Mustang Island and Mustang Island State Park Padre Island National Seashore near Corpus Christi Bayfest Schlitterbahn Laredo San Agustin de Laredo Historic District Republic of the Rio Grande Capitol Building Museum Washington's Birthday Celebration festivities during January and February Rio Grande Valley South Padre Island Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle Other King Ranch near Kingsville Aransas National Wildlife Refuge Education Colleges Alamo Community College District San Antonio College Palo Alto College St. Philip's College Northeast Lakeview College Northwest Vista College Coastal Bend College Alice Campus Main Campus (Beeville) Kingsville Campus Pleasanton Campus Del Mar College Laredo Community College Laredo Community College South Campus South Texas College Main Campus, McAllen Tech Campus, McAllen Nursing and Allied Health Campus, McAllen Mid-Valley Campus, Weslaco Starr County Campus, Rio Grande City Texas State Technical College Texas Southmost College Public universities Texas A&M International University (Laredo) Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi Texas A&M University–Kingsville (Texas A&I) Texas A&M University–San Antonio University of Houston–Victoria University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio University of Texas at San Antonio University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (2015) University of Texas at Brownsville University of Texas–Pan American Private universities Our Lady of the Lake University St. Mary's University University of the Incarnate Word Trinity University Texas Lutheran University Sports The only major professional sports team in South Texas is the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA. Area codes 210 - San Antonio, Bexar County 361 - Corpus Christi, Alice, Victoria, Kingsville, Rockport, Falfurrias 726 - San Antonio metropolitan area 830 - Eagle Pass, Floresville 956 - Laredo, Brownsville, McAllen, Mission, Edinburg 979 - only the southern half of this area is in South Texas See also List of geographical regions in Texas List of Texas regions Port of Corpus Christi Tejano South Texas References Regions of Texas