Matagorda

Matagorda County is a county located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, its population was 36,255. Its county seat is , not to be confused with the larger in and Counties.
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  • Type: county of Texas with 36,300 residents
  • Description: county in Texas, United States
  • Also known as: Matagorda County”, “Matagorda County, Texas”, and “Matagorda County, TX

Places of Interest

Highlights include South Texas Nuclear Project.

Power station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The South Texas Project Electric Generating Station, is a nuclear power station southwest of , United States. STP occupies a 12,200-acre site west of the about 90 miles southwest of Houston. is situated 2½ miles west of Matagorda.

Matagorda

Latitude
28.7857° or 28° 47′ 8″ north
Longitude
-96.004° or 96° 0′ 14″ west
Population
36,300
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Open location code
76W5QXPW+7C
Geo­Names ID
4709580
Wiki­data ID
Q485910
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Matagorda” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Matagorda County
  • Arabic: مقاطعة ماتاغوردا
  • Arabic: مقاطعه ماتاغوردا، تكساس
  • Armenian: Մատագորդա շրջան
  • Asturian: condáu de Matagorda
  • Basque: Matagorda konderria
  • Bavarian: Matagorda County, Texas
  • Bavarian: Matagorda County
  • Belarusian: акруга Матагорда
  • Belarusian: Матагорда (акруга)
  • Belarusian: Матагорда
  • Bishnupriya: মাতাগোর্ডা কাউন্টি, টেক্সাস
  • Bishnupriya: মাতাগোর্ডা কাউন্টি
  • Bulgarian: Матагорда
  • Catalan: comtat de Matagorda
  • Cebuano: Matagorda County
  • Chinese: Matagorda Kūn
  • Chinese: 馬塔哥達縣
  • Chinese: 馬塔戈達縣
  • Chinese: 马塔哥达县
  • Czech: Matagorda County
  • Dutch: Matagorda County
  • Esperanto: kantono Matagorda
  • Esperanto: Kantono Matagorda
  • Esperanto: Matagorda County
  • Estonian: Matagorda maakond
  • Finnish: Matagordan piirikunta
  • French: comté de Matagorda
  • French: Comté de Matagorda
  • French: Matagorda County
  • Ganda: Matagorda County, Texas
  • Ganda: Matagorda County
  • Georgian: მატაგორდას ოლქი
  • Georgian: მატაგორდის ოლქი
  • German: Matagorda County
  • Gilaki: ماتاگوردا شأرستان
  • Greek: Κομητεία Ματαγκόρντα
  • Hungarian: Matagorda megye
  • Irish: Contae Matagorda, Texas
  • Irish: Contae Matagorda
  • Italian: contea di Matagorda
  • Italian: Contea di Matagorda
  • Italian: Matagorda County
  • Japanese: マタゴルダ郡
  • Korean: 마타고르다군
  • Latin: Matagorda Comitatus
  • Low German: Matagorda County
  • Mazanderani: ماتاگوردا شهرستان
  • Min Dong Chinese: Matagorda Gông
  • Min Nan Chinese: Matagorda Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Matagorda County
  • Norwegian: Matagorda County
  • Persian: شهرستان ماتاگوردا، تگزاس
  • Persian: شهرستان ماتاگوردا
  • Polish: Hrabstwo Matagorda
  • Portuguese: condado de Matagorda
  • Portuguese: Condado de Matagorda
  • Portuguese: Matagorda County
  • Romanian: Comitatul Matagorda, Texas
  • Romanian: Comitatul Matagorda
  • Russian: Матагорда
  • Sardinian: contea de Matagorda
  • Scottish Gaelic: Matagorda County
  • Serbian: Округ Матагорда
  • Serbo-Croatian: Matagorda County, Texas
  • Serbo-Croatian: Matagorda County
  • South Azerbaijani: ماتاقوردا بؤلگه‌سی، تکزاس
  • Spanish: condado de Matagorda
  • Spanish: Condado de Matagorda
  • Spanish: Matagorda County
  • Swedish: Matagorda County
  • Tatar: Матагорда (округ, Техас)
  • Tatar: Матагорда
  • Tumbuka: Matagorda County, Texas
  • Tumbuka: Matagorda County
  • Turkish: Matagorda County, Teksas
  • Turkish: Matagorda County, Tex.
  • Turkish: Matagorda County, TX
  • Turkish: Matagorda County
  • Turkish: Matagorda ilçesi, Teksas
  • Turkish: Matagorda ilçesi, Tex.
  • Turkish: Matagorda ilçesi, TX
  • Turkish: Matagorda ilçesi
  • Ukrainian: Матагорда
  • Ukrainian: Матаґорда
  • Urdu: میٹاگورڈا کاؤنٹی، ٹیکساس
  • Urdu: میٹاگورڈا کاؤنٹی
  • Venetian: contea de Matagorda
  • Vietnamese: Quận Matagorda, Texas
  • Vietnamese: Quận Matagorda
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Matagorda, Texas
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Matagorda
  • Welsh: Matagorda County, Texas
  • Welsh: Matagorda County
  • Western Panjabi: ماٹاگوردا کاؤنٹی

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