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The City of El Paso has an approximate population of 685,000… and sits on the Rio Grande River across the USA-Mexico border from Ciudad Juarez, the most populous city in the Mexican state
of Chihuahua. Combined with the state of New Mexico, this is a region of three states and two countries, with over 2.7 million people that constitute the largest bilingual and binational workforce in the Western Hemisphere.
The City of El Paso was named a 2018 All-America City on June 24th, 2018 at the 69th annual All-America City awards in Denver. El Paso also boasts the world’s largest man-made illuminated star on the mountain, comprised of 459 light bulbs.
El Paso is:
1. Top 100 Best Places to Live in the USA (US News and World Report, 2017)
2. #1 Most Affordable City in Texas (Safewise.com, 2017)
3. Best Texas City for Recreation (WalletHub)
4. Ninth Best Quality of Life (US News and World Report)
5. 10th Best Small American City (Resonanceco, 2017)
Ciudad Juarez, on the border from El Paso, has an approximate population of 1.3 million people, and sits across the border from El Paso, the second safest city in a “50 Safest Metro Cities in America – 2017” report published by SafeWise.
*El Paso International Airport (ELP) is the gateway to West Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Northern Mexico. It provides airline passenger services, air cargo, and general aviation services.
The Airport is located 6 miles east of downtown El Paso and 1.7 miles north of Interstate 10 Exit 25 (Airway Blvd). The airport currently serves American, Southwest, United, Delta, Allegiant,
and Frontier Airlines.
*Means of transportation include all the types of transportation in a large city, including taxies,
Uber, Lyft, public transportation in the form of busses and a new trolley being built in downtown El Paso.
*Nearby Slow Pitch softball communities include eight leagues throughout the year with 16 categories per quarter, run by the Parks and Recreation Department of the city of El Paso, and
the county, averaging 250-300 teams per season.
*Average temperature is 77.5 and the average low is 51.8 degrees. Averages begin at 80 degrees in April, a 95 average in June with several days over 100 degrees.
Monsoon season begins in July with several days/weeks of light rain, normally in the evening until mid-August.
*El Paso has many fantastic hotels, if chosen, we will put you in touch with our Hotel & Motel Association for the best hotels and rates near the venue.
El Paso (/ɛl ˈpæsoʊ/; Spanish: [el ˈpaso] "the pass") is a city and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, in the far western part of the state. The 2019 population estimate for the city from the U.S. Census was 681,728, making it the 22nd-largest city in the United States, the sixth-largest city in Texas, and the second-largest city in the Southwest behind Phoenix, Arizona.[7] Its metropolitan statistical area covers all of El Paso and Hudspeth Counties in Texas and has a population of 840,758.[8]
El Paso stands on the Rio Grande across the Mexico–United States border from Ciudad Juárez, the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua with 1.4 million people.[9] Las Cruces, in the neighboring U.S. state of New Mexico, has a population of 215,579.[10] On the U.S. side, the El Paso metropolitan area forms part of the larger El Paso-Las Cruces combined statistical area, with a population of 1,060,397.[10]
These three cities form a combined international metropolitan area sometimes referred to as the Paso del Norte or the Borderplex. The region of 2.5 million people constitutes the largest bilingual and binational workforce in the Western Hemisphere.[11]
The city is home to three publicly traded companies, and former Western Refining, now Andeavor,[12] as well as home to the Medical Center of the Americas,[13] the only medical research and care provider complex in West Texas and Southern New Mexico,[14] and the University of Texas at El Paso, the city's primary university. The city hosts the annual Sun Bowl college football postseason game, the second-oldest bowl game in the country.[15]
El Paso has a strong federal and military presence. William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Biggs Army Airfield, and Fort Bliss are located in the area. Fort Bliss is one of the largest military complexes of the United States Army and the largest training area in the United States.[16] Also headquartered in El Paso are the Drug Enforcement Administration domestic field division 7, El Paso Intelligence Center, Joint Task Force North, United States Border Patrol El Paso Sector, and U.S. Border Patrol Special Operations Group.
In 2010 and 2018, El Paso received an All-America City Award. El Paso ranked in the top three safest large cities in the United States between 1997 and 2014,[17] including holding the title of the safest city between 2011 and 2014.[18]
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