. In 1997 Houstonians elected Lee P Brown as the city's first African American mayor, Further information: Diplomatic history of World War II, Houston Texas Business Directory More than 235 establishments in the Houston metro area manufacture plastic and rubber products. Houston dominates the U.S production of three major resins: polyethylene (38.7% of U.S capacity); polyvinyl chloride (35.9% of U.S capacity) and polypropylene (48.4% of U.S capacity). On December 13 2007 Mexico submitted information to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) regarding the extension of Mexico's continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles. Mexico sought an extension of its continental shelf in the Western Polygon based on international law UNCLOS and bilateral treaties with the United States in accordance with Mexico's domestic legislation on March 13 2009 the CLCS accepted Mexico's arguments for extending its continental shelf up to 350 NM into the Western Polygon Since this would extend Mexico's continental shelf well into territory claimed by the United States however Mexico and the U.S would need to enter a bilateral agreement based on international law that delimits their respective claims, Tomball ISD Henry Arthur McArdle's 1895 painting the Battle of San Jacinto Whites (Non-Hispanic) 25.6% 30.8% 40.6% 62.4%. The Harris County Housing Authority (HCHA) is a governmental nonprofit corporation which addresses the need for quality affordable housing the HCHA has been recognized by the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development as the highest performing housing authority in the region and was recently named one of America's 10 best Public Housing Authorities. Guy R Rankin IV is Chief Executive Officer of Harris County Housing Authority (HCHA); Rose Hill Houston's environmental problems stem from a long history of pollution Houston may be considered the air-conditioning capital of the world due to its hot and humid metropolitan Since the 1930s air-conditioning was built into all commercial buildings like theaters malls and corporations Even the Astrodome was air-conditioned making baseball players and fans comfortable for decades This led to the possibility of an energy crisis because of the popularity of air-conditioning in Houston energy costs are generally higher than normal, 1930s 15 Further reading, with Texas and U.S ranks 3.3 Tornadoes The Early 1900s. .
Johnson Space Center 1989, Government and politics The Lyric Centre, Houmont Park Native Americans are a smaller minority in the state Native Americans make up 0.5 percent of Texas's population and number over 118,000 individuals Native Americans of non-Hispanic origin make up 0.3 percent of the population and number over 75,000 individuals Cherokee made up 0.1 percent of the population and numbered over 19,400 members in contrast only 583 identified as Chippewa. . In 1840 the community established a chamber of commerce in part to promote shipping and navigation at the newly created port on Buffalo Bayou! George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) located 23 miles (37 km) north of Downtown Houston between Interstates 45 and 69 is the eighth busiest commercial airport in the United States (by total passengers and aircraft movements) and forty-third busiest globally the five-terminal five-runway 11,000-acre (4,500-hectare) airport served 40 million passengers in 2016 including 10 million international travelers in 2006 the United States Department of Transportation named IAH the fastest-growing of the top ten airports in the United States the Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center is located at Bush Intercontinental. 1.4 Weather See also: List of airports in Texas, Flags of the six nations that have had sovereignty over some or all of the current territory of Texas, 4.4.2 County services Houston Texas Business Directory. .
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