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Houston TX the city of Houston Texas land
area covers 539.6 square miles. Is the fourth largest city
in America and Texas largest city in population and is the
largest in the country without zoning laws, so businesses
are allowed to operate within residential neighborhoods.
The City of Houston actually spreads over three counties:
Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery. The city is in
southeastern Texas and the seat of Harris County. Located at
the head of the Houston Ship Channel, which links the city
to the Gulf of Mexico. Houston
is also home to the largest health care center in the world.
More than 4.5 million patients are treated annually at the
42 nonprofit institutions that comprise the world famous
Texas Medical Center.
Houston's population climbed from 1,630,553 in 1990 to
1,953,631 in 2000. The Houston Consolidated Metropolitan
Statistical Area grew from 3,731,000 in 1990 to 4,670,000 in
2000.
18,000 acres of green space managed by the Houston
Parks Department.
337 parks within the Houston City limits.
11.3 acres of parkland are per 1,000 residents.
100 miles of hike and bike trails.
39 public pools open during the summer.
13 water playgrounds.
165 public and private golf courses.
10 museums have free admission.
16 institutions compose the Houston Museum District.
45,000 artworks housed at the Museum of Fine Arts.
18 free performances in June at Miller Outdoor Theater.
4,500 exotic animals at the Houston Zoo.
Locations in Houston are generally classified as either
being inside or outside Interstate 610, known as the 610
Loop which include the Central business district and the
'island' cities of West University (West U.), and Southside
Place, and a portion of Bellaire. The outlying areas of
Houston, as well as the rest of Bellaire, the airports and
the suburbs and enclaves are outside the loop. Another ring
road, Beltway 8 also known simply as the "Beltway",
encircles the city another 5 miles further out. Yet a
third - the "Grand Parkway", has begun construction roughly
10 miles beyond that around the outer suburbs and
currently extends from Katy to Sugar Land
Houston has four major bayous passing through the city.
The Buffalo Bayou, which runs into downtown, the
Brays Bayou, which runs along the Texas Medical
Center, White Oak Bayou runs through the Heights
and near northwest area and the Sims Bayou in
the south of Houston merge in downtown Houston
into the Houston Ship Channel. The Ship Channel
goes past Galveston, Texas into the Gulf of
Mexico.
Most of about Houston is very flat and is about
fifty feet above sea level in elevation; the
Houston Heights area has the highest elevation
in the city. The city once relied on groundwater
for its water needs. Land subsidence forced the
city to turn to ground-level water sources such
as Lake Houston.
1.
Worlds largest medical center with 42
institutions.
2. Second largest port in the US in total
tonnage.
3. Second largest theater district with four
permanent resident ballet, opera, symphony and
theater companies.
4. Third largest consular corps in the US with
79 consulates 90 languages are spoken in
Houston.
5. Fourth largest Museum District in the US with
6 million annual visitors.
6. Fourth largest airport system in the US
7. Fifth largest shopping center in the world.
8. Only city to have two retractable roof sports
stadiums.
9. Home of Johnson Space Center
10. Restaurants number 5000 not including fast
food.
The once a year Art Car Parade is fun! Space
Center Houston is in Clear Lake SE Houston. The new
basketball "Toyota Center" home to the Houston Rockets and
baseball "Minute Maid Park" stadium home to the Houston
Astros are downtown. Houston Live Stock and Rodeo - Reliant
Park complex is a big deal with concert performances every
night. The Galleria Shopping Center on Westheimer street has
an ice skating rink in the middle of it. River Oaks is
the most expensive neighborhood followed by
memorial-villages piney-point. Houston is the only city in
the US that has 2 yellow pages A-L and M-Z.
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