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South Padre Island, Texas

Index South Padre Island, Texas

South Padre Island is a resort town in Cameron County, Texas, United States. [1]

75 relations: Area code 956, Barrier island, Brownsville, Texas, Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport, Brownsville–Harlingen metropolitan area, Building implosion, Cameron County, Texas, Census, Central Time Zone, Condominium, Criminal Minds, Dew point, Federal Information Processing Standards, Geographic Names Information System, Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf of Mexico, Harlingen, Texas, Holiday Inn, Humid subtropical climate, Hurricane Alex (2010), Hurricane Beulah, Hurricane Dolly (2008), Hurricane Ike, Köppen climate classification, Laguna Madre (United States), List of counties in Texas, List of sovereign states, List of tallest voluntarily demolished buildings, LiveLeak, Mark Wahlberg, Marriage, Median income, NBA G League, Ocean Tower, Padre Ballí, Padre Island National Seashore, Per capita income, Personal water craft, Point Isabel Independent School District, Population density, Port Isabel High School, Port Isabel, Texas, Poverty threshold, Queen Isabella Causeway, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Reinforced concrete, Relative humidity, Resort town, Rio Grande Valley, Schlitterbahn, ..., Settlement (structural), South Padre International Music Festival, South Padre Island, South Padre Island Convention Centre, South Texas Independent School District, Southwest Airlines, Spring break, T.J. Miller, Texas, The Brownsville Herald, The Crew (video game), Town, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Tropical savanna climate, U.S. News & World Report, U.S. state, United States Census Bureau, United States Coast Guard, United States Geological Survey, United States Postal Service, Valley International Airport, Water park, Whale watching, ZIP Code, 2010 United States Census. Expand index (25 more) »

Area code 956

North American area code 956 is a state of Texas telephone area code for numbers in the Brownsville, McAllen, Laredo and South Padre Island areas.

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Barrier island

Barrier islands are coastal landforms and a type of dune system that are exceptionally flat or lumpy areas of sand that form by wave and tidal action parallel to the mainland coast.

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Brownsville, Texas

Brownsville is the county seat of Cameron County, Texas, United States.

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Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport

Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport is a city owned, public use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) east of the central business district of Brownsville, a city in Cameron County, Texas, United States.

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Brownsville–Harlingen metropolitan area

The Brownsville–Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of one county – Cameron – in the Rio Grande Valley region of South Texas, anchored by the cities of Brownsville and Harlingen.The 2012 U.S. Census Bureau estimate places the Brownsville–Harlingen metropolitan area population at 415,557 allotting it the eighth most populous metropolitan area in the state of Texas, it has recently been named the poorest city in the United States.

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Building implosion

In the controlled demolition industry, building implosion is the strategic placing of explosive material and timing of its detonation so that a structure collapses on itself in a matter of seconds, minimizing the physical damage to its immediate surroundings.

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Cameron County, Texas

Cameron County, officially the County of Cameron, is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population.

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Central Time Zone

The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

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Condominium

A condominium, often shortened to condo, is a type of real estate divided into several units that are each separately owned, surrounded by common areas jointly owned.

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Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Jeff Davis and is the original show in the ''Criminal Minds'' franchise.

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Dew point

The dew point is the temperature to which air must be cooled to become saturated with water vapor.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories.

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Gulf Coast of the United States

The Gulf Coast of the United States is the coastline along which the Southern United States meets the Gulf of Mexico.

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Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent.

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Harlingen, Texas

Harlingen is a city in Cameron County in the central region of the Rio Grande Valley of the southern part of the U.S. state of Texas, about from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

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Holiday Inn

Holiday Inn is a British-owned American brand of hotels, and a subsidiary of InterContinental Hotels Group.

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Humid subtropical climate

A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild to cool winters.

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Hurricane Alex (2010)

Hurricane Alex was a rare June Atlantic hurricane and the first tropical cyclone to develop in the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season.

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Hurricane Beulah

Hurricane Beulah was the second tropical storm, second hurricane, and only major hurricane during the 1967 Atlantic hurricane season.

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Hurricane Dolly (2008)

Hurricane Dolly was a strong tropical cyclone that made landfall in Deep South Texas in July 2008.

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Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike was a powerful tropical cyclone that swept through portions of the Greater Antilles and Northern America in September 2008, wreaking havoc on infrastructure and agriculture, particularly in Cuba and Texas.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Laguna Madre (United States)

The Laguna Madre is a long, shallow, hypersaline lagoon along the western coast of the Gulf of Mexico in Nueces, Kenedy, Kleberg, Willacy and Cameron Counties in Texas, United States.

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List of counties in Texas

The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state.

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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List of tallest voluntarily demolished buildings

The following is a list of tallest voluntarily demolished buildings.

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LiveLeak

LiveLeak is a video sharing website located in London, United Kingdom that lets users post and share videos.

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Mark Wahlberg

Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971) is an American actor, producer, businessman, former model, rapper, and songwriter.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage).

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Median income

Median income is the amount that divides the income distribution into two equal groups, half having income above that amount, and half having income below that amount.

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NBA G League

The NBA G League is the National Basketball Association's official minor league basketball organization.

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Ocean Tower

Ocean Tower SPI was an unfinished, 31-story condominium in South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, United States, that was imploded when it was deemed unsafe to remain standing.

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Padre Ballí

Padre Ballí (ca. 1770–1829), also known as José Nicolás Ballí, was a rancher, a priest, and an original grantee of Padre Island, which was named after him.

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Padre Island National Seashore

Padre Island National Seashore (PAIS) is a national seashore located on Padre Island off the coast of South Texas.

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Per capita income

Per capita income or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Personal water craft

A personal watercraft (PWC), also called water scooter, jetski, and comically a boatercycle, is a recreational watercraft that the rider sits or stands on, rather than inside of, as in a boat.

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Point Isabel Independent School District

Point Isabel Independent School District is a public school district based in Port Isabel, Texas, United States.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density.

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Port Isabel High School

Port Isabel High School, also abbreviated as PIHS, is a public high school located in Port Isabel, Texas (USA).

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Port Isabel, Texas

Port Isabel is a city in Cameron County, Texas, United States.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit or poverty line is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Queen Isabella Causeway

The two-mile-long Queen Isabella Causeway, located in southern Cameron County, Texas, is the only road connecting South Padre Island, Texas to the mainland.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States Census

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin (the only categories for ethnicity).

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Reinforced concrete

Reinforced concrete (RC) (also called reinforced cement concrete or RCC) is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are counteracted by the inclusion of reinforcement having higher tensile strength or ductility.

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Relative humidity

Relative humidity (RH) is the ratio of the partial pressure of water vapor to the equilibrium vapor pressure of water at a given temperature.

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Resort town

A resort town, often called a resort city or resort destination, is an urban area where tourism or vacationing is the primary component of the local culture and economy.

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Rio Grande Valley

The Rio Grande Valley is an area located in the southernmost tip of South Texas.

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Schlitterbahn

Schlitterbahn is an American family-owned and operated company based in New Braunfels, Texas.

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Settlement (structural)

Settlement in a structure refers to the distortion or disruption of parts of a building due to.

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South Padre International Music Festival

South Padre International Music Festival (also known as SPI Music Fest) is an annual 3-day music festival held on South Padre Island, Texas.

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South Padre Island

South Padre Island is a barrier island in the U.S. state of Texas.

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South Padre Island Convention Centre

The South Padre Island Convention Centre is a facility located in downtown South Padre Island, Texas.

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South Texas Independent School District

South Texas Independent School District (STISD) is a magnet school district headquartered in Mercedes, Texas (USA).

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Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines Co. is a major United States airline headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and the world’s largest low-cost carrier.

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Spring break

Spring break is a vacation period in early Spring at universities and schools which started during the 1930s in the United States and is observed in some other mainly Western countries.

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T.J. Miller

Todd Joseph Miller (born June 4, 1981) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, producer, and writer.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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The Brownsville Herald

The Brownsville Herald is a newspaper based in Brownsville, Texas, circulating in the Cameron County area.

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The Crew (video game)

The Crew is an online-only racing video game developed by Ivory Tower and Ubisoft Reflections and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, with an Xbox 360 port developed by Asobo Studio.

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Town

A town is a human settlement.

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Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction is a 2014 American science fiction action film based on the Transformers franchise.

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Tropical savanna climate

Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a type of climate that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories "Aw" and "As".

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U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report is an American media company that publishes news, opinion, consumer advice, rankings, and analysis.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's seven uniformed services.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.

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United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service (USPS; also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service) is an independent agency of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, including its insular areas and associated states.

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Valley International Airport

Valley International Airport (VIA) is owned by the City of Harlingen, in Cameron County, Texas.

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Water park

A water park or waterpark is an amusement park that features water play areas such as swimming pools, water slides, splash pads, water playgrounds, and lazy rivers, as well as areas for bathing, swimming, and other barefoot environments.

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Whale watching

Whale watching is the practice of observing whales and dolphins (cetaceans) in their natural habitat.

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ZIP Code

ZIP Codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963.

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2010 United States Census

The 2010 United States Census (commonly referred to as the 2010 Census) is the twenty-third and most recent United States national census.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Padre_Island,_Texas

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