Ark-La-Tex

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The general area of the Ark-La-Tex highlighted within the United States.

The Ark-La-Tex, Arklatex, or ArkLaTex is a U.S. socio-economic region where Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma intersect. The region is centered on the Shreveport/Bossier metropolitan area in Northwest Louisiana, although Marshall in Northeast Texas, Natchitoches, Louisiana, and both Texarkana, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas retain a large degree of autonomy. Most of the region is located in the Piney Woods, an ecoregion of dense forest of mixed deciduous and conifer flora. The forests are periodically punctated by sloughs and bayous that are linked to larger bodies of water such as Caddo Lake or the Red River.

Cities

In Arkansas: Hope, Magnolia, Stamps, Texarkana, De Queen, Ashdown, El Dorado, Camden

In Louisiana: Bossier City, Hosston, Mansfield, Natchitoches, Ruston, Shreveport, Minden, Vivian, Greenwood, Mooringsport, Keithville

In Oklahoma: Idabel, Broken Bow

In Texas: Atlanta, Carthage, Longview, Jefferson,Kilgore, Marshall, Texarkana, Tyler, Lufkin, Henderson, Mount Pleasant, De Kalb, Paris, New Boston, Clarksville, Waskom, Scottsville, Daingerfield, Gilmer, Hallsville, Jacksonville, Pittsburg

Famous Natives

Maya Angelou, Terry Bradshaw, Bill Clinton, Huddy Ledbetter, James L. Farmer, Lady Bird Johnson, Trace Adkins, David Toms, Hal Sutton, David Crowder, Matthew McConaughey, Craig Monroe, Don Henley, Eddie Robinson, Hank Williams, Jr., Valerie Bertinelli, and Scott Joplin.

State of Oklahoma

Capital Oklahoma City
Regions Arklatex - Central - Cherokee Outlet - Green Country - Little Dixie - Northeastern - Panhandle - Southeastern - Southwestern
Largest cities Broken Arrow - Edmond - Enid - Lawton - Midwest City - Moore - Norman - Oklahoma City - Stillwater - Tulsa

Counties Adair - Alfalfa - Atoka - Beaver - Beckham - Blaine - Bryan - Caddo - Canadian - Carter - Cherokee - Choctaw - Cimarron - Cleveland - Coal - Comanche - Cotton - Craig - Creek - Custer - Delaware - Dewey - Ellis - Garfield - Garvin - Grady - Grant - Greer - Harmon - Harper - Haskell - Hughes - Jackson - Jefferson - Johnston - Kay - Kingfisher - Kiowa - Latimer - Le Flore - Lincoln - Logan - Love - Major - Marshall - Mayes - McClain - McCurtain - McIntosh - Murray - Muskogee - Noble - Nowata - Okfuskee - Oklahoma - Okmulgee - Osage - Ottawa - Pawnee - Payne - Pittsburg - Pontotoc - Pottawatomie - Pushmataha - Roger Mills - Rogers - Seminole - Sequoyah - Stephens - Texas - Tillman - Tulsa - Wagoner - Washington - Washita - Woods - Woodward

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	The State of Arkansas
Capital	Little Rock
Regions	Ozarks \| Ouachita Mountains \| Mississippi Alluvial Plain \| Crowley's Ridge \| Arkansas River Valley \| Western Arkansas
Metropolitan Areas	Little Rock \| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers \| Fort Smith \| Texarkana \| Jonesboro \| Pine Bluff \| Hot Springs \| Memphis, Tennessee \|
[[List of places in Arkansas: Counties\|Counties]]	Arkansas\| Ashley \| Baxter \| Benton \| Boone \| Bradley \| Calhoun \| Carroll \| Chicot \| Clark \| Clay \| Cleburne \| Cleveland \| Columbia \| Conway \| Craighead \| Crawford \| Crittenden \| Cross \| Dallas \| Desha \| Drew \| Faulkner \| Franklin \| Fulton \| Garland \| Grant \| Greene \| Hempstead \| Hot Spring \| Howard \| Independence \| Izard \| Jackson \| Jefferson \| Johnson \| Lafayette \| Lawrence \| Lee \| Lincoln \| Little River \| Logan \| Lonoke \| Madison \| Marion \| Miller \| Mississippi \| Monroe \| Montgomery \| Nevada \| Newton \| Ouachita \| Perry \| Phillips \| Pike \| Poinsett \| Polk \| Pope \| Prairie \| Pulaski \| Randolph \| Saline \| Scott \| Searcy \| Sebastian \| Sevier \| Sharp \| St. Francis \| Stone \| Union \| Van Buren \| Washington \| White \| Woodruff \| Yell
Cities	Benton \| Bentonville \| Blytheville \| Conway \| El Dorado \| Fayetteville \| Fort Smith \| Hot Springs \| Jacksonville \| Jonesboro \| Little Rock \| North Little Rock \| Paragould \| Pine Bluff \| Rogers \| Russellville \| Searcy \| Sherwood \| Springdale \| Texarkana \| Van Buren
See also	For the complete list of current cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places in Arkansas, see: List of places in Arkansas.

	State of Texas Texas Topics \| History \| Republic of Texas \| Geography \| Government \| Politics \| Economy \| Texans
Capital	Austin
Regions	Arklatex \| Big Bend \| Brazos Valley \| Central Texas \| Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex \| Deep East Texas \| East Texas \| Edwards Plateau \| Galveston Bay \| Golden Triangle \| Greater Houston \| North Texas \| Northeast Texas \| Permian Basin \| Piney Woods \| Rio Grande Valley \| Texas Hill Country \| Texas Panhandle \| Llano Estacado \| Southeast Texas \| South Texas \| West Texas
Metropolitan areas	Abilene \| Amarillo \| Austin–Round Rock \| Beaumont–Port Arthur \| Brownsville–Harlingen \| Bryan–College Station \| Corpus Christi \| Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington \| El Paso \| Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown \| Killeen–Temple \| Laredo \| Longview–Marshall \| Lubbock \| McAllen–Edinburg–Mission \| Midland–Odessa \| San Angelo \| San Antonio \| Sherman–Denison \| Texarkana \| Tyler \| Victoria \| Waco \| Wichita Falls See also: List of Texas counties

	State of Louisiana
Regions:	Acadiana \| Central Louisiana \| Florida Parishes \| Greater New Orleans \| North Louisiana
Largest cities and CDPs:	Alexandria \| Baton Rouge (Capital) \| Bossier City \| Houma \| Kenner \| Lafayette \| Lake Charles \| Marrero \| Metairie \| Monroe \| New Iberia \| New Orleans \| Shreveport
Metropolitan Areas:	Alexandria \| Baton Rouge \| Houma-Bayou-Cane-Thibodaux \| Lafayette \| Lake Charles \| Monroe \| New Orleans \| Shreveport-Bossier City
Parishes:	Acadia \| Allen \| Ascension \| Assumption \| Avoyelles \| Beauregard \| Bienville \| Bossier \| Caddo \| Calcasieu \| Caldwell \| Cameron \| Catahoula \| Claiborne \| Concordia \| De Soto \| East Baton Rouge \| East Carroll \| East Feliciana \| Evangeline \| Franklin \| Grant \| Iberia \| Iberville \| Jackson \| Jefferson \| Jefferson Davis \| La Salle \| Lafayette \| Lafourche \| Lincoln \| Livingston \| Madison \| Morehouse \| Natchitoches \| Orleans \| Ouachita \| Plaquemines \| Pointe Coupee \| Rapides \| Red River \| Richland \| Sabine \| St. Bernard \| St. Charles \| St. Helena \| St. James \| St. John the Baptist \| St. Landry \| St. Martin \| St. Mary \| St. Tammany \| Tangipahoa \| Tensas \| Terrebonne \| Union \| Vermilion \| Vernon \| Washington \| Webster \| West Baton Rouge \| West Carroll \| West Feliciana \| Winn

	State of Oklahoma
Capital	Oklahoma City
Regions	Arklatex - Central - Cherokee Outlet - Green Country - Little Dixie - Northeastern - Panhandle - Southeastern - Southwestern
Largest cities	Broken Arrow - Edmond - Enid - Lawton - Midwest City - Moore - Norman - Oklahoma City - Stillwater - Tulsa
Counties	Adair - Alfalfa - Atoka - Beaver - Beckham - Blaine - Bryan - Caddo - Canadian - Carter - Cherokee - Choctaw - Cimarron - Cleveland - Coal - Comanche - Cotton - Craig - Creek - Custer - Delaware - Dewey - Ellis - Garfield - Garvin - Grady - Grant - Greer - Harmon - Harper - Haskell - Hughes - Jackson - Jefferson - Johnston - Kay - Kingfisher - Kiowa - Latimer - Le Flore - Lincoln - Logan - Love - Major - Marshall - Mayes - McClain - McCurtain - McIntosh - Murray - Muskogee - Noble - Nowata - Okfuskee - Oklahoma - Okmulgee - Osage - Ottawa - Pawnee - Payne - Pittsburg - Pontotoc - Pottawatomie - Pushmataha - Roger Mills - Rogers - Seminole - Sequoyah - Stephens - Texas - Tillman - Tulsa - Wagoner - Washington - Washita - Woods - Woodward