Southeast Texas is a region in the southeast corner of the U.S. state of Texas. It is geographically centered around two metropolitan areas strung along coast of the Gulf of Mexico the Houston Metropolitan Area in the west and the Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitan area to the east near the state border with Louisiana. Galveston, Conroe and Brazoria in the Houston area, the Huntsville area and Jasper are also major cities within the region. Parts of Southeast Texas overlap with Central Texas and the region borders Acadiana and the Sabine River.

Its culture is similar to that of Northeast Texas, but has more of a Cajun influence. Many of the largest cities in East Texas, outside of Houston, still follow a rural Southern way of life, especially in dialect, mannerisms, religion, and cuisine.

The South Texas State Fair is held annually in Beaumont.

	Results from FactBites:
	Miss Southeast Texas Scholarship Organization (281 words) News: The Miss Southeast Texas Organization is hard at work to prepare for the 2007-2008 pageant to crown Miss Southeast Texas 2008 and Miss Southeast Texas' Outstanding Teen 2008. The Miss Southeast Texas Scholarship Pageant is an official local preliminary pageant to the Miss Texas and the Miss America Scholarship Pageant. Although the Miss Southeast Texas Organization is an official franchise of the Miss Texas Organization, the Miss Texas Organization is not and never has been a sponsoring agent for this Teen or any other Children's pageant. Southeast Texas at AllExperts (1032 words) Southeast Texas is a subregion of East Texas located in the southeast corner of the U.S. state of Texas. Southeast Texas includes part of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and most of the Texas portion of the Intracoastal Waterway. Southeast Texas is vulnerable to hurricanes, and has been struck and affected by major hurricanes like Hurricane Rita in 2005 and Hurricane Alicia which passed over Houston in 1983.
	More results at FactBites »