The French flag of the Bourbons History of Texas 6 Manufacturing and industry 6 El Paso El Paso 683,080 Cypress 2 Background! . Marker on the Harris County Annex 2 Building in Downtown Houston indicating the site where Sam Houston lived from 1837 to 1838, Houston Texas Business Directory 2.1 Rivers The South Texas Intermediate Sanction Facility Unit a parole confinement facility for males operated by Global Expertise in Outsourcing is in downtown Houston west of Minute Maid Park. Space Shuttle Independence replica covered in snow 2017, One of Houston's most recent downtown landmarks is Discovery Green a large public park designed by Page Southerland Page with Hargreaves Associates, Main article: 2006 Gulf of Mexico earthquake. The University Interscholastic League (UIL) organizes most primary and secondary school competitions Events organized by UIL include contests in athletics (the most popular being high school football) as well as artistic and academic subjects. ; Houston Texas Business Directory The original city council line-up of 14 members (nine district-based and five at-large positions) was based on a U.S Justice Department mandate which took effect in 1979. At-large council members represent the entire city. Under the city charter once the population in the city limits exceeded 2.1 million residents two additional districts were to be added the city of Houston's official 2010 census count was 600 shy of the required number; however as the city was expected to grow beyond 2.1 million shortly thereafter the two additional districts were added for and the positions filled during the August 2011 elections; Southside Place Cedar Bayou In 2003 the Texas School Nutrition Policy Launch set nutrition standards with the intentions of discouraging obesity. This policy lowered the availability of foods of minimal nutritional value in schools limited portion sizes limited trans fats and limited fried foods. Texas has also required early childhood education programs to encourage breastfeeding provide drinking water access and provide daily physical activity the state also has a fund specifically for financing healthy food in 2013 the Obesity Prevention Program was created after merging the Nutrition Physical Activity and Obesity Prevention (NPAOP) and Worksite Wellness Programs. This program supports healthy eating physical activity and policies that promote healthier lifestyles.
. . Texas Convention of 1836, The Harris County Jail Complex of the Harris County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) is the largest in Texas and one of the largest in the nation in July 2012 the facility held 9,113 prisoners to handle overcrowding in the facility the county had to ship inmates to other counties and some are housed out of the state. The Texas constitution defines the responsibilities of county governments which serve as agents of the state What are called commissioners court and court judges are elected to serve as the administrative arm Most cities in the state those over 5,000 in population have home-rule governments the vast majority of these have charters for council-manager forms of government by which voters elect council members who hire a professional city manager as operating officer! . . . Other Non-Christian faiths 0.5 Chinese (including Mandarin and Cantonese) 0.56% The Sabine Trinity Neches Angelina and Sulphur Rivers are the major rivers in East Texas but the Brazos River and Red River also flow through the region the Brazos cuts through the southwest portion of the region while the Red River forms its northern border with Oklahoma and a portion of Arkansas in East Texas and the rest of the South small rivers and creeks collect into swamps called "bayous" and merge with the surrounding forest Bald cypress and Spanish moss are the dominant plants in bayous the most famous of these bayous are Cypress Bayou and Buffalo Bayou Cypress Bayou surrounds the Big Little and Black Cypress Rivers around Jefferson They flow east into Caddo Lake and the adjoining wetlands cover the rim and islands of the lake.
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