texas city
city, Galveston county, Texas, U.S. It is part of the Galveston-Texas City complex on Galveston Bay. Texas City is a deepwater port on channels to the Gulf of Mexico, and its industrial activities have considerably expanded since World War II to include the production of petrochemicals, tin smelting, and oil refining.
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