| Kategorie: | Englisch |
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| Eingesendet: | 12.02.2006 |
| Wörter: | 9679 |
| Autor: | Nany |
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Austin:
Austin it the texanian capital, a beautiful city with hills, valleys and lakes running through the city.
It’s in the USA, near Colorado River. It’s the 4th biggest city in Texas.
The population at 1990 was 465.000, in June 2004 more than 681.000 thousands lived in the city.
The “University of Texas”, a catholic university, is also in Austin. It has got 50.000 high school students.
It’s one of the biggest universities in the USA and one of the best schools in Texas.
A famous place inside the city is “ Sixth Street ”, with a lot of music bars.
Lots of lakes near Austin visit you to go swimming, water-skiing, tubing or canoeing.
You can also visit “Barton Springs”, a famous open air swimming pool with water from a naturally spring.
History:
Austin was founded in 1838. Its name was Waterloo. One year later the name was changed in Austin, in the honour of S. F. Austin, the one who founded the free Texas.
It has been capital of Texas from 1839 to 1842, and is again capital since 1845.
Famous people from Austin:
Ciara (Crunk&B Singer)
Nelly (Rapper)
Michelle Forbes (Actress)
John Varley (Science Fiction Autor)
Tom Ford (Designer)
Rick Trevino (Country Singer)
Anmerkung des Einsenders: Quelle: wikipedia.org
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