Texas has three times as many special district governments as it has municipal governments. How many special district governments does Texas have?

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Let's say that the number of municipal governments in Texas is x. Then, we know that the number of special district governments is 3x (since there are three times as many special districts as municipal ones). Therefore, the total number of government entities in Texas is x + 3x = 4x. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the total number of local governments in Texas in 2017 was 9,205. So, we can set up the equation: 
4x = 9,205 
x = 2,301.25

Since we can't have a fraction of a municipal government, we need to round up to the nearest whole number. Therefore, x = 2,302.

Now we can find the number of special district governments: 
3x = 3(2,302) = 6,906

Therefore, Texas has 6,906 special district governments. The closest answer choice to this is B) 2,600.

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