Chamizal National Memorial, located in the state of Texas, is a unit of the United States National Park Service. State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry (R) Official languages None. ... The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States Federal Government agency that deals with all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation properties with various designations. ...

Chamizal National Memorial is a relatively small urban park located in the city of El Paso, Texas and is adjacent to the US-Mexico international border. The total area of the park is 55 acres (223,000 m²). The park primarily serves as a cultural center and contains art galleries, a theater, and an amphitheatre. A museum, which details the history of the US-Mexico border, is located inside the visitor center. The park exists to commemorate the peaceful resolution of the Chamizal Dispute, a more than 100-year border dispute between the United States and Mexico that was caused by the natural change of course of the Rio Grande between the cities of El Paso and Juárez, Chihuahua. This national memorial was established on the part of the disputed land that was assigned to the United States according to the Chamizal Treaty of 1963; a corresponding Parque Público Federal "El Chamizal" was created on the now-Mexican portion of the land. Downtown El Paso, Texas, looking south into Mexico from the US side. ... The Chamizal dispute was a conflict over the border between Mexico and the United States that is marked by the Rio Grande. ... Misión de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Ciudad Juárez (also known simply as Juárez) (2000 population 1,142,354) is a city in Chihuahua, Mexico, across the Rio Grande (Río Bravo) from El Paso, Texas, USA. It is the major port of entry and transportation center...

Visitor center at Chamizal National Memorial in El Paso, Texas

See also

• List of U.S. national parks

All United States parks designated National Parks and most National Monuments are maintained by the National Park Service of the United States which also maintains several other types of protected areas of the United States: // National Parks As of 2005, there are 58 officially-designated National Parks in the United...

External links

• Official site: Chamizal National Memorial