4.4 Axis attack on the Soviet Union (1941) The University of Texas at Dallas Richard Mount and Thomas Page's 1700 map of the Gulf of Mexico a Chart of the Bay of Mexico. Harmon General Hospital one of the Army's largest opened in Longview in November 1942 with 157 hospital buildings and a capacity of 2,939 beds the facility was designed for the treatment of soldiers with central nervous system syphilis psychiatric disorders tropical illnesses and dermatological diseases At the end of the war the facility was adapted for use as the campus of LeTourneau University. In contrast to the cities unincorporated rural settlements known as colonias often lack basic infrastructure and are marked by poverty the office of the Texas Attorney General stated in 2011 that Texas had about 2,294 colonias and estimates about 500,000 lived in the colonias Hidalgo County as of 2011 has the largest number of colonias. Texas has the largest number of people of all states living in colonias, Internal politics of the Republic were based on the conflict between two factions the nationalist faction led by Mirabeau B Lamar advocated the continued independence of Texas the expulsion of the Native Americans and the expansion of Texas to the Pacific Ocean Their opponents led by Sam Houston advocated the annexation of Texas to the United States and peaceful co-existence with Native Americans, The Gulf contains a hypoxic dead zone that runs by east-west along the Texas-Louisiana coastline in July 2008 researchers reported that between 1985 and 2008 the area roughly doubled in size and now stretches from near Galveston Texas to near Venice Louisiana It is now about 8,000 square miles (21,000 km2) nearly the record. Poor agricultural practices in the northern portion of the Gulf of Mexico have led to a tremendous increase of nitrogen and phosphorus in neighboring marine ecosystems which has resulted in algae blooms and a lack of available oxygen Occurrences of masculinization and estrogen suppression were observed as a result an October 2007 study of the Atlantic croaker found a disproportioned sex ratio of 61% males to 39% females in hypoxic Gulf sites This was compared with a 52% to 48% male-female ratio found in reference sites showing an impairment of reproductive output for fish populations inhabiting hypoxic coastal zones. . ; Contents 12 Sister cities, Healthcare Houston Rockets NBA Basketball Toyota Center 2003 18,023, Houston Texas Business Directory Military advantages 1960 938,219 57.4% See also: List of people from Texas and List of Texas symbols!
Education Disease in the Americas 1930 5,824,715 24.9% The original building of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston designed by William Ward Watkin was opened in 1924 it was the first art museum built in Texas and the third in the South the museum building has continued to evolve throughout the years Cullinan Hall designed by Mies van der Rohe in the International style opened in 1958 in the 1970s that addition received an addition also designed by van der Rohe Both additions were statements of modern architecture using an abundance of glass and steel! . . Cities towns and metropolitan areas, Retail See also: List of events in Houston and List of people raised in Houston, 5 Geography Texas has a "low taxes low services" reputation. According to the Tax Foundation Texans' state and local tax burdens rank among the lowest in the nation 7th lowest nationally; state and local taxes cost $3,580 per capita or 8.4 percent of resident incomes. Texas is one of seven states that lack a state income tax.
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