Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. The population was 277,454 at the 2000 census; in 2006 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 285,175, making it the eighth-largest city in the state. It is the principal city of the three-county Corpus Christi Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger Corpus Christi-Kingsville Combined Statistical Area. The translation from Latin of the city's name is Body of Christ, given to the settlement by the Spanish, in honor of the Blessed Sacrament (Eucharist). The city has been nicknamed The Sparkling City by the Sea, or "Corpitos" particularly in literature promoting tourism.
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| - Die Stadt Corpus Christi ist eine Küstenstadt im Süden von Texas. Bei der Volkszählung 2010 wohnten 305.215 Personen in Corpus Christi. In ihrer Anfangszeit war sie bekannt dafür, eine Schmugglerstadt zu sein, die Konterbande nach Mexiko verkaufte. (de)
- Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. The population was 277,454 at the 2000 census; in 2006 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 285,175, making it the eighth-largest city in the state. It is the principal city of the three-county Corpus Christi Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger Corpus Christi-Kingsville Combined Statistical Area. The translation from Latin of the city's name is Body of Christ, given to the settlement by the Spanish, in honor of the Blessed Sacrament (Eucharist). The city has been nicknamed The Sparkling City by the Sea, or "Corpitos" particularly in literature promoting tourism. (en)
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| - Corpus Christi Metropolitan Statistical Area
- History of Corpus Christi, Texas
- Blessed Sacrament
- Hurricane Hanna (2020)
- Republic of Texas
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- Nueces County, Texas
- 1916 Texas hurricane
- 1919 Florida Keys hurricane
- Corpus Christi, Texas
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- Aransas County, Texas
- Zachary Taylor
- Timeline of Brownsville, Texas
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- San Patricio County, Texas
- Eucharist
- Hurricane Bret (1999)
- Hurricane Harvey (2017)
- List of cities in Texas by population
- United States Census, 2000
- Nueces County
- Colonel Henry Lawrence Kinney
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| - Die Stadt Corpus Christi ist eine Küstenstadt im Süden von Texas. Bei der Volkszählung 2010 wohnten 305.215 Personen in Corpus Christi. In ihrer Anfangszeit war sie bekannt dafür, eine Schmugglerstadt zu sein, die Konterbande nach Mexiko verkaufte. (de)
- Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. The population was 277,454 at the 2000 census; in 2006 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 285,175, making it the eighth-largest city in the state. It is the principal city of the three-county Corpus Christi Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger Corpus Christi-Kingsville Combined Statistical Area. The translation from Latin of the city's name is Body of Christ, given to the settlement by the Spanish, in honor of the Blessed Sacrament (Eucharist). The city has been nicknamed The Sparkling City by the Sea, or "Corpitos" particularly in literature promoting tourism. Before Corpus Christi was known as Kinney's Rancho or Kinney's Ranch it was on a site known as the Old Indian Trading Grounds where traders smuggled contraband goods to sell and trade in Mexico as early as 1829. (en)
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