Brownsville

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city

Brownsville is a city at the southern tip of Texas near the U.S.–Mexico border, known for its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico and its role as a major border and trade hub.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Brownsville, Texas	8
Brownsville, Texas, United States	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
borderCityWith	Matamoros ⓘ surface form: Matamoros, Tamaulipas
borderFunction	commercial freight crossing ⓘ passenger crossing ⓘ
borderRiver	Rio Grande ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
county	Cameron County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicRole	gateway for U.S.–Mexico trade ⓘ
foundedAs	Brownsville self-linksurface differs ⓘ
governingBody	City Commission of Brownsville ⓘ
governmentType	council–manager government ⓘ
hasBorderCrossingTo	Matamoros ⓘ surface form: Matamoros, Mexico
hasDemographicCharacteristic	predominantly Hispanic or Latino population ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ⓘ surface form: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (Brownsville campus)
hasIndustry	international trade ⓘ logistics ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasMajorHighway	Interstate 69E NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 77 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 83 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbyAttraction	South Padre Island ⓘ
hasNearbyProtectedArea	Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park ⓘ
hasPort	Port of Brownsville ⓘ
hasPortFunction	deepwater seaport ⓘ
hasRiver	Rio Grande ⓘ
hasSisterCity	Matamoros ⓘ surface form: Matamoros, Tamaulipas
hasSportsTeam	Brownsville Toros ⓘ
hasTransportation	Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	Cameron County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageMajority	Spanish and English ⓘ
locatedIn	South Texas ⓘ surface form: Rio Grande Valley South Texas ⓘ southern tip of Texas ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea	Brownsville–Matamoros metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Brownsville–Harlingen metropolitan area
locatedNear	Boca Chica, Texas ⓘ Gulf of Mexico ⓘ Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas ⓘ surface form: SpaceX Starbase
locatedOn	Rio Grande ⓘ U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ
namedAfter	Jacob Brown ⓘ
partOf	U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ surface form: United States–Mexico border region
region	Gulf Coast of Texas ⓘ
role	major border hub ⓘ major trade hub ⓘ
state	Texas ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Brownsville–Matamoros crossing → connects → Brownsville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brownsville, Texas

Brownsville → foundedAs → Brownsville self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Brownsville, Texas

South Texas → hasMajorCity → Brownsville ⓘ

Texas (to the south and southeast via the Red River region) → hasMajorCity → Brownsville ⓘ

subject surface form: Texas

United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas → hasSeat → Brownsville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brownsville, Texas

Gulf Coast of the United States → includesCity → Brownsville ⓘ

United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas → jurisdiction → Brownsville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brownsville, Texas

Brownsville–Matamoros crossing → locatedIn → Brownsville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brownsville, Texas

Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas → locatedNear → Brownsville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brownsville, Texas

Rio Grande → majorCityOnRiver → Brownsville ⓘ

Brownsville–Matamoros crossing → nearbyCity → Brownsville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brownsville, Texas

Kris Kristofferson → placeOfBirth → Brownsville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brownsville, Texas, United States

USS Forrestal (CV-59) → scrappedAt → Brownsville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brownsville, Texas

Brownsville–Matamoros crossing → servesCity → Brownsville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brownsville, Texas