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Pasadena
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city southeast of Houston, belonging to Harris County, Texas, United States
Pasadena is a city located southeast of Houston in Harris County, Texas. It is part of the greater Houston metropolitan area and serves as a residential and industrial community in the region.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Named after
- Pasadena
- Official name
- Pasadena
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Harris County
- Population
- 151950
- Area
- 114.653108
- Elevation
- 9
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Houston
- Official website
- www.pasadenatx.gov
- Image
- Pasadena TX Chem Skyline.jpg
- Households
- 48174
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- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Greater Houston
- Commons category
- Pasadena, Texas
- topic's main category
- Category:Pasadena, Texas
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Pasadena, Texas
- postal code
- 77508
- twinned administrative body
- Hadano
- inception
- 1893-00-00
- P8168
- Anja Rubik
- water as percent of area
- 3.4006
- native label
- Pasadena
- per capita income
- 24168
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Encyclopedic overview
Pasadena (/ˌpæsəˈdiːnə/) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Harris County. It is part of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 151,950, making it the 23rd most populous city in Texas and the second most populous in Harris County, after Houston. The area was founded in 1893 by John H. Burnett of Galveston, who named the area after Pasadena, California, because of the perceived lush vegetation.
History
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