Ark-La-Tex
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The Ark-La-Tex, Arklatex, or ArkLaTex is a U.S. socio-economic region where Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma intersect. The region is centered on the Shreveport/Bossier metropolitan area in Northwest Louisiana, although Marshall in Northeast Texas, Natchitoches, Louisiana, and both Texarkana, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas retain a large degree of autonomy. Most of the region is located in the Piney Woods, an ecoregion of dense forest of mixed deciduous and conifer flora. The forests are periodically punctated by sloughs and bayous that are linked to larger bodies of water such as Caddo Lake or the Red River.
Cities
In Arkansas: Hope, Magnolia, Stamps, Texarkana, De Queen, Ashdown, El Dorado, Camden
In Louisiana: Bossier City, Hosston, Mansfield, Natchitoches, Ruston, Shreveport, Minden, Vivian, Greenwood, Mooringsport, Keithville
In Oklahoma: Idabel, Broken Bow
In Texas: Atlanta, Carthage, Longview, Jefferson, Kilgore, Marshall, Texarkana, Tyler, Lufkin, Henderson, Mount Pleasant, De Kalb, Paris, New Boston, Clarksville, Waskom, Scottsville, Daingerfield, Gilmer, Hallsville, Jacksonville, Pittsburg
Famous Natives
Maya Angelou, Terry Bradshaw, Bill Clinton, James L. Farmer, Lady Bird Johnson, Trace Adkins, David Toms, Hal Sutton, David Crowder, Matthew McConaughey, Don Henley, Eddie Robinson, Hank Williams, Jr., Valerie Bertinelli, and Scott Joplin.
| Image:Flag of Texas.svg | State of Texas </b> Texas Topics | History | Republic of Texas | Politics | Texans |
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| Capital | Austin |
| Image:Bluebonnet1.jpg Regions | Arklatex | Big Bend | Brazos Valley | Central Texas | Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex | Deep East Texas | East Texas | Edwards Plateau | Galveston Bay | Golden Triangle | Greater Houston | North Texas | Northeast Texas | Permian Basin | Piney Woods | Rio Grande Valley | Texas Hill Country | Texas Panhandle | Llano Estacado | Southeast Texas | South Texas | West Texas</font> |
| Image:Texas state seal.png Metropolitan areas | Abilene | Amarillo | Austin–Round Rock | Beaumont–Port Arthur | Brownsville–Harlingen | Bryan–College Station | Corpus Christi | Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington | El Paso | Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown | Killeen–Temple | Laredo | Longview–Marshall | Lubbock | McAllen–Edinburg–Mission | Midland–Odessa | San Angelo | San Antonio | Sherman–Denison | Texarkana | Tyler | Victoria | Waco | Wichita Falls See also: List of Texas counties |
