South Texas Plains
Texas's southern region is, for the most part, a forbidding desert area. A borderland with nearby Mexico, it acts as a gateway for those coming north and those going south.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
San Antonio
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San Antonio is the second largest city in the state of Texas and the 7th largest in the United States.
Laredo
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Laredo is a city with 262,000 inhabitants on the South Texas Plains. Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, is just across the Rio Grande.
Edinburg
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Edinburg is in the South Texas Plains and was originally called Chapin before its name took on a variation of the capital of Scotland.
Destinations
Alice
Alice is a city of 19,000 people on the South Texas Plains between Corpus Christi, McAllen, Laredo, and San Antonio.
Eagle Pass
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Eagle Pass is a city on the South Texas Plains. It is just across the river from the slightly larger city of Piedras Negras in the Mexican state of Coahuila.
Mission
Mission is a city in Hidalgo County, in the US state of Texas, United States.
Carrizo Springs
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Carrizo Springs is the largest city in and the county seat of Dimmit County, Texas, United States.
Castroville
Castroville is a city in the South Texas Plains. Castroville is known as the Little Alsace of Texas, because its founder brought in a large group of settlers from Alsace in the 1840s.
Pleasanton
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Pleasanton is a city in Atascosa County, Texas, United States.
Natural Bridge Caverns
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The Natural Bridge Caverns are the largest commercial caverns in the US state of Texas.
South Texas Plains
- Type: vernacular region
- Description: region in Texas, United States
- Location: Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
27.853° or 27° 51' 11" northLongitude of centre
-98.981° or 98° 58' 52" westWikidata ID
Q3494105South Texas Plains Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Czech: South Plains
- Dutch: South Plains
- English: South Plains
- English: Southern Texas Plains
- French: South Plains
- Hebrew: אזור המישורים של דרום טקסס
- Italian: South Plains
- Pianure meridionali del Texas
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page South Texas Plains. Photo: Troy34, CC BY-SA 4.0.