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Coordinates: 28°24′N 96°24′W / 28.4°N 96.4°W / 28.4; -96.4
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The Texas Coastal Bend refers to the flat area of land along the Texas coast. It is home to many cities including Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Kingsville, Port Lavaca, Galveston, Victoria, Beaumont, and Houston. The Coastal Bend includes the barrier islands of Texas and the Laguna Madre. According to the United States 2000 Census the Texas Coastal Bend had a population of 6,332,801.

Culture

The Texas Coastal Bend enjoys a rural, urban, and suburban mix of mainly Bi-Cultural, Hispanic and Anglo traditions. African American and Asian/Pacific Islander population and their cultural traditions are well represented throughout this region as well.

Among the universal features which connects the populations of this region, are the ever present summer threats of severe hurricane winds and flooding affecting these predominently flat lands areas. As such, the people of these low topography counties threaded by the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, are subject to regular evacuations and keep a keen sense hurricane awareness.

The centers of this area are focused around the main population centers in Brownsville, Texas; Corpus Christi, Texas; and Houston, Texas. Much of the rural and suburban areas of the Coastal Bend are predominately White however.

Counties

Most populous cities

Houston
City 2000 Census Population[1] County
Houston 1,953,631 Harris County
Corpus Christi 277,454 Nueces County
Pasadena 141,674 Harris County
Brownsville 139,722 Cameron County
Beaumont 113,866 Jefferson County
McAllen 106,414 Hidalgo County
Baytown 66,430 Harris County
Sugar Land 63,328 Fort Bend County
Victoria 60,603 Victoria County
Harlingen 57,564 Cameron County
Edinburg 48,465 Hidalgo County
Pharr 46,660 Hidalgo County
Mission 45,408 Hidalgo County

Flora and fauna

The Whooping Crane

The Coastal Bend is a habitat for many types of vegetation[2] and wildlife. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge is among the most prominent centers for wildlife. Wildlife found in the area includes the rare Whooping Crane, American Alligators, Nine-banded Armadillos, West Indian Manatees, and numerous other species of wildlife.

The Texas Coastal Bend is also an area of demarcation between ranges of various vegetative species. For example, the California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera) is found only west of the Texas Coastal Bend, or more specifically the Balcones Fault.[3]

Bays

Two fisherman stand on a shoal in Laguna Madre

The Bays included in the area:

See also

References

Line notes

  1. ^ Census Fact Finder
  2. ^ Roy L. Lehman, Ruth O'Brien, Tammy White. 2005
  3. ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2009

28°24′N 96°24′W / 28.4°N 96.4°W / 28.4; -96.4


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