Culture of
Approximately half of the Texas Tech at El Paso graduates completing
the residency program continue to practice in the West Texas area. The
reasons are many, but most people agree that El Paso is a great place to
live. The sun shines 350 days a year, so picnic, hiking or camping plans
are rarely canceled because of inclement weather. El Paso's temperate, dry
climate offers year-round golfing, tennis and other outdoor sports.
Spectacular sunsets and majestic mountains
rising to 7,000 feet create a photographer's dream.
El Paso is a burgeoning city of
more than 652,000 people. It is 248 square miles in area, 4th largest city
in Texas and 22nd in the United States. It is the county seat of El Paso
County, which has an area of 1058 square miles. It is separated from
sister-city, Cuidad
Juarez by the Rio Grande, which delineates the Texas/Mexico border for
a thousand miles, until it spills into the Gulf of Mexico. El Paso and Cd.
Juarez are the United States largest contiguous border cities comprising a
metroplex of nearly 2 million people. The resident physician will find in
this multicultural city a unique and unsurpassed opportunity to become
acquainted with border health issues.
Cultural opportunities
range from urban to rustic, from cosmopolitan to country. Centuries-old Spanish missions, museums, theaters, opera, outstanding Mexican
and international cuisine,
Mariachi bands, rodeos, and country and western dancing all play a part in
the mosaic of El Paso. In addition, there are many nearby recreational
sites that are well worth the drive to visit such as Hueco Tanks,
New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns National
Park, Gila Cliff Dwellings National
Monument, Elephant
Butte Lake and the resort area of Ruidoso, N.M., in the Lincoln
National Forest, as well as Big Bend
National Park.
