El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in West Texas.
El Pasois thecounty seatofEl Paso County, Texas, United States. The city is situated in thefar western cornerof the state ofTexas. El Paso stands on theRio Grande(Río Bravo del Norte) across theborderfromCiudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. The city is also the headquarters of oneFortune 500and three publicly traded companies,as well as home to theMedical Center of the Americas,the only medical research and care provider complex inWest Texasand southern New Mexico, and theUniversity of Texas at El Paso, the city's primary university. The city hosts the annualSun Bowlcollege football post-season game, the second oldestbowl gamein the country.