Harlingen
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Cameron
- Named after
- Harlingen , Netherlands
- Type
- Council-Manager
- Mayor
- Norma Sepulveda
- City manager
- Gabriel Gonzalez
- City
- 40.63 sq mi (105.22 km )
- Land
- 40.13 sq mi (103.93 km )
- Water
- 0.50 sq mi (1.29 km )
- Elevation
- 39 ft (12 m)
- Estimate 2021
- 71,925
- Density
- 1,790.0/sq mi (691.13/km )
- Metro
- 406,220
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Zip codes
- 78550-78553
- Fips code
- 48-32372
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Harlingen (/ˈhɑːrlɪndʒɪn/ HAR-lin-jin) is a city in Cameron County, Texas. It is located in the central region of the Rio Grande Valley, about 30 miles (48 km) from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The city covers more than 40 square miles (104 km) and is the second-largest city in Cameron County, as well as the sixth-largest in the Rio Grande Valley. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 71,892.
Harlingen is a principal city of the Brownsville–Harlingen metropolitan area, which is part of the larger Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville combined statistical area, included in the Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan region.