Some basic facts about Austin:
- Founded in 1839
- Population: 1,057,000 people in the metropolitan
Austin area. 567,566 in Austin city limits
- Austin is the second fastest growing city in the
United States, American City Business Journal
April 1995
- The 27th largest city in the country; Area: 2,705
square miles in metro areas. 225 square miles
within the city limits
- Sales Tax: 8.25%
- Location: Austin is 225 miles from the Mexican
border and located within 200 miles of San
Antonio, Houston and Dallas
- Austin ranked 7th in the Best Cities for Business
with more than 825 high-tech firms in operation.
(Fortune 1995)
- Austin has 11,800 acres of greenbelt, areas of
uncultivated land used for recreation around the
community
- How to dress: spring, summer and fall are
suitable for shorts, cotton, short sleeves and
light dresses. In winter, a sweater or light
jacket might be needed. A few rare days a year,
during the coldest months, a coat might be
required.
- Home to North America's largest urban bat
population, up to 1.5 million Mexican free-tail
bats fly nightly spring through fall
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Check out...
Austin
Covention & Visitors Bureau
City of Austin: Austin City Connection
digitalcity's
Austin Guide
All about Austin, at Austin360
Regional Information Links at Yahoo
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