Nuevo Laredo
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Place details
- Locality
- Nuevo Laredo
- Region
- Tamaulipas
- Country
- México
- Population
- 416,055
- Timezone
- America/Matamoros
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Mexico
- State
- Tamaulipas
- Municipality
- Nuevo Laredo
- Founded by
- Tomás Sánchez
- Presidente municipal
- Carmen Lilia Canturosas Villarreal
- City
- 1,334.02 km (515.07 sq mi)
- Metro
- 636,516
- Time zone
- UTC−6 (CST)
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Website
- Official Site
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Inception
- 1775
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Mexico–United States border
- Official name
- Nuevo Laredo
- Demonym
- neolaredense
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Nuevo Laredo Municipality
- Population
- +416055
- Elevation
- +130
- Body of water
- Rio Grande
- Capital of
- Nuevo Laredo Municipality
- Official website
- nld.gob.mx
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Nuevo Laredo ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈnweβo laˈɾeðo]) is a city in the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The city lies on the banks of the Rio Grande, across from Laredo, Texas, United States. The 2010 census population of the city was 373,725. Nuevo Laredo is part of the Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area with a population of 636,516. The municipality has an area of 1,334.02 km (515.07 sq mi). Nuevo Laredo is considered the “customs capital of Latin America” because of its high volume of international trade operations in the region, and number 1 in importance for US inland commercial traffic. Both the city and the municipality rank as the third largest in the state.
The city is connected to Laredo, United States by three international bridges and a rail bridge. The city is larger and younger than its US counterpart. As an indication of its economic importance, one of Mexico's banderas monumentales is in the city (these banderas have been established in state capitals and cities of significance).