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Monahans is a city in Texas, United States. The population was 6,821 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Ward County.

Monahans is located at 31.589605, -102.908272.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 64.3 km² (24.8 mi²). 64.3 km² (24.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.04% is water.

Monahans is the home of the Million Barrel Oil Tank. Shell Oil Co. constructed the tank in 1928 to hold crude oil waiting to be shipped. However, because of leakage and evaporation, the tank was not effective and was dismantled during the 1930s. It is now home of the Million Barrel Museum. Mules hauled wood and cement to the site and the men worked around the clock for 90 days to construct the huge vessel in 1928.That was when oil first was discovered in West Texas and was flowing about 500 barrels daily.

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