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Anahuac (/ ˈ æ n ə w æ k / AN-ə-wak) [4] is a city in the U.S. state of Texas on the coast of Trinity Bay. The population of the city was 1,980 at the 2020 census. [5] Anahuac is the seat of Chambers County [6] and is situated in Southeast Texas. The Texas Legislature designated the city as the "Alligator Capital of Texas" in 1989.
Anahuac is sometimes used interchangeably with "Valley of Mexico", but Anahuac properly designates the south-central part of the 8,000 km 2 (3,089 sq mi) valley, where well-developed pre-Hispanic culture traits had created distinctive landscapes now hidden by the urban sprawl of Mexico City. In the sense of modern geomorphological terminology ...
Lake Anahuac is an artificial lake fed by the // not true, Lake Anahuac is fed naturally by Turtle Bayou and Hog Bayou via a pump station. Trinity River, 45 miles (72 km) east of downtown Houston, Texas, United States in western Chambers County. The city of Anahuac lies on its eastern // southern shores. It was constructed by the Burkhalter ...
The Valley of Mexico attracted prehistoric humans because the region was rich in biodiversity and had the capacity of growing substantial crops. [4] Generally speaking, humans in Mesoamerica, including central Mexico, began to leave a hunter-gatherer existence in favor of agriculture sometime between the end of the Pleistocene epoch and the beginning of the Holocene. [11]
Anahuac (Aztec), placename used by the Aztecs to refer to the Basin of Mexico; Anahuac Valley, the ancient (Aztec) name of the Valley of Mexico; Anáhuac (Monterrey Metro), a rapid transit train station; Anáhuac Municipality, Nuevo León; Anáhuac, Chihuahua , or Colonia Anáhuac, a town in Chihuahua
The Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is a wildlife conservation area along the coast of Texas (USA), west of the town of High Island, Texas. It borders East Bay, part of the Galveston Bay complex, behind Bolivar Peninsula at the Gulf of Mexico .
Anahuac was located on the east side of the Trinity River near the north shore of Galveston Bay, which placed it astride the trade route between Texas and Louisiana and from there to the rest of the United States. In new attempts to curtail smuggling and enforce customs tariffs from the coastal settlements, Mexico placed a garrison there after ...
Anahuac, Greater Houston Trinity Bay is the northeast portion of Galveston Bay , bordered by Chambers and Harris counties in Texas , United States. [ 1 ] The bay, approximately 20 miles (32 km) long, heads at the mouth of the Trinity River .