Away from the coast the terrain begins to exhibit the rolling hills of East and Central Texas Toward Central Texas the mixed pine and hardwood forests give way to the East Central Texas forests of post oak and grasslands, Ever since the discovery of oil at Spindletop energy has been a dominant force politically and economically within the state. If Texas were its own country it would be the sixth largest oil producer in the world. Japanese prisoner-of-war camps many of which were used as labour camps also had high death rates the International Military Tribunal for the Far East found the death rate of Western prisoners was 27.1 per cent (for American POWs 37 per cent) seven times that of POWs under the Germans and Italians. While 37,583 prisoners from the UK 28,500 from the Netherlands and 14,473 from the United States were released after the surrender of Japan the number of Chinese released was only 56.
Republican Donald Trump Mike Pence 4,685,047 52.23% 36 On September 10 2006 the U.S Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center reported that a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred about 250 miles (400 km) west-southwest of Anna Maria Florida around 10:56 AM EDT the quake was reportedly felt from Louisiana to Florida in the Southeastern United States There were no reports of damage or injuries. Items were knocked from shelves and seiches were observed in swimming pools in parts of Florida the earthquake was described by the USGS as an intraplate earthquake the largest and most widely felt recorded in the past three decades in the region. According to the September 11 2006 issue of the Tampa Tribune earthquake tremors were last felt in Florida in 1952 recorded in Quincy 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Tallahassee. In 1912 the Rice Institute (now Rice University) opened in the West University area, 10.5.1.1 Preterm birth Primary and secondary schools, Two commercial airports George Bush Intercontinental Airport and William P Hobby Airport are located in Houston and in Harris County the Houston Airport System defines Harris County as a part of Bush Intercontinental's service region the city of Houston operates Ellington Field a general aviation and military airport in Harris County. ! David Ben-Gurion proclaiming the Israeli Declaration of Independence at the Independence Hall 14 May 1948, Texas Convention of 1836, The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston the largest Catholic jurisdiction in Texas and fifth-largest in the United States was established in 1847 the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston claims approximately 1.7 million Catholics within its boundaries. . Main article: Battle of the Alamo, Obesity has quickly become a major health issue in Texas in 2017 33.6% of Texas adults were obese as compared to 29.9% of U.S adults in 2000 21.7% of adults were obese and in 1990 only 10.7% of adults were obese in 2016 33% of 10-17 year olds in Texas were obese. When separated out by gender 34.6% of Texas females and 32.8% of Texas males were obese. When separated out by race 31% of White adults 41.7% of Black adults and 37.8% of Hispanic adults were obese in Texas in 2016. Research shows that an increase in household income is correlated with a decrease in obesity rates in 2014 Comptroller Susan Combs found that there are educational achievement patterns as well - 39% of the Texas population with less than a high school education was obese while only 23% of college graduates were obese. Living in a rural area in Texas is also correlated with higher obesity rates.
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