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Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest,[7] it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 15th-largest in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in the nation from 2000 to 2006.[8] According to the 2009 U.S. Census estimate, Austin had a population of 757,688.[4] The city is the cultural and economic center of the Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos metropolitan area, with a population of approximately 1,652,602 as of the July 2008 U.S. Census estimate, making it the 36th-largest metropolitan area in the nation.more...

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