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Southeast ___MASK82___ is a subregion of East ___MASK82___ located in the southeast corner of the U . S . state of ___MASK82___ . The subregion is geographically centered on the Houston  Sugar Land  The Woodlands and Beaumont  Port Arthur metropolitan areas . Parts of Southeast ___MASK82___ overlap with Central ___MASK82___ , and the region borders Acadiana and the Sabine River . ___MASK44___ is the ___MASK66___ populous city in ___MASK82___ and the fourth - ___MASK66___ populous city in the United States after Chicago , located in Southeast ___MASK82___ near the Gulf of Mexico . With a census - estimated 2014 population of 2 . 239 million within an area of , it also is the largest city in the Southern United States , as well as the seat of Harris County . It is the principal city of ___MASK44___  The Woodlands  Sugar Land , which is the fifth - ___MASK66___ populated metropolitan area in the United States of America . ___MASK90___ ( or ), officially the City ___MASK75___ ___MASK90___ , is the third - ___MASK66___ populous city in the United States , and the fifth - ___MASK66___ populous city in North America . With over 2 . 7 million residents , it is the ___MASK66___ populous city in the state ___MASK75___ Illinois and the Midwestern United States , and the county seat ___MASK75___ ___MASK9___ . The ___MASK90___ metropolitan area , often referred to as Chicagoland , has nearly 10 million people and is the third - largest in the U . S . ___MASK82___ is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population . Geographically located in the south central part of the country , ___MASK82___ shares borders with the U . S . states of Louisiana to the east , Arkansas to the northeast , Oklahoma to the north , New Mexico to the west , and the Mexican states of Chihuahua , Coahuila , Nuevo León , and Tamaulipas to the southwest , while the Gulf of Mexico is to the southeast . Downtown ___MASK44___ is ___MASK44___ ' s ___MASK93___ business ___MASK53___ , containing the headquarters ___MASK75___ many prominent companies . There is an extensive network ___MASK75___ pedestrian tunnels and skywalks connecting the buildings ___MASK75___ the ___MASK53___ . The tunnel system is home to many restaurants , shops and services . ___MASK59___ is a coastal resort city on ___MASK59___ Island and Pelican Island in the U . S . state of ___MASK82___ . The community of , with its population of 47 , 762 people ( 2012 Census estimate ), is the county seat and second - largest municipality of ___MASK59___ County . It is within metropolitan area . Sakowitz was a chain ___MASK75___ family - owned department stores based in Houston , ___MASK82___ , United States . The store was founded by two brothers , Tobias and Simon Sakowitz , in Galveston , ___MASK82___ in 1902 . Other family members were working in the cotton mills in Galveston . The two brothers , Simon and Tobias , began a peddler business , taking orders and delivering clothes on a bicycle to the many merchant seamen in Galveston at that time . Eventually , the chain expanded to thirteen locations , ___MASK75___ which ten were in ___MASK82___ . The Kiam Building is located at 320 Main Street in Downtown ___MASK44___ . Clothier Ed Kiam commissioned H . C . Holland to design the five - story , brick Romanesque Revival building , which was completed in 1893 . The Kiam Building was the first in ___MASK44___ to operate an electric elevator , and it was wired for electric lighting . Kiam operated his haberdashery on the ground floor and leased rooms on the upper floors as office space . Another retailer , Sakowitz operated in the Kiam Building between 1918 and 1929 . Barry Moore completed restoration ___MASK75___ the building in 1981 . The Greater ___MASK44___ Preservation Alliance recognized Moore ' s work with a Good Brick Award the same year . A department store or magazine is a retail establishment offering a wide range ___MASK75___ consumer goods in different product categories known as " departments ". In modern major cities , the department store made a dramatic appearance in the middle ___MASK75___ the 19th century , and permanently reshaped shopping habits , and the definition ___MASK75___ service and luxury . Similar developments were under way in ___MASK61___ ( with Whiteleys ), in Paris (" Le Bon Marché " in 1852 ) and in ___MASK13___ ( with Stewart ' s ). The Southern United States , commonly referred to as the American ___MASK87___ , Dixie , or simply the ___MASK87___ , is a region ___MASK75___ the ___MASK65___ . The ___MASK87___ does not exactly match the geographic south , but is predominantly located in the southeastern corner ; Arizona and New ___MASK26___ , which are geographically in the southern part ___MASK75___ the country , are rarely considered part ___MASK75___ the Southern United States , while ___MASK99___ , which separated from Virginia in 1863 , commonly is . Some scholars have proposed definitions ___MASK75___ the ___MASK87___ that do not coincide neatly with state boundaries . While the states ___MASK75___ Delaware and Maryland , as well as the District ___MASK75___ Columbia permitted slavery prior to the start ___MASK75___ the Civil War , they remained with the Union . Since the Civil Rights Movement ___MASK75___ the 1960s , they became more culturally , economically , and politically aligned with the industrial Northern states , and are often identified as part ___MASK75___ the Mid - Atlantic and / or Northeast by many residents , businesses , public institutions , and private organizations . However , the United States Census Bureau puts them in the ___MASK87___ . ___MASK26___ (, modern Nahuatl ), officially the United Mexican States , is a federal republic in the southern half of North America . It is bordered to the north by the United States ; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean ; to the southeast by Guatemala , Belize , and the ___MASK51___ Sea ; and to the east by the Gulf of ___MASK26___ . Covering almost two million square kilometers ( over 760 , 000 sq mi ), ___MASK26___ is the sixth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent nation in the world . With an estimated population of over 120 million , it is the eleventh most populous country and the most populous Spanish - speaking country in the world while being the second most populous country in Latin America . ___MASK26___ is a federation comprising 31 states and a federal district that is also its capital and most populous city . Other metropolises include Guadalajara , Monterrey , Puebla , ___MASK31___ , Tijuana and León . The ___MASK62___ ___MASK75___ ___MASK26___ is an ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent . It is bounded on the northeast , north and ___MASK43___ by the ___MASK62___ Coast ___MASK75___ the United States , on the ___MASK71___ and south by ___MASK26___ , and on the southeast by ___MASK72___ . The U . S . states ___MASK75___ Alabama , Florida , ___MASK86___ , Mississippi and ___MASK82___ border the ___MASK62___ on the north , which are often referred to as the " Third Coast " in comparison with the U . S . Atlantic and Pacific coasts , or sometimes the " south coast ", in juxtaposition to the Great Lakes region being the " north coast ." One ___MASK75___ the gulf ' s seven main areas is the ___MASK62___ ___MASK75___ ___MASK26___ basin .