Canyon

Canyon is a city in the region of the . It is home to the West Texas branch of Texas A&M University, the most prestigious in the region, and is the gateway city to .
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  • Type: Town with 15,300 residents
  • Description: city in Randall County, Texas, United States
  • Also known as: Canyon, Texas” and “Canyon, TX
  • Postal codes: 79015 and 79016
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Panhandle–Plains Historical Museum and Bain–Schaeffer Buffalo Stadium.

Museum
Photo: Who What Where Nguyen Why, Public domain.
is a history museum located on the campus of West Texas A&M University in Canyon, , United States, a small city south of .

Stadium
is an American college football stadium located in Canyon, Texas. Located on the campus of West Texas A&M University, the stadium is the home venue for the West Texas A&M Buffaloes football program.

Canyon

Latitude
34.979° or 34° 58′ 44″ north
Longitude
-101.9282° or 101° 55′ 42″ west
Population
15,300
Elevation
3,543 feet (1,080 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US AYO
Open location code
856WX3HC+HP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151699093
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5518239
Wiki­data ID
Q976999
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Canyon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كانيون
  • Basque: Canyon
  • Belarusian: Каньён (Тэхас)
  • Belarusian: Каньён
  • Catalan: Canyon
  • Cebuano: Canyon
  • Chechen: Каньйон
  • Chinese: Canyon
  • Chinese: 坎寧
  • Croatian: Canyon
  • Dagbani: Canyon
  • Danish: Canyon
  • Dutch: Canyon
  • Egyptian Arabic: كانيون
  • Esperanto: Canyon
  • Finnish: Canyon
  • French: Canyon
  • German: Canyon
  • German: Kanjono en Teksaso
  • Gilaki: کنين
  • Greek: Κάνιον
  • Greek: Κάνυον
  • Haitian: Canyon, Texas
  • Haitian: Canyon
  • Hungarian: Canyon
  • Irish: Canyon, Texas
  • Irish: Canyon
  • Italian: Canyon
  • Japanese: キャニオン (テキサス州)
  • Japanese: キャニオン市
  • Korean: 캐니언
  • Ladin: Canyon
  • Lithuanian: Kanjonas
  • Malagasy: Canyon, Texas
  • Malagasy: Canyon
  • Min Nan Chinese: Canyon
  • Navajo: Tsékooh
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Canyon
  • Persian: کانیون، تگزاس
  • Persian: کانیون
  • Polish: Canyon
  • Portuguese: Canyon
  • Russian: Каньон
  • Serbian: Канјон
  • Serbo-Croatian: Canyon, Texas
  • Serbo-Croatian: Canyon
  • South Azerbaijani: کانیون، تکزاس
  • Spanish: Canyon (Texas)
  • Spanish: Canyon
  • Swedish: Canyon, Texas
  • Swedish: Canyon
  • Tatar: Каньйон
  • Turkish: Canyon, Teksas
  • Turkish: Canyon
  • Ukrainian: Каньйон
  • Uzbek: Canyon
  • Uzbek: Cанён
  • Vietnamese: Canyon, Texas
  • Vietnamese: Canyon
  • Volapük: Canyon
  • Waray (Philippines): Canyon, Texas
  • Waray (Philippines): Canyon
  • Welsh: Canyon, Texas
  • Welsh: Canyon
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