Lubbock is an American city in the state of Texas. Located in the northwestern part of the state,
a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, it is the county seat of Lubbock County,
and the home of Texas Tech University.
According to an estimate by the U.S. Census in 2006, the city population was 212,169, making it the
90th largest city in the United States and the 12th largest in Texas.
The Lubbock metropolitan area has a population of 261,411.
Lubbock's nickname is the "Hub City" which derives from being the economy, education,
and health care hub of a multi-county region commonly called the South Plains.
The area is the largest contiguous cotton-growing region in the world and is heavily dependent on
irrigation water drawn from the Ogallala Aquifer.
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