South Texas

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cultural region region

South Texas is a culturally rich and predominantly Hispanic region of southern Texas known for its border communities, agriculture, and strong ties to Mexico.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Rio Grande Valley	19
Lower Rio Grande Valley	3
South Texas region	2
Coastal Bend	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region ⓘ region ⓘ
borders	Mexico ⓘ Northeast Mexico ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater	Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
containsProtectedArea	Aransas National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ Padre Island National Seashore ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasCharacteristic	bilingual English–Spanish population ⓘ culturally rich region ⓘ largely rural outside major cities ⓘ predominantly Hispanic population ⓘ strong cultural ties to Mexico ⓘ
hasClimate	semi-arid ⓘ subtropical ⓘ
hasCulturalTradition	Tejano music ⓘ charreada and rodeo events ⓘ conjunto music ⓘ
hasDialect	Mexican Spanish ⓘ surface form: Tex-Mex Spanish
hasEconomicActivity	cattle ranching ⓘ citrus farming ⓘ cotton production ⓘ cross-border commerce ⓘ maquiladora-related trade ⓘ
hasHistoricalInfluence	Anglo-American settlement ⓘ Mexican heritage ⓘ Spanish colonial period ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Brownsville ⓘ Corpus Christi ⓘ Del Rio ⓘ Eagle Pass, Texas ⓘ surface form: Eagle Pass Edinburg, Texas ⓘ surface form: Edinburg Harlingen ⓘ Kingsville, Texas ⓘ surface form: Kingsville Laredo, Texas ⓘ surface form: Laredo McAllen, Texas ⓘ surface form: McAllen San Antonio ⓘ
hasMajorEthnicGroup	Hispanic and Latino Americans ⓘ Mexican Americans ⓘ
hasSubregion	Brush Country ⓘ South Texas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Coastal Bend South Texas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rio Grande Valley South Texas Plains ⓘ
knownFor	Tejano culture ⓘ Tex-Mex cuisine ⓘ agriculture ⓘ border communities ⓘ oil and gas production ⓘ ranching ⓘ winter tourism by “snowbirds” ⓘ
locatedIn	Southern United States ⓘ Texas ⓘ
partOf	Texas ⓘ U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ surface form: U.S.–Mexico border region
traversedBy	Rio Grande ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southeast Texas → bordersRegion → South Texas ⓘ

southwestern United States → contains → South Texas ⓘ

subject surface form: Southwestern United States

this entity surface form: Rio Grande Valley

Christus Spohn Shoreline Hospital projects → geographicRegion → South Texas ⓘ

Texas (to the south and southeast via the Red River region) → hasRegion → South Texas ⓘ

subject surface form: Texas

South Texas → hasSubregion → South Texas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rio Grande Valley

South Texas → hasSubregion → South Texas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coastal Bend

Edinburg, Texas → isPartOf → South Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rio Grande Valley

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (New Mexico segments designated as NHL) → linkedRegion → South Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rio Grande Valley

Brownsville → locatedIn → South Texas ⓘ

subject surface form: Brownsville, Texas

Brownsville → locatedIn → South Texas ⓘ

subject surface form: Brownsville, Texas

this entity surface form: Rio Grande Valley

Corpus Christi → locatedIn → South Texas ⓘ

Edinburg, Texas → locatedIn → South Texas ⓘ

McAllen, Texas → locatedIn → South Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rio Grande Valley

McAllen, Texas → locatedIn → South Texas ⓘ

McAllen, Texas → locatedIn → South Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Rio Grande Valley

Mission, Texas → locatedIn → South Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rio Grande Valley

Mission, Texas → locatedIn → South Texas ⓘ

Pharr, Texas → locatedIn → South Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rio Grande Valley

Pharr, Texas → locatedIn → South Texas ⓘ

Texas's 15th congressional district → locatedIn → South Texas ⓘ

Texas's 15th congressional district → locatedIn → South Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rio Grande Valley

Texas's 27th congressional district → locatedIn → South Texas ⓘ

Texas's 28th congressional district → locatedIn → South Texas ⓘ

Texas's 34th congressional district → locatedIn → South Texas ⓘ

Texas's 34th congressional district → locatedIn → South Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rio Grande Valley

Uvalde County, Texas → locatedIn → South Texas ⓘ

Uvalde, Texas → locatedIn → South Texas ⓘ

Valencia County, New Mexico → locatedIn → South Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rio Grande Valley

Brownsville–Matamoros crossing → locatedInRegion → South Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rio Grande Valley

San Antonio → locatedInRegion → South Texas ⓘ

Socorro, New Mexico → locatedOn → South Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rio Grande Valley

Sandia Peak Tramway → offersViewOf → South Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rio Grande Valley

Sandia Mountains → overlooks → South Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rio Grande Valley

Coronado Historic Site (Kuaua Pueblo) → partOf → South Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rio Grande Valley

Corpus Christi, Texas, United States → partOf → South Texas ⓘ

subject surface form: Corpus Christi, Texas

Edinburg, Texas → region → South Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rio Grande Valley

Mission, Texas → region → South Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Rio Grande Valley

Texas A&I University → region → South Texas ⓘ

Monica De La Cruz → regionRepresented → South Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rio Grande Valley

Monica De La Cruz → regionRepresented → South Texas ⓘ

Laredo–Nuevo Laredo crossing → regionServed → South Texas ⓘ

Monica De La Cruz → represents → South Texas ⓘ

Monica De La Cruz → represents → South Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rio Grande Valley

Port of Corpus Christi → serves → South Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Texas region

The Witte Museum → servesCommunity → South Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Texas region

The DoSeum → servesRegion → South Texas ⓘ

Coahuiltecan languages → subregion → South Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Rio Grande Valley