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Harlingen (/ ˈ h ɑːr l ɪ n dʒ ɪ n / HAR-lin-jin) [6] is a city in Cameron County in the central region of the Rio Grande Valley of the southern part of the U.S. state of Texas, about 30 miles (48 km) from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
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The following is a list of people born in or otherwise closely associated with the city of Harlingen, Texas. Pages in category "People from Harlingen, Texas" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total.
From 1947–48 to 1960, Trans-Texas Airways (TTa) Douglas DC-3s served Harlingen Air Force Base under a joint civil-military airport agreement; in 1960, Harvey Richards Field received a new 4900-ft runway, and TTa moved their operations there until the airline moved its flights back to the former air force base following Hurricane Beulah.
An auxiliary airfield was built at Port Isabel, Texas to support training and flight operations at Harlingen. Training was conducted in air-to-air & air-to-surface gunnery; air-to-air training used a variety of aircraft, including AT-6 Texans , BT-13 Valiants , P-63 Kingcobras , B-17 Flying Fortresses , B-26 Marauder [ 5 ] and B-24 Liberators .
KGBT-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Harlingen, Texas, United States, serving the Lower Rio Grande Valley as a primary Antenna TV owned-and-operated station and a secondary MyNetworkTV affiliate. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Brownsville-licensed dual NBC/CBS affiliate KVEO-TV (channel 23).
The Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville combined statistical area is made up of two counties in the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas. The CSA consists of the Brownsville–Harlingen metropolitan statistical area and the Raymondville micropolitan statistical area. A 2013 census estimate puts its population at 439,197.
Harlingen may mean: Harlingen, Netherlands, a municipality and city in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands; Harlingen, Texas, a city in the United States; Harlingen, New Jersey, an unincorporated village in Montgomery Township, New Jersey, United States