Nuevo Laredo Municipality
Municipality in Tamaulipas, Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 respectively). 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.
Nuevo Laredo Municipality
Municipio de Nuevo Laredo | |
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Motto: Siempre Con La Patria | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Tamaulipas |
Founded | 1825 |
Seat | Nuevo Laredo |
Largest city | Nuevo Laredo |
Government | |
• President | Carmen Lilia Canturosas Villareal |
Area | |
• Municipality | 1,334.02 km2 (515.07 sq mi) |
Population (2010 census) | |
• Municipality | 384,033 |
• Metro | 636,516 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Codigo Postal | |
Area code | 867 |
Website | Municipio de Nuevo Laredo |
Airport: Quetzalcoatl International Airport MMNL |