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El Paso

a city in W Texas, on the Rio Grande opposite Ciudad Ju?rez, Mexico. Pop.: 584 113 (2003 est.)
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El Paso

 

a city in the southern USA, in Texas, on the Rio Grande, at the Mexican border. Population, 370,000 (1975; with suburbs, 410,000). El Paso is a large trade and transportation junction in a mining and agricultural region. Agriculture in the area consists mainly of livestock ranching and of irrigated cotton farming. In 1975 the city’s industry employed 30,000 people. In addition to oil refining, El Paso has chemical, food-processing, and metalworking industries; nonferrous metallurgy (copper and lead) is also important. A university is located in the city. El Paso is a climatic health resort center.

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