South Padre Island

South Padre Island is a small resort town on the southern tip of off the coast of , close to the border with . It is a popular spring break destination for college students.
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  • Type: Village with 2,700 residents
  • Description: town in Cameron County, Texas, United States
  • Also known as: Palm Beach”, “South Padre Island, Texas”, and “South Padre Island, TX
  • Postal code: 78597

South Padre Island

Latitude
26.1037° or 26° 6′ 13″ north
Longitude
-97.1647° or 97° 9′ 53″ west
Population
2,700
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US PXD
Open location code
76R44R3P+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151398331
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4733103
Wiki­data ID
Q982881
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“South Padre Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزيرة ساوث بادري
  • Arabic: ساوت بادري أيلاند
  • Basque: South Padre Island
  • Catalan: South Padre Island
  • Cebuano: South Padre Island
  • Chechen: Саут-Падре-Айленд
  • Chinese: South Padre Island
  • Chinese: 南帕德里島
  • Chinese: 南帕德雷岛
  • Chinese: 南帕德雷島
  • Chinese: 南帕諸島
  • Croatian: South Padre Island
  • Dutch: South Padre Island
  • French: South Padre Island
  • German: South Padre Island
  • Gilaki: سأؤث پادر آی‌لند
  • Haitian: South Padre Island, Texas
  • Haitian: South Padre Island
  • Hungarian: South Padre Island
  • Italian: South Padre Island
  • Japanese: サウスパドレ島
  • Ladin: South Padre Island
  • Min Nan Chinese: South Padre Island
  • Norwegian Bokmål: South Padre Island
  • Norwegian: South Padre Island
  • Persian: جزیره پادره جنوبی
  • Persian: جزیرهٔ پادرهٔ جنوبی
  • Polish: South Padre Island
  • Portuguese: South Padre Island
  • Russian: Саут-Падре-Айленд
  • Serbian: Саут Падре Ајланд
  • Serbo-Croatian: South Padre Island, Texas
  • Serbo-Croatian: South Padre Island
  • Slovak: South Padre Island
  • South Azerbaijani: جزیره پادره جنوبی
  • Spanish: South Padre Island (Texas)
  • Spanish: South Padre Island
  • Swedish: South Padre Island
  • Tatar: Саут-Падре-Айленд
  • Ukrainian: Саут-Падре-Айленд
  • Vietnamese: South Padre Island, Texas
  • Vietnamese: South Padre Island
  • Volapük: South Padre Island

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