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Brownsville

seat of Cameron County, Texas, United States
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Summary

Brownsville is a city in the United States[1]. Brownsville ranks in the top 2% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,577 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Cameron County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Rio Grande[5]
  • Head of government: Juan Mendez III[6], John Cowen Jr.[7]
  • Instance of: border city[8], big city[9], county seat[10]
  • Named after: Fort Brown[11]
  • Twinned administrative body: Barranquilla[12], Matamoros[13], Guadalajara[14]
  • Postal code: 78520[15], 78521[16], 78522[17], 78523[18], 78526[19]
  • Part of: Rio Grande Valley[20]
  • Commons category: Brownsville, Texas[21]
  • Located in time zone: Central Time Zone[22]
  • Local dialing code: 956[23]
  • Inception: 1849[24]
  • Authority: City of Brownsville[25]
  • Official website: http://www.cob.us/[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Brownsville, Texas[27]
  • Commons gallery: Brownsville, Texas[28]
  • Population: 183,046[29], 175,023[30], 186,738[31]
  • Office held by head of government: mayor of Brownsville[32]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[34], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[35]
  • Capital of: Cameron County[36]
  • Official name: Brownsville[37]
  • Motto text: On the Border by the Sea[38]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Brownsville, Texas[39]
  • Category for people who died here: Q19889827[40]

Body

Physical Characteristics

Areas include 378.856492 km²[41] and 378.865506 km²[42]. Brownsville sits at an elevation of 10 m[43].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Brownsville include Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport[44], an international airport[45], in United States[46].

Why It Matters

Brownsville has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Brownsville is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Entities named for Brownsville include Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport[44], an international airport[45], in United States[46].

Related Entities

Bruce Sterling Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy Gorgas Science Foundation Hansheng Lei Kris Kristofferson South Texas Diabetes & Obesity Institute SpaceX United States University of Texas at Brownsville University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . brownsvilletx.gov. Retrieved . brownsvilletx.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . brownsvilletx.gov. Retrieved . brownsvilletx.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . barranquilla.gov.co. barranquilla.gov.co. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [41] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  41. [42] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → city in the United States, border city, big city +1
    Located in or next to body of water → Rio Grande
    Category for people who died here → Q19889827
    Located in the statistical territorial entity → Brownsville–Harlingen metropolitan area
    + 38 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: brownsville, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289920444|brownsville (#289920444)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
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