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The San Antonio–Austin metroplex is an emerged metropolitan area in the US state of Texas, where the dominant core cities are San Antonio and Austin. This combined metropolitan region, composed of the Greater Austin and Greater San Antonio areas, has approximately 5 million people. Downtown San Antonio and Downtown Austin are about 80 mi apart and connected through Interstate 35. Several cities and towns that also make the San Antonio–Austin metroplex are located along or near I-35 and the Texas State Highway 130. The Greater Austin region comprises five counties: Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson, collectively hosting a population exceeding 2.2 million people. Conversely, Greater San Antonio encompasses eight counties: Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina, and Wilson, collectively hosting a population exceeding 2.6 million people. Wikipedia