City of Corpus Christi
1201 Leopard Street
Corpus Christi, Texas 78469
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| Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the
South Texas region of the state of Texas and the county seat
and largest city of Nueces County, it also extends into
Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio Counties. It is 130 miles
southeast of San Antonio. Its political boundaries encompass
Nueces Bay and Corpus Christi Bay. Its zoned boundaries
include small land parcels or water inlets of three
neighboring counties. |
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| The city's population was estimated to
be 326,586 in 2019, making it the eighth-most populous city
in Texas. The Corpus Christi metropolitan area had an
estimated population of 442,600. It is also the hub of the
six-county Corpus Christi-Kingsville Combined Statistical
Area, with a 2013 estimated population of 516,793. The Port
of Corpus Christi is the fifth-largest in the United States.
The region is served by the Corpus Christi International
Airport. |
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| The city's name means body of Christ in
Ecclesiastical Latin, in reference to the Christian
sacrament of Holy Communion. The name was given to the
settlement and surrounding bay by Spanish explorer Alonso
Álvarez de Pineda in 1519, as he discovered the lush
semitropical bay on the Western Christian feast day of
Corpus Christi. |
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View of Corpus Christi |
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| Corpus Christi |
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| State Aquarium |
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USS Lexington Museum |
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Downtown Corpus
Christi |
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