El Paso, located in El Paso County Texas, is a part of the American southwest. The city is the sixth largest in Texas with more than 600,000 residents. El Paso is also the 21st largest city in the United States. Find out much more about the cities of Texas in the online yellow pages. The city of El Paso is located on the Rio Grande and is right across the border from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Both El Paso and Ciudad Juarez forma combined International Area and Ciudad Juarez is significantly larger than El Paso. The population of the International Area is more than 2,000,000, and Ciudad Juarez accounts for two thirds of that population.
The University of Texas at El Paso, previously known as the Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy, is in El Paso. There is also a major United States Army installation which lies east and northeast of the city called Fort Bliss. The Army base has areas that extend all the way out the New Mexico and up to the White Sands Missile Range. The Franklin Mountains divide El Paso into two sections. There is more to know about El Paso in the Texas business directory.
El Paso is the home to many museums. For a historical experience, visit the El Paso Museum of History or the Magoffin Home State Historic Site. Other museums include the El Paso Museum of Art, Fort Bliss Museums and Study Center, National Border Patrol Museum, and the El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center.