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12 Further reading 16.2 Geography and environment Texian retreat: the Runaway Scrape, Main article: Economy of Texas The Houston Office of Protocol and International Affairs is the city's liaison to Houston's sister cities and to the national governing organization Sister Cities International Through their official city-to-city relationships these volunteer associations promote people-to-people diplomacy and encourage citizens to develop mutual trust and understanding through commercial cultural educational and humanitarian exchanges. . Tomball Both plans started in July but by mid-September the Battle for Guadalcanal took priority for the Japanese and troops in New Guinea were ordered to withdraw from the Port Moresby area to the northern part of the island where they faced Australian and United States troops in the Battle of Buna-Gona. Guadalcanal soon became a focal point for both sides with heavy commitments of troops and ships in the battle for Guadalcanal By the start of 1943 the Japanese were defeated on the island and withdrew their troops in Burma Commonwealth forces mounted two operations the first an offensive into the Arakan region in late 1942 went disastrously forcing a retreat back to India by May 1943 the second was the insertion of irregular forces behind Japanese front-lines in February which by the end of April had achieved mixed results, Emerging Research Universities (Tier 2), The Portuguese victory at the Second Battle of Guararapes ended Dutch presence in Brazil. Galveston Bay is a central feature of the Greater Houston metropolitan area the bay serves an essential economic role as home of the Houston Ship Channel and a large fishing industry and is also an important destination for recreation and coastal wildlife Covering approximately 600 square miles (1,600 km2) the estuary extends 30 miles (48 km) inland from the coast and has a maximum width of 17 miles (27 km). Important regional communities including Galveston and Texas City are located along the bay While the City of Houston proper does not adjoin the bay its limits do extend southward to encompass the NASA Johnson Space Center and the community of Clear Lake, The playing surface in 1999 2 1900s 3.1 2013 referendum and aftermath Houston the most populous city in the Southern United States is located along the upper Texas Gulf Coast approximately 50 miles (80 km) northwest of the Gulf of Mexico at Galveston the city which is the ninth-largest in the United States by area covers 601.7 square miles (1,558 km2) of which 579.4 square miles (1,501 km2) or 96.3% is land and 22.3 square miles (58 km2) or 3.7% is water. !

The Houston Ship Channel connecting the Port of Houston to the Gulf passes through Galveston Bay Houston is the largest city on the bay while smaller ones include Galveston Pasadena Baytown and Texas City the bay provides nursery and spawning grounds for large amounts of marine life and is important for both commercial and recreational fishing, County governments serve as agents of the state with responsibilities defined in the Texas Constitution Counties are governed by the commissioners' court Each Texas county has four precinct commissioners and a county judge Although this body is called a court it conducts the general business of the county and oversees financial matters the commissioners court may hire personnel to run major departments such as health and human services. Houston Texas Business Directory, Conquest The Houston Theater District located in Downtown is home to nine major performing arts organizations and six performance halls It is the second-largest concentration of theater seats in a downtown area in the United States, Proposals of 1850 for Texas northwestern boundary Eastern FrontManhattan Project. .