Nuevo Laredo Municipality

Nuevo Laredo Municipality
Municipio de Nuevo Laredo
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Municipality Administration Building

Coat of arms
Motto: Siempre Con La Patria
Location of the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in Tamaulipas
Settled 1847
Government
 • Presidente Municipal Ramón Garza Barrios
Area
 • Municipality 1,334.02 km2 (515.07 sq mi)
Population (2010 census)
 • Municipality 384,033
 • Metro 636,516
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CST (UTC-5)
Codigo Postal 88000
Area code(s) 876
Website Municipio de Nuevo Laredo
Airport: Quetzalcoatl International Airport MMNL

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, the last two being suburbs of the city of Nuevo Laredo. 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. The city of Nuevo Laredo contains approximately 97.5% of the total population of the municipality.

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Towns and villages

The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:[1]

Name 2010 Census Population
Nuevo Laredo 373,725
El Campanario y Oradel 6,951
Bruno Álvarez Valdez 1,714
Nuevo Progreso (El Progreso) 432
América 255
América 197
La Cruz 159
Miguel Alemán 114
other 486
Total Municipality 384,033

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[2]

Adjacent counties and municipios

See also

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