Texas Panhandle

The northwest corner of is known as the Texas Panhandle, probably because it juts out in stark plaintiveness from the rest of the state. Flat and dry, the steady prevailing winds can sometimes create mild dust storms, though modern farming techniques have much reduced the terrible dust storms which occurred during the "Dust Bowl Days" of the Great Depression.
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Top destinations include Lubbock and Amarillo.

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is the largest city in the Panhandle of and serves as the area's agricultural and economic hub. , commonly known as the Hub City, is in the center of the South Plains, an expansive cotton-growing region.

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, which means "yellow" in Spanish, is the center of the Texas Panhandle at the edge of the Great Plains.

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is a city in the of , possibly best known as the destination the fictional family of the paradox travels to.

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The are a subregion of the , mainly in the , but also partly in the states of Nebraska, Kansas, and South Dakota, generally encompassing the western part of the Great Plains before the region reaches the .

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The are in the Panhandle region of .

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The is a region in the Panhandle of . Notoriously flat and largely rural, the is famous for its wide-open prairielands and unmolested expanses that harken back to the days when Texas was largely unexplored frontier.

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The is the far southern reach of the Panhandle of .

Texas Panhandle

Latitude of center
35.4833° or 35° 28′ 60″ north
Longitude of center
-101.4° or 101° 24′ west
Wiki­data ID
Q2297417
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Texas Panhandle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تكساس بانهاندل”
  • Basque: “Texas Panhandle”
  • Catalan: “Texas Panhandle”
  • Chinese: “德克萨斯狭地”
  • Chinese: “德克薩斯州走廊”
  • Chinese: “德克薩斯州鍋柄狀地區”
  • Czech: “Panhandle”
  • Czech: “Texas Panhandle”
  • Dutch: “Texas Panhandle”
  • Esperanto: “Teksasa Patotenilo”
  • Estonian: “Texase pannivars”
  • Faroese: “Texas Panhandle”
  • French: “Panhandle du Texas”
  • French: “Texas Panhandle”
  • German: “Nordtexas”
  • German: “Texas Panhandle”
  • Hebrew: “אזור הפאנהנדל”
  • Italian: “Texas Panhandle”
  • Japanese: “テキサス・パンハンドル”
  • Japanese: “テキサス州の回廊地帯”
  • Korean: “텍사스 팬핸들”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Texas Panhandle”
  • Norwegian: “Texas Panhandle”
  • Polish: “Texas Panhandle”
  • Portuguese: “Panhandle do Texas”
  • Portuguese: “Panhandle”
  • Portuguese: “Texas Panhandle”
  • Romanian: “Mânerul Texasului”
  • Romanian: “Texas Panhandle”
  • Russian: “Техасский выступ”
  • Slovenian: “Texas Panhandle”
  • Spanish: “Mango de Texas”
  • Swedish: “Texas Panhandle”
  • Urdu: “ٹیکساس پین ہینڈل”
  • Vietnamese: “Cán xoong Texas”
  • Western Frisian: “Panhandle fan Teksas”
  • Western Frisian: “Teksaanske Panhandle”

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