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El Paso (/ ɛ l ˈ p æ s oʊ /; Spanish: [el ˈpaso]; lit. ' the route ' or ' the pass ') is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States.The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, [5] making it the 22nd-most populous city in the U.S., the most populous city in West Texas, and the sixth-most populous city in Texas. [8]
Judson F. Williams Convention Center, more commonly known as the El Paso Convention Center, is located on Santa Fe Street in downtown El Paso, Texas, adjacent to the Abraham Chavez Theatre. It was expanded in 2002 and now features 80,000 square feet (7,000 m 2 ) of columnless exhibit space (divided into three halls) with seating for up to 8,000 ...
Frontera Women's Foundation (FWF) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization operating in El Paso, Texas, United States, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.Frontera Women's Foundation states its goal is "promoting positive social change for women and girls along the border" [1] and focuses its campaign on community service and issues of women's rights at the family, community, and ...
Texas State Representative César Blanco said that housing immigrant children in tents was "dehumanizing and tarnishes Texas' tradition of welcoming immigrants." [20] United States Representative Beto O'Rourke led hundreds on a protest march to the site of the tent city on June 17, 2018. [21]
The El Paso Independent School District (or EPISD) is the largest school district serving El Paso, Texas ().Originally organized in 1883, it is currently the largest district in the Texas Education Agency's Educational Service Center (ESC) Region 19, as well as the largest district within the city of El Paso and El Paso County.
Due to the Texas UIL realignment announced in 2013, as of 2014 Americas is a 6A school. Track/swim meets and football/soccer games are played at the SISD Student Activities Complex . A grass field is located on campus for freshmen football games and as a parade field for the NJROTC.
On August 3, 2019, 23 citizens of 3 countries —The United States of America, Mexico, and Germany— were gunned down in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. In solidarity with El Paso, the NCO Leadership Center of Excellence, Fort Bliss, presented a memorial memento to Walmart consisting of 23 chips each inscribed with the three ...
Abundant Church is a nondenominational, multicultural, evangelical church in El Paso, Texas, United States, with about 20,000 members in 2009. [1] The Pastor is Charles Nieman . [ 2 ] The church is part of the Word of Faith movement, giving Abundant life teachings.