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Brownsville

City in southern Texas, USA, on the Rio Grande just before it flows into the Gulf of Mexico, 212 km/132 mi south of Corpus Christi and 8 km/5 mi north of Matamoros, Mexico; seat of Cameron County; population (2000) 139,700. It is a port of entry to the USA, and serves as a commercial and processing centre for the irrigated farmlands of the lower Rio Grande Valley; industries include electronic and aerospace equipment, petrochemicals, and food products; tourism is also important.

Originally founded as Fort Taylor in 1846, Brownsville was an important Confederate port during the Civil War; it changed its name when it was incorporated as a city in 1850. It is the seat of the University of Texas-Brownsville (1973).



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Corpus Christi, in the county of Nueces, and all the cities situated on the Rio Bravo, Laredo, Comalites, San Ignacio on the Web, Rio Grande City on the Starr, Edinburgh in the Hidalgo, Santa Rita, Elpanda, Brownsville in the Cameron, formed an imposing league against the pretensions of Florida.
From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
In the one community of Brownsville, for example, settled several years ago by an overflow of Russian Jews from the East Side of New York, there are now as many telephones as in the kingdom of Greece.
The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert N. View in context
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