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The 23rd District of Texas spans
two time zones, three climates and is 55,662
square miles according
to the 2000 Census figures.
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The State of Texas is 261,914.3
square miles. Congressman Bonilla represents 23 counties, which
accounts for approximately 22 percent of the total square miles in Texas.
The 23rd District is the largest district in the State.
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The 23rd district is larger than
any state east of the Mississippi River. And, it is larger than
19 states (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
York and Wisconsin).
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It includes some of the fastest
growing communities in Texas: Laredo, San Antonio, the Big Bend/Davis
Mountains region and El Paso, just to name a few.
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The 23rd district
spans more than 800 miles of the Texas/Mexico border.
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It supports a unique economic
base ranging from oil and gas, ranching and farming, health care,
defense and business linked to border trade.
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The 23rd district stretches
northwest from San Antonio, across the Permian Basin region to El
Paso. It then stretches along the Texas/Mexico border, south
across the Big Bend country to Del Rio and then down to Eagle Pass and
South to Laredo.
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