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Welcome to Amarillo, which is located in the center of Texas Panhandle, a 26-county area that is bordered by New Mexico and Oklahoma. The city received its name, which means yellow in Spanish, from the yellow sub-soil and the yellow flowers blooming here.
Founded in 1887 at the intersection of two railroads, today the city is the intersection of Interstates 40 and 27. The population within the Amarilo city limits is 173,627. Amarillo is at an altitude 3,671 ft. and receives about 19.5 inches of precipitation annually. There are four distinct seasons in the city, yet the temperatures remain comfortable for most of the year. Each year there are over 270 sunny days.
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