Nuevo Laredo Municipality

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Nuevo Laredo Municipality
Municipio de Nuevo Laredo
Municipality Administration Building
Municipality Administration Building
Coat of arms of Nuevo Laredo Municipality
Coat of arms
Motto: Siempre Con La Patria
Location of the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in Tamaulipas
Location of the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in Tamaulipas
Settled 1847
Government
 - Presidente Municipal Daniel Peña
Area
 - Municipality 1,334.02 km² (515.07 sq mi)
Population (2005 census)
 - Municipality 355,827
 - Metro 718,073
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 - Summer (DST) CST (UTC-5)
Codigo Postal 88000
Area code(s) 876
Airport: Quetzalcoatl International Airport MMNL
Website: Municipio de Nuevo Laredo

The Municipality of Nuevo Laredo is located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Its municipal seat is Nuevo Laredo. The municipality contains more than 60 localities which the most important ones are Nuevo Laredo, El Campanario y Oradel, and Álvarez. By population, the municipality is the third largest in the state of Tamaulipas (behind Reynosa and Matamoros). The Nuevo Laredo municipality is the northernmost in Tamaulipas, lying at the extreme northwestern tip of its narrow strip of land along the Río Grande.

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[edit] Populated places

  • Santa Emilia: 6
  • El Charro: 5
  • La Pendencia: 5
  • Los Toritos: 5
  • San Isidro: 5
  • Grúas Mora: 4
  • La Rosita: 4
  • Los Tres Potrillos: 4
  • Dos Herraduras: 3
  • La Cruz: 3
  • Las Malvinas: 3
  • Los Garza: 3
  • Los Ramos: 3
  • Palo Blanco: 3
  • Ampliación Miguel Alemán: 2
  • Candelaria: 2
  • Don Lupe: 2
  • Dos Pollos Solos: 2
  • El Ebanito: 2
  • Cuarentenaria: 2
  • Francisco Villa: 2
  • La Herradura: 2
  • La Maceta: 2
  • Los Papalotes: 2
  • Palo Blanco: 2
  • Rogelio Cárdenas: 2
  • Buenavista: 1
  • Casa Blanca: 1
  • Club Cinegético: 1
  • El Chaparral: 1
  • El Estero: 1
  • El Perro: 1
  • El Refugio: 1
  • La Copa: 1
  • Lazaderos: 1
  • Lopeño: 1
  • Los Ramírez: 1
  • San Agustín: 1
  • San Antonio: 1
  • San Vicente: 1
  • Santa Anita: 1
  • Unión: 1
  • Localities with one house: 121
  • Localities with two houses: 26

Total municipal population: 355,827[1]

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