Reynosa
| Reynosa Villa de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Reynosa | ||
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| Nickname(s): Metrópolis industrial de Tamaulipas | ||
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Motto: Trabajar por la patria es forjar nuestro destino (To work for the motherland is to forge our destiny) | ||
 Location of Reynosa within Tamaulipas | ||
 Location of Tamaulipas within Mexico | ||
| Coordinates: 26°05′32″N 98°16′40″W / 26.09222°N 98.27778°WCoordinates: 26°05′32″N 98°16′40″W / 26.09222°N 98.27778°W | ||
| Country |
 Mexico | |
| State |
 Tamaulipas | |
| Founded | 14 March 1749 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor |
Maki Esther Ortiz Dominguez (2016–present) ( .svg.png){kind=small} PAN) | |
| Area | ||
| • City | 3,156.34 sq kilometers km2 (1,218.66 sq. miles sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 33 m (108 ft) | |
| Population (2012) | ||
| • City | 612,183[1] | |
| • Urban | 725,793 | |
| • Metro | 1,500,000 | |
| Time zone | CST (UTC−6) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−5) | |
| Website | www.reynosa.gob.mx | |
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Area Code 899
Airport REX | ||
Reynosa is a border city in the northern part of Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is located on the southern bank of the Rio Grande, directly across the border from Hidalgo, Texas, in the United States. As of 2013, the city of Reynosa has a population of 672,183.[1] If the floating population is included in the census count, the population can reach up to approximately 1,000,000.[2]
Reynosa is the largest and most populous city in the state of Tamaulipas, followed by Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, Ciudad Victoria, Tampico, and Río Bravo. In addition, the international Reynosa–McAllen Metropolitan Area counts with a population of 1,500,000 inhabitants,[3][4] making it the third largest metropolitan area in the Mexico–U.S. border after San Diego–Tijuana and El Paso–Juárez. Reynosa is the 30th largest city in Mexico and anchors the largest metropolitan area in Tamaulipas.
In 2011, Reynosa was the fastest growing city in the state of Tamaulipas, and was among the top five fastest growing cities in Mexico.[5]
History
Reynosa was founded on 14 March 1749 with 297 inhabitants by Carlos Cantú under the command of José de Escandón y Helguera the Count of Sierra Gorda. But due to flooding in the area on the 4 July 1802, they decided to move five miles to the east keeping the same margin between them and the Rio Grande. It was not until 1926 that the state government recognized Reynosa as a city.
Reynosa was first named Villa de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Reynosa. The pioneers of the Villa proceeded from El Nuevo Reino de León, especially from Monterrey, Cadereyta, Cerralvo and El Pilón. The town was composed with 50 families. It was given the name of Reynosa as a tribute to the town with the same name in Spain, birthplace of the Viceroy de Güemes y Horcasitas.
Between 1846 and 1848, Reynosa was captured and temporarily held by the United States Army.
Current
Reynosa extends across 3,156.34 sq kilometers (1218.66 sq. miles), representing 3.7 per cent of the Tamaulipas territory. Today it is the location of several satellite U.S. companies doing business to take advantage of low labor rates and industry incentives.[6]
On 18 September 2012, an explosion at the nearby Pemex gas plant killed 30 and injured 46 people. Pemex Director Juan Jose Suarez said that there was "no evidence that it was a deliberate incident, or some kind of attack".[7][8][9]
In 2017, it was described as a major hotspot in the Mexican Drug War, as a result of the internecine wars between the Gulf and Los Zetas drugs cartels.[10]
Geography
The city is about 11 miles (18 km) south of McAllen, Texas.[11]
Climate
Reynosa has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification Bsh) with short, mild winters and hot summers.[12] Winters are mild and dry with a January high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F) although temperatures can fall below 10 °C (50 °F).[12] Summers are hot with a July mean of 30 °C (86 °F) and temperatures can exceed 40 °C (104 °F) anytime from May until August.[12] The average annual precipitation is 452 millimetres (18 in), with most of it being concentrated in the summer months though the months May and June are the wettest.
| Climate data for Reynosa (1951–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35.0 (95) |
38.0 (100.4) |
44.0 (111.2) |
42.0 (107.6) |
43.0 (109.4) |
42.0 (107.6) |
43.0 (109.4) |
42.0 (107.6) |
40.0 (104) |
39.0 (102.2) |
38.0 (100.4) |
36.0 (96.8) |
44 (111.2) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 21.9 (71.4) |
24.5 (76.1) |
29.1 (84.4) |
31.8 (89.2) |
34.3 (93.7) |
36.7 (98.1) |
36.9 (98.4) |
36.6 (97.9) |
35.0 (95) |
31.0 (87.8) |
26.7 (80.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
30.6 (87.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 16.2 (61.2) |
18.4 (65.1) |
21.9 (71.4) |
24.8 (76.6) |
27.6 (81.7) |
29.5 (85.1) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.8 (85.6) |
28.1 (82.6) |
24.6 (76.3) |
20.6 (69.1) |
17.3 (63.1) |
24.1 (75.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) |
12.3 (54.1) |
14.8 (58.6) |
17.7 (63.9) |
21.0 (69.8) |
22.2 (72) |
22.8 (73) |
23.0 (73.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
18.3 (64.9) |
14.5 (58.1) |
11.6 (52.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.0 (28.4) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
2.0 (35.6) |
7.5 (45.5) |
10.0 (50) |
12.0 (53.6) |
17.0 (62.6) |
14.0 (57.2) |
13.0 (55.4) |
8.0 (46.4) |
0.0 (32) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−7 (19.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 14.6 (0.575) |
12.6 (0.496) |
7.3 (0.287) |
24.8 (0.976) |
73.0 (2.874) |
99.7 (3.925) |
24.3 (0.957) |
67.4 (2.654) |
72.6 (2.858) |
27.4 (1.079) |
11.9 (0.469) |
16.9 (0.665) |
452.5 (17.815) |
| Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional[13] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
- Xavier Baez – Footballer
- Christian Chávez – Singer and actor
- Laura Flores – Actress, hostess and singer
- Néstor Garza – Former WBA World Super Bantamweight Champion
- Vidal Medina – Playwright and theatre director
- Jorge Cantu – Major League Baseball player
- Jaime Garcia – Major League Baseball player
- José María Cantú Garza – Geneticist
- José de Jesús Robinson – Olympic athlete
Transportation
Reynosa is served by the General Lucio Blanco International Airport, which has flights to multiple important Mexican cities on six airlines, some serving it with aircraft such as Boeing 737 and Airbus A320.
In addition, the McAllen_Miller_International_Airport in McAllen, Texas, is also relatively close and is served by airlines like Allegiant Air, American and United.
References
- 1 2 "Mexico Census". Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia.
- ↑ "INEGI contó mal en Reynosa: Alcalde". Hoy Tamaulipas. 12/04/2011. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "McAllen Overview". McAllen Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ↑ "America: metropolitan areas (McAllen-Reynosa)". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ↑ "City of Hidalgo, Texas" (PDF). Profile of Hidalgo, Texas. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ↑ "Four-part series on globalization". Cfomaquiladoras.org. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
- ↑ "Mexican Tamaulipas state gas plant blast kills 26". BBC. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ↑ "Mexico probes Pemex gas plant explosion which killed 26". BBC. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ↑ "Blast at Pemex gas plant in Mexico claims more lives". BBC News. 20 September 2012.
- ↑ Report by Juan Paullier for BBC News 11 August 2017
- ↑ Sanchez, Claudio. "Child Migrants Settle Uneasily In The Big Easy" (Archive). National Public Radio. September 11, 2014. Retrieved on September 7, 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Cozumel". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (in Spanish). Secretaría de Gobernación. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ↑ NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1951–2010 Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. (in Spanish) National Meteorological Service of Mexico. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
Further reading
- Broughton, Chad (2015). Boom, Bust, Exodus: The Rust Belt, the Maquilas, and a Tale of Two Cities. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199765614.
External links
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Reynosa. |
- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- Tamaulipas Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
- Gobierno de Reynosa
