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is a city in Parker and Tarrant Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 9,600.
Popular tourist attractions include marine spectator sports, classic American sports car contests of speed, creative horse trailer loading (and unloading), competitive artistic lawn care showcases, and watching the drunks try to put their motor boats back on the trailers after a long 4th of July weekend.
Azle is the home of the Azle Marching Green Pride marching band, The Emerald Dazzler Drill Team, the Azle High School Cheerleading team, and the Fighting Azle Hornets. The Azle High School Math/Science and Journalism teams combined won the 2005 UIL State Academic Meet championship with a total of 110 points. This continues a tradition of dominance established by the Math and Science team dating to the 1970s and 1980s TMSCA state tournaments. In 2004 and 2008 the Marching Green Pride band of Azle advanced to the State Marching competition in San Antonio.
Local rock band Blackwater was formed in Azle by Wes Nations, Jake Pullig, and Jason Whorton.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.2 square miles (21.3 km²), of which, 8.2 square miles (21.2 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.49%) is water.