Reynosa–McAllen Metropolitan Area

Reynosa–McAllen
Metropolitan area
Primary urban area of Reynosa–McAllen
Country	United States Mexico
State	Texas Tamaulipas
Principal cities	Reynosa McAllen Río Bravo  - Mission  - Edinburg  - Pharr
Population (2010 est.)
• Metro	1,500,000 (85th)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)

Reynosa–McAllen,^[1] also known as McAllen–Reynosa,^[2] or simply as Borderplex,^[3] is one of the six bi-national metropolitan areas along the Mexico–U.S border. The city of Reynosa is situated on the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, on the southern bank of the Rio Grande, while the city of McAllen is located in the American state of Texas, directly north across the bank of the Rio Grande. This metropolitan area has a population of roughly 1,500,000,^[4][5] making it the largest and most populous in the state of Tamaulipas, and third most populous in the U.S–Mexico border.

The Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan area has been the first, second, or third fastest growing urban areas in the United States over the past years.^[6]

Municipalities/Counties

• Reynosa Municipality
• Río Bravo Municipality
• Hidalgo County

Communities

Note: Principal cities are bolded.

Cities in Mexico

• Reynosa
• Río Bravo

Cities in the U.S.

Census-designated places

Note: All census-designated places are unincorporated.

Unincorporated places

• Hargill, Texas
• El Gato, Texas
• Runn, Texas
• Val Verde, Texas

See also

• San Diego–Tijuana
• El Paso-Juárez
• Laredo – Nuevo Laredo
• Metropolitan area of Tampico
• Matamoros—Brownsville Metropolitan Area
• List of Texas metropolitan areas
• Metropolitan areas of Mexico
• Transnational conurbations Mexico/USA

References