(-10) 14 2 1900s This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. The surrender of Granada in 1492 the last Moorish sultan of Granada Muhammad XII before Ferdinand and Isabella The primary network-affiliated television stations are KPRC-TV (NBC) KHOU (CBS) KTRK-TV (ABC) KRIV (Fox) KIAH (The CW) and KTXH (MyNetworkTV) KTRK-TV KRIV and KTXH operate as owned-and-operated stations of their networks; ; Satellite image of Houston 2018, 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. In 1999 the Houston-based Enron Corporation began construction of a 40-floor skyscraper Designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates and Kendall/Heaton Associates and completed in 2002 the building was originally known as the Enron Center the company collapsed in a well-publicized manner in 2001 and the building became officially known by its address 1500 Louisiana Street!
Nacogdoches (32,996) The NRG Astrodome also known as the Houston Astrodome or simply the Astrodome is the world's first multi-purpose domed sports stadium located in Houston Texas Construction on the stadium began in 1962 and it officially opened in 1965 it served as home to the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB) from its opening in 1965 until 1999 and the home to the Houston Oilers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1968 until 1996 and also the part-time home of the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1971 until 1975 Additionally the Astrodome was the primary venue of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo from 1966 until 2002 When opened it was named the Harris County Domed Stadium and was nicknamed the "Eighth Wonder of the World"; 352 Westlake Chemical Per the 2010 US census records the ten most populous East Texas cities are:. Aldine ISD The successive expeditions and experience of the Portuguese pilots led to a rapid evolution of Portuguese nautical science. The shaded relief map of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean area, The Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research a think tank has described Greater Houston as "one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse metropolitan areas in the country". Houston's diversity fueled by large waves of immigrants has been attributed to its relatively low cost of living strong job market proximity to Latin America and role as a hub for refugee resettlement a 2012 Kinder Institute report found that based on the evenness of population distribution between the four major racial groups in the United States (non-Hispanic white non-Hispanic black Hispanic or Latino and Asian) Greater Houston was the most ethnically diverse metropolitan area in the United States ahead of New York City in 2017 according to the U.S Census Bureau non-Hispanic whites made up 24.9% of the population of Houston proper Hispanics or Latinos 44.5% Blacks or African Americans 22.9% and Asians 6.7%. .
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