the Acre, which was no longer attracting cowboys and out-of-town visitors. Its visible population was more likely to be derelicts, hobos, and bums. By 1900 most of the dance halls and gamblers were gone. Cheap variety shows and prostitution became the chief forms of entertainment. The Progressive era was similarly making its reformist mark felt in districts like the Acre all over the country. In 1911 Rev. J. Frank Norris launched an offensive against racetrack gambling in the Baptist Standard and used the pulpit of the First Baptist Church to attack vice and prostitution. Norris used the Acre to scourge the leadership of Fort Worth. When he began to link certain Fort Worth businessmen with property in the Acre and announce their names from his pulpit, the battle heated up. On February 4, 1912, Norris's church was burned to the ground; that evening his enemies tossed a bundle of burning oiled rags onto his porch, but the fire was extinguished and caused minimal damage. A month later the arsonists succeeded in burning down the parsonage. In a sensational trial lasting a month, Norris was charged with perjury and arson in connection with the two fires. He was acquitted, but his continued attacks on the Acre accomplished little until 1917. A new city administration and the federal government, which was eyeing Fort Worth as a potential site for a major military training camp, joined forces with the Baptist preacher to bring down the curtain on the Acre finally. The police department compiled statistics showing that 50 percent of the violent crime in Fort Worth occurred in the Acre, a shocking confirmation of long-held suspicions. After Camp Bowie was located on the outskirts of Fort Worth in the summer of 1917, martial law was brought to bear against prostitutes and barkeepers of the Acre. Fines and stiff jail sentences curtailed their activities. By the time Norris held a mock funeral parade to "bury John Barleycorn" in 1919, the Acre had become a part of Fort Worth history. The name, nevertheless, continued to be used for three decades thereafter to refer to the depressed lower end of Fort Worth. 2000s and the Great Tornado of 2000 On March 28 2000 at 6:15 PM, an F3 Fujita scale The Fujita scale , or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating tornado intensity, based on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation....  tornado Fort Worth Tornado The 2000 Fort Worth Tornado occurred on March 28, 2000, moving eastward through the downtown area of Fort Worth, Texas, Texas .The tornado passed through the west side of Fort Worth at about 6:18 p.m....  smashed through downtown, tearing many buildings into shreds and scrap metal. One of the hardest hit structures was Bank One Tower, which was one of the dominant features of the Fort Worth Skyline Skyline A skyline is best described as the overall or partial view of a silhouette of a City tall buildings and structures consisting of many skyscrapers in front of the sky in the background....  and which had on its top floor a popular restaurant. The 'Plywood Skyscraper' and later 'Tin Can Tower', both nicknames coming from what it looked like after failed attempts to repair damage from the tornado, awaited demolition for several years, deemed as unsafe and too cost-prohibitive to revive. It has since been converted to upscale condominiums and officially renamed 'The Tower'. When oil began to gush in West Texas, Fort Worth was at the center of the wheeling and dealing. In July 2007, advances in horizontal drilling technology made vast natural gas reserves in the Barnett Shale Barnett Shale The Barnett Shale is a geological formation of economic significance. It consists of sedimentary rocks of Mississippian age in the U.S. State of Texas....  available directly under the city, helping many residents receive royalty checks for their mineral rights. Today the City of Fort Worth and many residents are dealing with the benefits and issues associated with the natural gas reserves under ground. Fort Worth was the fastest growing large city in the United States from 2000-2006 and was voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities." Geography and Climate Fort Worth is located in North Texas and the Southwest Southwestern United States The Southwestern area of the United States could be defined as the states west of the Mississippi River, with the qualification of a certain northern limit, such as the 37th parallel north, 38th parallel north, 39th parallel north, or 40th parallel north line.... , and the South Southern United States The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive region in the southeastern and south-central United States....  portion of the United States. The DFW Metroplex is the hub of the North Texas North Texas North Texas is a distinct cultural and geographic area forming the central-northeastern section of the United States U.S. state of Texas. North Texas is generally considered to include the area south of Oklahoma, east of Abilene, Texas, and north of Waco, Texas....  region. According to the United States Census Bureau United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data.... , the city has a total area of 298.9 square miles (774.1 km²). 292.5 square miles (757.7 km²) of it is land and 6.3 square miles (16.4 km²) of it (2.12%) is water. A large storage dam was built in 1913 on the West Fork of the Trinity River Trinity River (Texas) The Trinity River is a 710-mile long river that flows entirely within the U.S. state of Texas. It rises in extreme north Texas, a few miles south of the Red River .... , 7 miles (10 km) from the city, with a storage capacity of 30 billion US gallons (110,000,000 m³) of water. The lake formed by this dam is known as Lake Worth. The cost of the dam was nearly US$ United States dollar The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver .... 1,500,000 - a handsome sum at the time. Climate Fort Worth has a humid subtropical climate according to the Köppen climate classification Köppen climate classification The K?ppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classifications. It was developed by Wladimir K?ppen, a Russian climatologist, around 1900 ....  system. The hottest month of the year is July, when the average high temperature is 97 °F (36 °C), and overnight low temperatures average 72 °F (23 °C), giving an average temperature of 84 °F (29 °C). The coldest month of the year is January, when the average high temperature is 55 °F (13 °C), and low temperatures average 31 °F (-1 °C). The average temperature in January is 43 °F (6 °C). The highest temperature ever recorded in Fort Worth is 111 °F (44 °C), on July 26, 1954. The coldest temperature ever recorded in Fort Worth is -6 °F (-21 °C), on December 24, 1989 Because of its position in North Texas, Fort Worth is very susceptible to supercell thunderstorms, which produce large hail and can produce tornado Tornado A tornado is a violent, rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud.... es. (See recent history above.) The average annual precipitation for Fort Worth is 34.01 inches (863.8 mm). The wettest month of the year is May, when 4.58 inches (116.3 mm) of precipitation falls.. The driest month of the year is January, when only 1.70 inches (43.2 mm) of precipitation falls The average annual snowfall in Fort Worth is very light, only 2.6 inches (66.0 mm) Demographics According to the 2007 American Community Survey, the city's population was 63.0% White (44.1% non-Hispanic-White alone), 18.8% Black or African American, 1.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 3.5% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 15.4% from some other race and 1.7% from two or more races. 33.2% of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race (most of them Mexicans). As of the census Census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....  of 2000, there were 534,694 people, 195,078 households, and 127,581 families residing in the city. The July 2004 census estimates have placed Fort Worth in the top 20 most populous cities (# 19) in the U.S. with the population at 604,538. Fort Worth is also in the top 5 cities with the largest numerical increase from July 1, 2003 to July 1, 2004 with 17,872 more people or a 3.1% increase. The population density Population density Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....  was 1,827.8 people per square mile (705.7/km²). There were 211,035 housing units at an average density of 721.4/sq mi (278.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 59.69% White, 20.26% Black or African American Race (United States Census) Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin .... , 0.59% Native American, 2.64% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 14.05% from other races Race (United States Census) Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin .... , and 2.72% from two or more races. 29.81% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 195,078 households out of which 34.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.8% were married couples Marriage Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....  living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.6% are classified as non-families by the United States Census Bureau United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data.... . Of 195,078 households, 9,599 are unmarried partner households: 8,202 heterosexual, 676 same-sex male, and 721 same-sex female households. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.33. In the city the population was spread out with 28.3% under the age of 18, 11.3% from 18 to 24, 32.7% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.5 males. The median income for a household in the city was $37,074, and the median income for a family was $42,939. Males had a median income of $31,663 versus $25,917 for females. The per capita income Per capita income Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....  for the city was $18,800. About 12.7% of families and 15.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.4% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over. Fort Worth stands as the ninth-safest U.S. city among those with a population over 500,000 in 2006. Cityscape Architecture Downtown is mainly known for its art deco Art Deco Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939, affecting the decorative arts such as architecture, interior design, and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts and film....  style buildings. The Tarrant County Courthouse Tarrant County Courthouse The Tarrant County Courthouse was designed by firm of Gunn & Curtis and built by the Probst Construction Company of Chicago, 1893-1895. This pink Texas granite building, in Neo-Renaissance style, closely resembles the Texas State Capitol with the exception of the clock tower....  was created in the American Beaux Arts Design, which was modeled after the Texas Capitol Building, and most buildings around Sundance Square Sundance Square Sundance Square is the name of an area in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Named after the Sundance Kid in western folklore, it is a popular place for nightlife and entertainment in Fort Worth and for tourists visiting the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex....  have preserved their early 20th-century façcades. Downtown Sundance Square - Fort Worth's downtown has is an 8 block entertainment district for the city. The Square has brick-pavers, sidewalk cafes, and landscaping Landscaping Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land, including but not limited to:# living organism, such as flora or fauna; or what is commonly referred to as gardening, the art and craft of growing plants with a goal of creating a beautiful environment within the landscape....  which set it apart. Restaurants, nightclubs, boutiques, museums, live theaters, cineplex movie theaters, and art galleries are along the Square. Fort Worth Water Gardens Fort Worth Water Gardens Water Gardens, built in 1974, is located on the south end of downtown Fort Worth, Texas between Houston and Commerce Streets next to the Fort Worth Convention Center....  - A 4.3 acre/1.74 ha contemporary park, designed by architect Philip Johnson Philip Johnson Philip Cortelyou Johnson was an influential American architect. With his thick, round-framed glasses, Johnson was the most recognizable figure in American architecture for decades.... , that features three unique pools of water offering a calming and cooling oasis for downtown patrons. The gardens were used in the finale of the 1976 sci-fi film Logan's Run Logan's Run (1976 film) Logan's Run is a 1976 science fiction film based on the Logan's Run by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. It depicts a Dystopian future society in which population and the consumption of resources are managed and maintained in equilibrium by the simple expediency of killing everyone who reaches the age of thirty, preventing over... . (In mid-2004 the Water Gardens had to be closed due to several drownings. It has reopened after preventive measures have been installed.) Fort Worth Convention Center Fort Worth Convention Center The Fort Worth Convention Center , is a convention center and indoor arena in Fort Worth, Texas. It includes an 11,200-seat multi-purpose arena....  - Includes an 11,200 seat multi-purpose arena. Bass Performance Hall Bass Performance Hall The Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas is located in downtown Fort Worth near Sundance Square, occupies a whole city block, and was opened in 1998....  - Bass Hall is the permanent home to the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Fort Worth, Texas.It gives most of its concerts at the Nancy Lee and Perry R.... , Texas Ballet Theater, Fort Worth Opera Fort Worth Opera Fort Worth Opera is the oldest, continually performing opera company in the state of Texas and among the oldest in the United States. It performs 3-4 operas per year in Bass Performance Hall located in the downtown area of Fort Worth, Texas.... , and the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Van Cliburn International Piano Competition The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition was first held in 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas. It was created by Fort Worth area teachers in honor of Van Cliburn, who had won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition four years prior with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No....  and Cliburn Van Cliburn Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. , is an United States pianist who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958, when at age 23, he won the first quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, at the height of the Cold War....  Concerts. Tarrant County Courthouse stands at the north end of Main Street. It has been remodeled over the years and the exterior was used frequently in Walker, Texas Ranger Walker, Texas Ranger Walker, Texas Ranger is an United States television Western /Police procedural/Action series, created by Lesie Grief and Paul Haggis. It aired on CBS with three pilot episodes followed by eight full seasons, from April 21, 1993 in television to May 19, 2001 in television, was broadcast in over 100 countries, and has since spawned at leas... . The Omni Omni Omni- is used most commonly as an English prefix meaning "all".Omni may also refer to:...  Fort Worth Hotel is the first new downtown hotel construction in over 20 years. Its former estimated height was around 547 ft., but it has been down-sized by . It opened January 12, 2009 and it will host the AFC Champions in 2011 for Super Bowl XLV Super Bowl XLV Super Bowl XLV will be the 45th annual edition of the Super Bowl in American football, and the 41st annual championship game of the modern-era National Football League .... . The Tower, formerly the Bank One Tower, was severely damaged in the March 28, 2000 tornado. It was converted into a residential tower in 2004. Before the redevelopment, The Tower was covered in plywood and metal panels, and considered to be demolished. The Tower now has a new facade and a new top feature that makes it the fourth tallest building in the city. City Center Development features two twin towers. One is the 38 story D.R. Horton Tower (1984), and the other is the 33 story Wells Fargo Wells Fargo Wells Fargo & Co. is a diversified financial services company with operations around the world. Wells Fargo is the 4th largest bank in the US by assets and the second largest bank by market cap....  Tower (1982). From the top, they are shaped like pinwheels. Fort Worth Stockyards Historic District The stockyards Fort Worth Stockyards The Fort Worth Stockyards is a National Historic District located in Fort Worth, Texas north of the central business district. The stockyards are a former livestock market which operated under various owners from 1866...  offer a taste of the old west and the Chisholm Trail Chisholm Trail The Chisholm Trail was a dirt trail used in the later 19th century to Cattle drive overland from ranches in Texas to Kansas railheads. The trail stretched from southern Texas across the Red River , and on to the railhead of the Kansas Pacific Railway in Abilene, Kansas, Kansas, where the cattle would be sold and shipped eastward....  at the site of the historic cattle drives and rail access. The Old West comes alive again each year during the Fort Worth Stock Show. The District is filled with restaurants, clubs, gift shops and attractions such as daily longhorn cattle drives through the streets, historic reenactments, the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, a museum in Fort Worth, Texas, Texas, "pays tribute to the cowboys and cowgirls of the Lone Star State." It features the Sterquell Wagon Collection and the John Justin Trail of Fame....  and Billy Bob's Billy Bob's Billy Bob's Texas is a popular country & western nightclub in the Fort Worth Stockyards, Texas, United States. It promotes itself as "The World's Largest Honky Tonk" with 127,000 square feet .... , the world's largest country and western music venue. Cultural district The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth was first granted a Charter from the State of Texas in 1892 as the "Fort Worth Public Library and Art Gallery", evolving through several name changes and different facilities in Fort Worth.... , founded in 1892, is the oldest art museum in Texas. Its permanent collection consists of some 2,600 works of post-war art. In 2002, the museum moved into a new home designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando Tadao Ando is a Japanese people architect whose approach to architecture was once categorised as critical regionalism. Ando has led a storied life, working as a truck driver and boxer prior to settling on the profession of architecture, despite never having taken formal training in the field.... . The Kimbell Art Museum Kimbell Art Museum The Kimbell Art Museum is situated in the Cultural District of Fort Worth, Texas, USA. It houses a small collection of European, Asian and Pre-Columbian works, as well as hosting travelling art exhibitions....  houses works from antiquity to the 20th century. Artists represented in its holdings include Caravaggio Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, was an Italian people artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily between 1593 and 1610, considered the first great representative of the Baroque school of painting.... , Fra Angelico Fra Angelico Fra Angelico , born Guido di Pietro, was an Early Italian Renaissance painter, referred to in Vasari's Lives of the Artists as having "a rare and perfect talent".... , Picasso, Vigée-Lebrun, Matisse, Cézanne, El Greco El Greco El Greco was a painting, sculpture, and architecture of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" was a nickname, a reference to his Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek alphabet, ????????? Te?t???p????? .... , and Rembrandt. The museum's home was designed by American architect Louis Kahn Louis Kahn Louis Isadore Kahn was a world-renowned architect of Estonian origin based in Philadelphia, United States. After working in various capacities for several companies in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935.... . The Amon Carter Museum Amon Carter Museum The Amon Carter Museum is located in Fort Worth, Texas. It was established by the generosity of Amon G. Carter to house his collection of paintings and sculpture by Frederic Remington and Charles M....  focuses on 19th and 20th century American artists. It houses an extensive collection of works by Western artists Frederic Remington Frederic Remington Frederic Sackrider Remington was an United States painting, illustrator, sculpture, and writer who specialized in depictions of the American Old West, specifically concentrating on the last quarter of the 19th century American West and images of cowboys, Native Americans in the United States, and the U.S....  and Charles M. Russell Charles Marion Russell Charles Marion Russell , also known as C. M. Russell, was an artist of the American West. Russell created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Indians, and landscapes set in the American West, in addition to bronze sculptures.... , as well as an impressive collection of 30,000 exhibition-quality photographs. It also includes works by Alexander Calder Alexander Calder Alexander Calder , also known as Sandy Calder, was an United States Sculpture and artist most famous for inventing the mobile . In addition to mobile and stabile sculpture, Alexander Calder also created paintings, lithography, toys, tapestry and jewelry, and designed carpets.... , Thomas Cole Thomas Cole Thomas Cole was a 19th century United States artist. He is regarded as the founder of the Hudson River School, an American art movement that flourished in the mid-19th century.... , Stuart Davis Stuart Davis (painter) Stuart Davis , was an early American modernism Painting. He was well known for his Jazz influenced, proto pop art paintings of the 1940s and 1950s, bold, brash, and colorful.... , Thomas Eakins Thomas Eakins Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins was an United States Realism Painting, photographer, Sculpture, and fine arts educator. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important artists in American art history.... , Winslow Homer Winslow Homer Winslow Homer was an United States landscape painter and printmaker, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th century America and a preeminent figure in American art.... , Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia Totto O'Keeffe was an American artist.Born near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, Georgia O'Keeffe received widespread recognition for her technical contributions as well as challenging the boundaries of modern American artistic style.... , John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent was the most successful portrait painter of his era. During his career, he created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings.... , and Alfred Stieglitz Alfred Stieglitz Alfred Stieglitz was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his fifty-year career in making photography an accepted art form.... . American architect Philip Johnson Philip Johnson Philip Cortelyou Johnson was an influential American architect. With his thick, round-framed glasses, Johnson was the most recognizable figure in American architecture for decades....  designed the museum's home, including its expansion. The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is a museum and association which honors women of the American West who have displayed courage or spirit and who have distinguished themselves while exemplifying the settler spirit of the American West....  is the only museum in the world that is solely dedicated to honoring women of the American West who have demonstrated extraordinary courage and pioneer spirit in their trail blazing efforts. The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History Fort Worth Museum of Science and History The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History is located in Fort Worth, Texas. It was opened in 1945 as the Fort Worth Children's Museum and moved to its current location in 1954....  - One of the largest Science and History Museums in the Southwest. It includes the Noble Planetarium and the Omni Theater. Will Rogers Memorial Center Will Rogers Memorial Center The Will Rogers Memorial Center is an public entertainment, sports and livestock complex located in Fort Worth, Texas, Texas . The complex is named for American humorist and writer Will Rogers....  - a multi-purpose entertainment complex and world-class equestrian center housed under of roof spread over in the heart of the Fort Worth Cultural District. Each year approximately 800,000 people attend the three week event known as the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo The Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show, known commonly as the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo is the oldest continual running livestock show and rodeo.... , formerly called the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo. Casa Mañana Casa Mañana Casa Ma?ana Theatre, in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, is located in the Fort Worth Cultural District and is known as the "House of Tomorrow." Originally an outdoor amphitheater, Casa opened in 1936 as the part of the official Texas Centennial Celebration....  - The nation's first theater designed for musicals "in the round". A controversial renovation completed in 2003 turned the once unique "House of Tomorrow" into a traditional theater and abandoned the round design. The building's unique silver dome remains. Museum Place is an , mixed-use development in construction that includes ground level retail, office space, and residential space. The main buildings in this development will be an eight-story brick and glass low rise, a modernized flatiron style building and a new post office that will feature damaged metal from the 2000 tornado as an art display. 7th Street is the main street for the cultural district, since it will feature the Museum Place development, the existing residential So7 and Montgomery Plaza Montgomery Plaza Montgomery Plaza is a shopping mall located on W. 7th Street just west of downtown Fort Worth. It was constructed in 1928 as a major regional retail and mail order warehouse for the retail company Montgomery Wards.... , West 7th (another mixed-use development which will feature office, residential, retail, hotel, and a movie theater), and there are even talks of a streetcar route in the near future. Parks district Fort Worth Zoo Fort Worth Zoo The oldest continuous zoo site in Texas, the Fort Worth Zoo was founded in 1909 with one lion, two bear cubs, an alligator, a coyote, a peacock and a few rabbits....  - Ranked one of the top 10 best zoos in the United States by Family Fun magazine Fort Worth Botanic Garden Fort Worth Botanic Garden The Fort Worth Botanic Garden is a botanical garden located at 3220 Botanic Garden Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas. It is open daily; an admission fee is charged for the Conservatory and Japanese Garden....  - The oldest botanic garden in Texas, with 21 specialty gardens and over 2,500 species of plants. Fort Worth Japanese Garden Fort Worth Japanese Garden The Fort Worth Japanese Garden is a Japanese Garden in the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The garden was built in 1970 and many of the plants and construction materials were donated by Fort Worth, Texas's sister city Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan.... Log Cabin Village - A collection of authentic Texas log cabins dating from the 1850s. Trinity Park - A large park along the Trinity River Trinity River (Texas) The Trinity River is a 710-mile long river that flows entirely within the U.S. state of Texas. It rises in extreme north Texas, a few miles south of the Red River ....  that includes part of the Trinity Trails system. Texas Christian University Texas Christian University - Fort Worth's most prominent university, founded in 1873 by Addison & Randolph Clark as "AddRan Male & Female College". It is the largest university affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), though the denomination does not own or operate the school, rather, the school-church partnership is based on a common heritage and shared values. The university became known as "Texas Christian University" in 1902 and was the first co-educational institution in the US's southwest region. The school now occupies approximately right in the heart of Fort Worth. Originally, only of land were ceded to the Clark brothers; at the time, the land was dubbed "Hell's Half Acre" due to the red-light businesses that were predominant in the area. In 1895 the plot of land was given free of charge, along with $200,000, to entice the brothers to permanently settle their educational institution in Fort Worth. Over $1.5 million dollars are exclusively endowed each year to ensure the upkeep of the university, which sits as a pristine green/flowered landscape in the middle of the urban surroundings of Fort Worth. Uptown / Trinity The Tarrant Regional Water District, City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Streams & Valleys Inc, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are cooperating in an effort to develop an area north of "downtown" as "uptown" along the Trinity River Trinity River (Texas) The Trinity River is a 710-mile long river that flows entirely within the U.S. state of Texas. It rises in extreme north Texas, a few miles south of the Red River .... . This plan promotes a large mixed use development adjacent to the central city area of Fort Worth, with a goal to prevent urban sprawl by promoting the growth of a healthy, vibrant urban core. The Trinity River Vision lays the groundwork to enable Fort Worth's central business district to double in size over the next 40 years. Other The Tandy Center Subway Tandy Center Subway The Tandy Center Subway operated in Fort Worth, Texas, Texas from February 15, 1963 to August 30, 2002. It ran a distance of and was, during the period of its operation, the only privately-owned rapid transit in the United States.... , based in the Tandy Center (now known as City Place City Place City Place is a mixed-use facility featuring two 20-story buildings in central Fort Worth, Texas, Texas . The complex was formerly known as Tandy Center and served as the corporate headquarters for RadioShack for many years.... ), operated in Fort Worth from 1963 to 2002. The 0.7 mile (1 km) long subway Rapid transit A rapid transit, subway, underground, elevated railway or metro system is an railway electrification system public transport rail transport in an urban area with high capacity and frequency, and which is grade separation from other traffic....  was the only privately operated subway in the United States. Trinity Trails - A network of over 35 miles (56 km) of pedestrian trails along the Trinity River Trinity River (Texas) The Trinity River is a 710-mile long river that flows entirely within the U.S. state of Texas. It rises in extreme north Texas, a few miles south of the Red River .... . United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) - Federal Reserve notes (United States paper currency) are printed at the United States Army Corps of Engineers United States Army Corps of Engineers The United States Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency and a major Army command made up of some 34,600 civilian and 650 military personnel, making it the world's largest public services engineering, design and construction management agency....  (USACE) - Home to the US Army Engineer Fort Worth District Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth or NAS JRB Fort Worth , also known as Carswell Field, is a military airfield located five miles west of the central business district of Fort Worth, Texas, in Tarrant County, Texas, Texas, United States.... , formerly known as Carswell Air Force Base Carswell Air Force Base Carswell Air Force Base, is a former United States Air Force Strategic Air Command base located about five miles northwest central of Fort Worth, Texas, Texas, United States; the air force base is mostly within the Fort Worth city limits and has portions within Westworth Village, Texas and White Settlement, Texas.... , is a major military installation in west Fort Worth and a major contributor to the local economy. Logan's Run Logan's Run (1976 film) Logan's Run is a 1976 science fiction film based on the Logan's Run by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. It depicts a Dystopian future society in which population and the consumption of resources are managed and maintained in equilibrium by the simple expediency of killing everyone who reaches the age of thirty, preventing over... , a 1976 science fiction Science fiction Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....  film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Michael York Michael York (actor) Michael York, Order of the British Empire is an England actor. He is more recently known among mainstream audiences for his role as Basil Exposition in the Austin Powers series....  was shot largely in Fort Worth, including locations such as the Fort Worth Water Gardens Fort Worth Water Gardens Water Gardens, built in 1974, is located on the south end of downtown Fort Worth, Texas between Houston and Commerce Streets next to the Fort Worth Convention Center.... . The Water Gardens also appear in another science-fiction film of the period, The Lathe of Heaven The Lathe of Heaven The Lathe of Heaven is a 1971 in literature science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin. The plot revolves around a character whose dreams alter reality....  (1980). Culture Arts Theatre Casa Manana, Jubilee Theater, Circle Theatre, Hip Pocket Theatre Museums Kimbell Kimbell Art Museum The Kimbell Art Museum is situated in the Cultural District of Fort Worth, Texas, USA. It houses a small collection of European, Asian and Pre-Columbian works, as well as hosting travelling art exhibitions.... , Amon Carter Amon Carter Museum The Amon Carter Museum is located in Fort Worth, Texas. It was established by the generosity of Amon G. Carter to house his collection of paintings and sculpture by Frederic Remington and Charles M.... , Science and History, Texas Cowgirl National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is a museum and association which honors women of the American West who have displayed courage or spirit and who have distinguished themselves while exemplifying the settler spirit of the American West.... , Modern, Stockyards Fort Worth Stockyards The Fort Worth Stockyards is a National Historic District located in Fort Worth, Texas north of the central business district. The stockyards are a former livestock market which operated under various owners from 1866... Music Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Billy Bob's Billy Bob's Billy Bob's Texas is a popular country & western nightclub in the Fort Worth Stockyards, Texas, United States. It promotes itself as "The World's Largest Honky Tonk" with 127,000 square feet .... , Texas Ballet Theater, and Van Cliburn pianist competition (Bass Hall), Fort Worth Opera (Scott Theater), Live Eclectic Music (Ridglea Theater) Sports and recreation While much of Fort Worth's sports attention is focused on the Metroplex's professional sports teams, the city does have its own athletic identity. TCU TCU Horned Frogs Texas Christian University features 18 varsity sports teams. The school's mascot is the Horned Frog and its women's athletics teams are referred to often as the Lady Frogs....   competes in NCAA Division I Athletics, including the football team that is consistently ranked in the Top 25, the baseball team that has competeted in the last three NCAA Tournaments, and the women's basketball team that has competed in the last seven NCAA Tournaments. Texas Wesleyan University competes in the NAIA National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs.... , and were the 2006 NAIA Div. I Men's Basketball champions and three-time National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA) team champions (2004-2006). Fort Worth is also home to the NCAA football Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl as well as four minor-league professional sports teams. One of these minor league teams, the Fort Worth Cats Fort Worth Cats The Fort Worth Cats are a professional baseball team based in Fort Worth, Texas, in the United States. The Cats are a member of the South Division of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball....  baseball team, were reborn in 2001. The original Cats were a very popular minor league team in Fort Worth from the 19th century (when they were called the Panthers) until 1960, when the team was merged into the Dallas Rangers Dallas Rangers The Dallas Rangers were a high-level minor league baseball team located in Dallas, Texas, from 1958-64. The team was known by the Dallas Rangers name in 1958-59 and 1964 and as the Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers from 1960-63.... . Colonial National Invitational Golf Tournament Fort Worth also hosts one of the most important professional men's golf tournaments every May at the Colonial Country Club. The Colonial Invitational Golf Tournament Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial The Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It has been played annually in May in Fort Worth, Texas on the course at the Colonial Country Club .... , now officially known as Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial The Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It has been played annually in May in Fort Worth, Texas on the course at the Colonial Country Club .... , is often referred to as the "Fifth Major" in men's professional golf, and is one of the most prestigious and historical events of the Tour calendar. the Colonial Country Club was the home course of golfing legend Ben Hogan Ben Hogan William Ben Hogan was an United States professional golfer, and is generally considered one of the greatest golfers in the history of the game.... , who was from Fort Worth. Professional Sports Teams
Club	Sport	Founded	League	Venue
Baseball Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...	2001	AAIPBL	LaGrave Field LaGrave Field General informationLaGrave Field is a stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Fort Worth Cats independent minor league baseball team....
Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....	2005	National Basketball Association Development League	Fort Worth Convention Center Fort Worth Convention Center The Fort Worth Convention Center , is a convention center and indoor arena in Fort Worth, Texas. It includes an 11,200-seat multi-purpose arena....

Media

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AM

• KDFT
  KDFT
  
  KDFT, branded as La Poderosa, is an AM broadcasting radio station broadcasting in the Dallas, Texas/Fort Worth, Texas metroplex as a Spanish language religious station....
   540
• KFJZ
  KFJZ
  
  KFJZ is an AM broadcasting radio station broadcasting in the Dallas, Texas/Fort Worth, Texas metroplex as a Spanish Catholic station. This station is licensed in Fort Worth, Texas and it's owned and operated by Siga Broadcasting Corporation....
   870
• KHFX 1140
• KFLC
  KFLC
  
  KFLC is a Spanish language talk radio radio station broadcasting in the Dallas, Texas/Fort Worth, Texas metroplex. This station is licensed in Fort Worth, Texas under Univision Radio....
   1270
• KTNO
  KTNO
  
  KTNO is an AM broadcasting radio station broadcasting in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex as a Spanish Christian station. It is licensed in University Park, Texas and owned and operated by Mortenson Broadcasting....
   1440
• KNIT 1480
• KZMP
  KZMP (AM)
  
  KZMP is a radio station that serves the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, and is owned by Liberman Broadcasting. The station is a simulcast of the main KZMP-FM "Radio Saalam Namaste" station, except for during games of the FC Dallas team of Major League Soccer, at which point the AM station broadcasts the game separately....
   1540
• KRVA
  KRVA (AM)
  
  KRVA, branded as "La Buena 1600", is a Spanish language radio station, broadcasting in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. This station is licensed in Cockrell Hill, Texas and it's under ownership of Mortenson Broadcasting....
   1600

• KHSE
  KHSE
  
  KHSE is an AM broadcasting radio station licensed to Wylie, Texas. It is under ownership of FunAsia through Bernard Dallas, LLC and broadcasts an Languages of Asia format....
   700
• KTXV 890
• KZEE
  KZEE
  
  KZEE is a Brokered Time South Asian AM broadcasting radio station that serves the Weatherford, Texas, area, and is owned by Tarrant Radio Broadcasters....
   1220

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Economy

• Acme Brick
  Acme Brick
  
  Acme Brick Company is an United States manufacturer and distributor of brick and masonry-related construction products and materials. Founder, George E....
  
• Airforce Airguns
  Airforce Airguns
  
  Airforce Airguns is an American manufacture of pre-charged pneumatic airgun. The company was founded in 1994 in Fort Worth, Texas. The rifles were designed to be lightweight, accurate, and inexpensive....
  
• Alcon
  Alcon
  
  Alcon, incorporated cutting 260 jobs today and shedding labor and terminating employees in H?nenberg, Switzerland, is a global medical company specializing in eye care products....
   (US Headquarters)
• American Airlines
  American Airlines
  
  American Airlines, Inc. is a major carrier of the United States. It is the world's largest airlines in passenger miles transported and passenger fleet size; second largest, behind FedEx Express, in aircraft operated; and second behind Air France-KLM in operating revenues....
   (International Headquarters)
• American IronHorse
  American IronHorse
  
  American IronHorse is an American motorcycle manufacturer that was founded in 1995 by Tim Edmundson and Bill Rucker. Since their launch, AIH has become the largest factory producer of custom V-twin motorcycles in the USA....
  
• AmeriCredit
  AmeriCredit
  
  AmeriCredit Corp. is a Fort Worth-based company that provides car loans through automobile dealerships, to medium- and moderate-risk customers in the United States and Canada....
  
• AMR Corporation
• Anchor Marketing and Design
• Bell/Agusta Aerospace Company
  Bell/Agusta Aerospace Company
  
  Bell/Agusta Aerospace Company is a joint venture formed in 1998 by Bell Helicopter Textron company, and Agusta , who have collaborated on a variety of products dating back to 1952....
  
• Bell Helicopter Textron
  Bell Helicopter Textron
  
  Bell Helicopter Textron is an United States helicopter and tiltrotor manufacturer headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. A division of Textron, Bell manufactures military helicopter and tiltrotor products in and around Fort Worth, as well as in Amarillo, Texas, and commercial rotorcraft products in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada....
  
• Ben E. Keith
  Ben E. Keith
  
  Ben E. Keith is the 9th largest broad line foodservice distributor in the United States. The company is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.Ben E....
  
• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
  
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation is the parent company of the BNSF Railway .The corporation was incorporated in 1993 to facilitate the merger of Burlington Northern, Incorporated, parent of the Burlington Northern Railroad, and Santa Fe Pacific Corporation, which owned the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ....
  
• Carter & Burgess
• Circle C Construction
• Concussion, LLP
• Consolidated Robotics
  Consolidated Robotics
  
  Consolidated Robotics is a manufacturer and distributor of military-grade robots, and one of the chief robotics suppliers of the United States Military....
  
• Coria Laboratories, Ltd.
• Crescent Real Estate Equities Company
• Dickies
  Dickies
  
  Williamson-Dickie, more commonly referred to as Dickies, is an United States company headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas that specializes in the manufacturing and sales of durable work-related clothing and other accessories, including back packs, steel-toe boots, and Belt ....
  
• Dunlaps
  Dunlaps
  
  Dunlaps, based in Fort Worth, Texas, was a family owned chain of department stores in the central and southern United States catering to most classes depending on the location....
  
• D. R. Horton
  D. R. Horton
  
  D.R. Horton is the largest homebuilder in the United States. Founded in 1978 by Donald R. Horton in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, D.R. Horton, a Fortune 500 company, has been ranked as the largest homebuilder by units sold in the United United States of America since 2003....
  
• Enterhost
• First Command Financial Planning, Inc.
  First Command Financial Planning, Inc.
  
  First Command Financial Planning, Inc. is an investment adviser and a broker-dealer registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission , the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority , all 50 states, and the District of Columbia....
  
• Freese and Nichols
• Funimation Entertainment
  FUNimation Entertainment
  
  Funimation Entertainment is an American entertainment company. Originally founded in 1994 by Gen Fukunaga, the company became a subsidiary of Navarre Corporation on May 11, 2005....
  
• Galderma Laboratories
  Galderma Laboratories
  
  Galderma is a Swiss pharmaceutical company specializing in the research, development and marketing of therapeutic, corrective and aesthetic solutions for dermatology patients and a leading player in the worldwide dermatology market....
   (US Headquarters)
• Gearhart
  Gearhart
  
  Gearhart Industries, The GO Company was an independent oil well service company originally founded by Marvin Gearhart and Harold Owen in 1955 and based in Fort Worth, Texas, USA....
  
• JKS International Salons
• Justin Boot
• Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
  Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
  
  Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company is a major unit of Lockheed Martin with headquarters at Fort Worth, Texas.Lockheed Martin Aeronautics is also based in Marietta, Georgia and Palmdale, California....
  
• Niver Western Wear and Mesquite Shirts
• RadioShack
  RadioShack
  
  RadioShack Corporation   is a chain of electronics retail stores in the United States, as well as parts of North America, Europe, Central America, South America and Africa....
  
• Rahr and Sons Brewing Company
  Rahr and Sons Brewing Company
  
  Rahr and Sons Brewing Company is a microbrewery in Fort Worth, Texas, owned by Fritz and Erin Rahr. Since opening in 2004, Rahr has introduced nine beers, eight of which have been bottled....
  
• Revomatica
  Revomatica
  
  Revomatica is a United States defense and government Information Technology company headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, that specializes in Information Security and Information Warfare....
  
• RPM
• Pier 1 Imports
  Pier 1 Imports
  
  Pier 1 Imports Inc. is a Fort Worth, Texas, Texas-based retailer specializing in imported home furnishings and decor, particularly furniture, table-top items, decorative accessories and seasonal decor....
  
• ScrewAttack Entertainment LLC
  ScrewAttack
  
  ScrewAttack is a video game-related website that showcases original entertainment for an audience of video game enthusiasts. Its content is also shown on GameTrailers and IGN....
  
• SPM Flow Control
• TPG Capital, L.P.
• TTI, Inc.
  TTI, Inc.
  
  TTI, Inc. is a distributor of passive component, Electrical connector and electromechanical electronic component. The company was founded by Paul Andrews in 1971....
  
• Will's Pro Custom Manufacturing, Inc.
• XTO Energy
  XTO Energy
  
  XTO Energy is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 energy producing company. Its primary products are oil and natural gas. It is based in Ft. Worth, Texas and its current CEO is Bob R....
  

Transportation

• Fort Worth Alliance Airport
  Fort Worth Alliance Airport
  
  Fort Worth Alliance Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located 14 miles north of the central business district of Fort Worth, Texas, city in Tarrant County, Texas, Texas, United States....
  
• Fort Worth Meacham International Airport
  Fort Worth Meacham International Airport
  
  Fort Worth Meacham International Airport is an airport in Fort Worth, Texas. The airport is located at the intersection of Interstate 820 and U.S....
  
• Fort Worth Spinks Airport
  Fort Worth Spinks Airport
  
  Fort Worth Spinks Airport is a public airport located 14 miles south of the central business district of Fort Worth, Texas, in Tarrant County, Texas, Texas, USA....
  
• Trinity Railway Express
  Trinity Railway Express
  
  The Trinity Railway Express is a regional rail commuter line in the Dallas, Texas/Fort Worth, Texas mass transit system. It was established by an interlocal agreement between Dallas Area Rapid Transit and the Fort Worth Transportation Authority ....
   - Rail service to Dallas
  Dallas, Texas
  
  Dallas is the third largest city in the state of Texas and the List of United States cities by population in the United States.The city, with a population of over 1.3 million, is the main economic center of the 12-county Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex which contains 6.1 million people, and is the fourth-largest United States metropolitan area...
  
• Amtrak
  Amtrak
  
  The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 to provide Inter-city rail train#Passenger trains service in the United States....
   - Heartland Flyer
  Heartland Flyer
  
  The Heartland Flyer is a daily passenger train that follows a 206-mile route between Fort Worth, Texas and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Amtrak serves as contractor, initially only for the Government of Oklahoma, but now also to the Government of Texas....
   & Texas Eagle
  Texas Eagle
  
  The Texas Eagle is a 1306-mile passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the central and western United States. Trains run daily between Chicago, Illinois, and San Antonio, Texas, and continue to Los Angeles, California, 2728 miles total, three days a week ....
   lines at Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center
  Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center
  
  The Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center is a Trinity Railway Express commuter rail and Amtrak intercity rail station located in Fort Worth, Texas at the corner of 9th and Jones Streets, on the northeast side of downtown Fort Worth....
  
• The T
  Fort Worth Transportation Authority
  
  The Fort Worth Transportation Authority is the operator of the bus system of the city of Fort Worth, Texas, popularly known as The T. The T also partners with Dallas Area Rapid Transit of Dallas, Texas through the Trinity Railway Express , which offers commuter rail service from downtown Fort Worth to Dallas/Fort Worth International Ai...
   - Bus service for Fort Worth
• Trolley to downtown and historic sites by The T
  Fort Worth Transportation Authority
  
  The Fort Worth Transportation Authority is the operator of the bus system of the city of Fort Worth, Texas, popularly known as The T. The T also partners with Dallas Area Rapid Transit of Dallas, Texas through the Trinity Railway Express , which offers commuter rail service from downtown Fort Worth to Dallas/Fort Worth International Ai...
  
• See also List of Dallas-Fort Worth area freeways
  List of Dallas-Fort Worth area freeways
  
  The following is a list of the freeways and tollways in the Dallas, Texas/Fort Worth, Texas, Texas area:* Interstate 20 ; Interstate highway passing through the southern suburbs of Fort Worth, Texas, Arlington, Texas and sparsely populated south Dallas and its southern suburbs....
  
• There have been talks of a streetcar system. It should begin operation in the near future.

Education

Public schools

• Azle Independent School District
  Azle Independent School District
  
  Azle Independent School District is a public school district based in Azle, Texas, Texas . The district covers northwestern Tarrant County, Texas, northeastern Parker County, Texas, and a small portion of southern Wise County, Texas....
  
• Birdville Independent School District
  Birdville Independent School District
  
  The Birdville Independent School District is a K-12 public school district based in Haltom City, Texas, Texas . It has about 22,000 students in 32 schools....
  
• Burleson Independent School District
  Burleson Independent School District
  
  Burleson Independent School District is a public school district based in Burleson, Texas, Texas . The district was founded in 1909 by the citizens of Burleson....
  
• Castleberry Independent School District
  Castleberry Independent School District
  
  Castleberry Independent School District is a public school district located in River Oaks, Texas, Texas . In addition to River Oaks, the city of Sansom Park, Texas and a small portion of Fort Worth, Texas lie within the district....
  
• Crowley Independent School District
  Crowley Independent School District
  
  Crowley Independent School District is a public school district based in Crowley, Texas, Texas . The Superintendent of Schools is Greg Gibson....
  
• Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District
  Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District
  
  The Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District is located in the northwest corner of Tarrant County, Texas, Texas and includes of land in Saginaw, Texas, Eagle Mountain, Texas, Blue Mound, Texas and several housing additions in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, near Eagle Mountain Lake....
  
• Everman Independent School District
  Everman Independent School District
  
  Everman Independent School District is a public school district based in Everman, Texas, Texas .In addition to Everman, the district serves portions of Fort Worth, Texas and Forest Hill, Texas....
  
• Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District
  Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District
  
  Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District is a K-12 public school district based in Bedford, Texas, Texas .The district serves the city of Bedford, most of the cities of Euless, Texas and Hurst, Texas, and small parts of North Richland Hills, Texas, Colleyville, Texas, Fort Worth, TX, and Arlington, TX....
  
• Keller Independent School District
  Keller Independent School District
  
  The Keller Independent School District is a K-12 public school district based in Keller, Texas, Texas . It serves more than 25,000 students and operated 31 schools in the 2006-07 school year....
  
• Kennedale Independent School District
  Kennedale Independent School District
  
  Kennedale Independent School District is a public school district based in Kennedale, Texas, Texas .In addition to Kennedale, the district serves small portions of Arlington, Texas and Fort Worth, Texas....
  
• Lake Worth Independent School District
  Lake Worth Independent School District
  
  Lake Worth Independent School District is a public school district based in Lake Worth, Texas, Texas .In addition to Lake Worth, the district serves small portions of Fort Worth, Texas and Sansom Park, Texas....
  
• Northwest Independent School District
  Northwest Independent School District
  
  Northwest Independent School District is a public school district based in far north Fort Worth, Texas, Texas . It is named for its location in northwest Tarrant County, Texas, though it also serves portions of Denton County, Texas and Wise County, Texas....
  
• White Settlement Independent School District
  White Settlement Independent School District
  
  White Settlement Independent School District is a public school district based in White Settlement, Texas, Texas . The district serves students in White Settlement and a portion of Fort Worth, Texas in west central Tarrant County, Texas....
  

Private Schools

• All Saints Episcopal School (K-12)
• Azle Christian Schools (K-12) (Non-accredited)
• Bethesda Christian School
  Bethesda Christian School
  
  Bethesda Christian School is a private school in Brownsburg, Indiana, Indiana, U.S.A. It offers grades pre-k through 12.It is affiliated with Bethesda Baptist Church, also located in Brownsburg....
   (K-12)
• Colleyville Covenant Christian Academy
  Colleyville Covenant Christian Academy
  
  Covenant Christian Academy of Colleyville, Texas, Texas was founded in 1979 as a school part of Colleyville Presbyterian Church. It is an accredited ASCI and SACS school, and a member of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools....
   (PreK-12)
• Covenant Classical School (K-12)
• Fort Worth Country Day School
  Fort Worth Country Day School
  
  All materials presented in this article have been approved by the Fort Worth Country Day Communications Staff. Any questions about the use of these materials should be directed to the staff....
   (K-12)
• Fort Worth Christian School (K-12)
• Lake Country Christian School (K-12)
• Nolan Catholic High School
  Nolan Catholic High School
  
  Robert M. Nolan Catholic High School is a private, coeducational, university-preparatory school at 4501 Bridge Street in Fort Worth, Texas, United States The Marianist school is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth....
  
• Southwest Christian School (K-12)
• Trinity Valley School
  Trinity Valley School
  
  Trinity Valley School is a private school, coeduacational, University-preparatory school serving grades K-12 in southwest Fort Worth, Texas....
   (K-12)
• Temple Christian School (K-12)
• Trinity Christian Academy (K-12)
• Hill School of Fort Worth
  Hill School of Fort Worth
  
  The Hill School of Fort Worth is a small, private school located in Fort Worth, Texas. With little more than a few hundred students at any given time, it is one of the smallest schools in the area....
   (2-12)
• Christian Life Preparatory School (K-12)

• The Katie Brown School for Special Needs (PreK-12)
• The Nazarene Christian Academy (K-12)
• Calvary Christian Academy - (K-12) (Accredited)
• Pinnacle Academy of the arts-(k-12)(No tuition)(charter school)

Institutes of Higher Education

• Texas Christian University
  Texas Christian University
  
  Texas Christian University is a private university, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas, Texas. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Christian Church ....
  
• Brite Divinity School
  Brite Divinity School
  
  Brite Divinity School is affiliated with and located at Texas Christian University. It is also affiliated with the Christian Church . Along with being accredited by the Christian Church , Brite is approved by the University Senate of the United Methodist Church and receives support for its Baptist Studies program from the Cooperative Baptis...
   (TCU)
• College of Saint Thomas More
  College of Saint Thomas More
  
  The College of Saint Thomas More is a private, Roman Catholic Church liberal arts college based in Fort Worth, Texas. It was founded in 1981 as the Saint Thomas More Institute. It awards a Bachelor of Arts degree....
  
• Tarrant County College
  Tarrant County College
  
  'Tarrant County College' or 'Tarrant County College District ' is a public two year community college serving the Fort Worth, Texas area in Tarrant County, Texas and providing degree programs toward an Associate of Arts, an Associate of Applied Science or Associate of Arts in Teaching....
  
• Texas Wesleyan University
  Texas Wesleyan University
  
  Texas Wesleyan University is a small, private school, coeducational university founded by the United Methodist Church in 1890. The University has a tradition in the liberal arts and sciences with professional and career preparation....
   School of Law
• Texas Wesleyan University
  Texas Wesleyan University
  
  Texas Wesleyan University is a small, private school, coeducational university founded by the United Methodist Church in 1890. The University has a tradition in the liberal arts and sciences with professional and career preparation....
  
• Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
  Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
  
  Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is a private, non-profit institution of higher education, associated with the Southern Baptist Convention, whose stated mission is "to provide theological education for individuals engaging in Christian Religious ministry." It is one of the largest seminaries in th...
  
• University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
  University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
  
  The University of North Texas Health Science Center, is a graduate academic health science center dedicated to education, research, patient care and service....
  
• University of Texas at Arlington
  University of Texas at Arlington
  
  The University of Texas at Arlington, often referred to as UT Arlington or UTA, is a nationally-recognized comprehensive doctoral/research university in Arlington, Texas, US....
  , Fort Worth campus

Public libraries

Sister cities

• Reggio Emilia
  Reggio Emilia
  
  Reggio Emilia is an affluent city of Northern Italy Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 167,013 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
  , Italy
  Italy
  
  Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
   (1985)
• Nagaoka, Niigata
  Nagaoka, Niigata
  
  is a cities of Japan located in the central part of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It is the second largest city in the prefecture, behind the capital city of Niigata, Niigata....
  , Japan
  Japan
  
  Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
   (1987)
• Trier
  Trier
  
  Trier is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle River. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC. Trier is not the only city claiming to be Germany's oldest, but it is the only one that bases this assertion on having the longest history as a city, as opposed to a mere settlement or army camp....
  , Germany
  Germany
  
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
   (1987)
• Bandung
  Bandung
  
  Bandung Indonesian: Kota Bandung is the capital of West Java province in Indonesia, and the country's third largest city, and Bandung Metropolitan Area, with 7.4 million in 2007....
  , Indonesia
  Indonesia
  
  The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
   (1990)
• Budapest
  Budapest
  
  Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....
  , Hungary
  Hungary
  
  Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
   (1990)
• Toluca
  Toluca
  
  Toluca, formally: Toluca de Lerdo is the States of Mexico capital of Mexico State as well as the seat of the Toluca . It is the center of a rapidly growing urban area, now the fifth largest in Mexico....
  , Mexico
  Mexico
  
  The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
   (1998)
• Mbabane
  Mbabane
  
  Mbabane, with an estimated population of 95,000 , is the Capital and largest city of Swaziland. It is located on the Mbabane River and its tributary the Polinjane River in the Mdimba Mountains....
  , Swaziland
  Swaziland
  
  The Kingdom of Swaziland is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south, and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique....
   (2004)

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