Corpus Christi is a coastal
city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of
Nueces County also extends into the Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio
counties. The metropolitan area population in 2012 was 469,134. The population
was 312,195, at the 2012 US Census estimate, making it the eighth most populous
city in the state of Texas. It is the principal city of the tri-county Corpus
Christi metropolitan area, as well as the larger Corpus Christi-Kingsville
Combined Statistical Area. The translation from Latin of the city's name
(Corpus