Bienvenidos a El Paso

El Paso is a jewel in the Texas desert. Nestled between the rugged Franklin Mountains and the historic Rio Grande, this dynamic border community combines the advantages of a major metropolitan center with the ambience and neighborly charm of a modern western town. Seven in ten El Pasoans are bilingual in English and Spanish, and people from all over the world come here to live, work, do business, get an education, or retire.

El Paso’s dynamic growth has been credited to the development of an integrated international trade region with Ciudad Juárez, Mexico long before free-trade zones and global markets flourished. El Paso is currently the fifth largest city in the state of Texas and the twenty-third largest city in the United States. Ciudad Juárez, El Paso’s sister city across the border, is the largest city in the state of Chihuahua and the fifth largest city in all of Mexico.

The best of two nations, three states and a multitude of ethnic groups come together between the banks of the river valley and the rugged mountains of the borderlands. El Paso is at the forefront of communities transcending borders—a global culture in the making.