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Laredo-Nuevo Laredo
Transborder agglomeration
Nickname(s): "Four-State Area", "Los Dos Laredos", "Quad State Area"
Laredo Borderplex
Largest city	Laredo, Texas Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Other cities	Campanario Rio Bravo El Cenizo
Subdivisions	Texas Webb County Tamaulipas Nuevo Laredo Municipality Nuevo León Anáhuac Municipality Coahuila Hidalgo Municipality
Area
• Total	418.96 km (161.76 sq mi)
Population
• Total	636,516
• Estimate	675,481
• Rank	157th in the Americas (2008)
• Density	3,643/km (1,407/sq mi)
GDP
• Laredo	US$17.0 billion
• Nuevo Laredo	US$5.5 billion
• Laredo-Nuevo Laredo	US$22.5 billion
Time zone	UTC-6

Laredo–Nuevo Laredo (UN/LOCODE: USLRD & MXNLD), otherwise known as the "Four-State Area" or the "Quad State Area", is one of six transborder agglomerations along the U.S.-Mexican border. The city of Laredo is situated in the U.S. state of Texas on the northern bank of the Rio Grande and Nuevo Laredo is located in the Mexican State of Tamaulipas in the southern bank of the river. This area is also known as the Two Laredos or the Laredo Borderplex. The area is made up of one county in the U.S (Webb County in Texas) and three municipalities in Mexico (Nuevo Laredo Municipality in Tamaulipas, Hidalgo Municipality in Coahuila, and Anáhuac Municipality in Nuevo León). Two urban areas (the Laredo Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Zona Metropolitana Nuevo Laredo ), three cities, and 12 towns make the Laredo–Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan area. The two sides of the Borderplex are connected by four International Bridges and an International Railway Bridge. The Laredo–Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan area has a total of 636,516 inhabitants according to the INEGI Census of 2010 and the United States Census estimate of 2010. According to World Gazetteer this urban agglomeration ranked 157th largest in North and South America in 2010 with an estimated population of 675,481. This area ranks 66th in the United States and 23rd in Mexico.

Populated Places

Laredo–Nuevo Laredo area is formed by the following populated places:

Urban Areas

• Nuevo Laredo: 425,058
• Laredo: 259,151

Cities

Texas

• Río Bravo: 5,553
• El Cenizo: 3,545

Tamaulipas

• Campanario: 4,538

Towns

Texas

• Laredo Ranchettes: 1,845
• Larga Vista: 742
• Penitas West: 520
• La Presa: 508

Coahuila

• Hidalgo: 1,638

Tamaulipas

• Álvarez: 1,257
• Nuevo Progreso: 393
• América: 263
• América II: 253
• Los Artistas: 175
• Miguel Alemán: 165
• La Cruz: 100

Nuevo León

• Colombia: 541

History

Villa de San Agustin de Laredo was founded in 1755 by Don Tomas Sanchez while the area was part of a region called Nuevo Santander in the Spanish colony of New Spain. Villa de San Agustin de Laredo got its name from Laredo, Cantabria, Spain and in honor of Saint Augustine of Hippo. In 1840, Laredo was the capital of the independent Republic of the Rio Grande, set up in rebellion to the dictatorship of Antonio López de Santa Anna and brought back into Mexico by military force. In 1846, during the Mexican–American War the town was occupied by the Texas Rangers. After the war the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ceded the land to the United States. A referendum was taken in the town, which voted overwhelmingly to petition the American military government in charge of the area to return the town to Mexico. However, this petition was rejected, and in response the bulk of the population moved over the river into Mexican territory to found the new town of Nuevo Laredo.

The origin of name of Laredo is unclear. Some scholars say the name might stem from Glaretum which means "sandy, rocky place" others state that Laredo stems from Euskara and means "beautiful prairies". Laredo might also stem from Laridae which means gull or it might be made up of two Latin words lar which means home and edo which means birth.

Economy

Trade

Laredo is home to some of the most important transportation companies in the cross border industry . Forza Transportation headquarters are in Laredo where the company began operations. More than 47% of United States international trade headed for Mexico and more than 36% of Mexican international trade crosses through the Laredo–Nuevo Laredo port of entries. This is the reason that the borderplex's economy rotates around commercial and industrial warehousing, import, and export. The Laredo International Airport serves the Laredo area which has scheduled nonstop flights to Houston, Dallas, Orlando, and Las Vegas. The city of Nuevo Laredo has the Quetzalcóatl International Airport which has daily flights to Mexico City. These airports also handle merchandise to export to the neighboring country. The Laredo–Nuevo Laredo port of entry has five international bridges crossing the Rio Bravo in 2007.

International Bridges

• Gateway to the Americas International Bridge
• Juárez-Lincoln International Bridge
• World Trade International Bridge (commercial traffic only)
• Colombia-Solidarity International Bridge
• Texas-Mexican Railway International Bridge

Major highways

Major highways in Laredo and their starting and ending points:

• Interstate 35 Laredo–Duluth
• U.S. Highway 59 Laredo–Lancaster
• U.S. Highway 83 Brownsville–Laredo–Westhope
• State Highway 255 Laredo–Colombia
• State Highway 359 Laredo–Skidmore

• Complete List of Highways in Laredo, Texas

Major highways in Nuevo Laredo and their starting and ending points:

• Mexican Federal Highway 85 Nuevo Laredo–Mexico City
• Mexican Federal Highway 2 Matamoros–Nuevo Laredo–Colombia–Ciudad Acuña
• Tamaulipas State Highway 1 Nuevo Laredo–Monterrey
• Nuevo León State Highway Spur 1 Colombia–Anáhuac

Retail Sales

Retail sales also helps the Laredo–Nuevo Laredo economy, it attracts shoppers from Northern Mexico and South Texas. The major mall is Mall del Norte. The Streets of Laredo Urban Mall is an association created by businesses located in Iturbide Street in the San Agustin historical district to beautify and renovate the area.

Media

Newspapers

Television

According to Nielsen Media Research, the Laredo region (which includes Webb and Zapata counties) is ranked 185th market by population size in the United States. The first station to broadcast in Laredo was KGNS in 1956, followed by KVTV in 1973, then KJTB (now KLDO) in 1985.

Notably television networks missing from Laredo's airwaves are PBS and The CW. Laredo once had a full-power local affiliate, KGNS-DT2 until the affiliation switched to ABC. Prior to that KJTB channel 27, was affiliated to ABC from January 1985 to October 1988. KJTB was later bought by Entravision and affiliated the station to Telemundo and changed its callsign to KLDO. Today KLDO is affiliated to Univision. Before KJTB, KGNS, an NBC affiliate had a secondary affiliation to ABC from its founding in 1956 through KJTB's founding in 1985. On November 6, 2013, KGNS reached an agreement with the ABC Television Network to add the ABC affiliation. The launch for the ABC affiliate will be in February 2014 on KGNS's subchannel 8.2 and will carry ABC's entire schedule. It's unknown if Laredo CW 19 would move to either 8.3 or to just disaffiliate with the network entirely.

In December 2014, all Nuevo Laredo stations must discontinue analog television broadcasting and broadcast digitally only.

Television

Radio

According to Arbitron, the Laredo region (which includes Jim Hogg, Webb, and Zapata counties) is ranked 191st market by population size.

AM radio

Long range AM stations

The following Clear Channel AM stations can be heard in Laredo:

FM radio

:Suspected pirate radio stations since they are not licensed with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States or COFETEL in Mexico. Some pirate stations are suspected, due to the fact that other licensed stations nearby share the same frequency, such as 106.5 Radio Voz and KMAE from nearby Bruni, Texas and 103.3 Radio 33 and XHAHU-FM from nearby Anáhuac, Nuevo León, each city less than 50 miles from Laredo.

Sports

Laredo is home to four semiprofessional sports teams. The Laredo Bucks are a Central Hockey League hockey team in the Southern Conference's Southeast Division. The Bucks have been the League's Champion twice in 2003 and 2005. The Laredo Heat is a Premier Development League soccer team in the Southern Conference's Mid South Division. Laredo are the current USL Premier Development League champions, having defeated 2006 champions Michigan Bucks in a penalty shootout, following a 0-0 draw in the 2007 championship game. The Laredo Broncos are a baseball team in the United League. Nuevo Laredo is home to the Mexican Soccer League's Second Division Bravos de Nuevo Laredo. Both Laredo were home to the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos which were the only Mexican Baseball League team to play in both the United States and Mexico. The Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos were the Mexican Baseball League Champions in 1953, 1954, 1958, 1977, and 1989. In 2008 the Tecolotes came back to Nuevo Laredo and they are known as the Tecolotres de Nuevo Laredo.

Gallery

Pictures of Laredo, Texas

• Laredo National Bank Headquarters
• San Agustin Cathedral in Laredo
• San Agustin Cathedral Tower
• University of Texas Health Science Center Laredo Campus Clock Tower
• San Agustin Cathedral rear
• Republic of the Rio Grande Capitol Building Museum
• Foggy morning at the Mall del Norte
• Holiday Inn in Laredo
• Pocket Communications Laredo Branch
• University of Texas Health and Science Center Laredo Campus
• Embassy Suites in Laredo
• Laredo Medical Center
• Webb County administration building
• Laredo Community Health Center
• Laredo Public Library
• Mall del Norte Northwest wing
• Laredo Police Department
• Rio Grande Plaza Hotel
• Laredo Duty-free Zone Building
• Tex-Mex Railway International Bridge view from Laredo
• El Portal Center Eastside
• El Portal Center view from Nuevo Laredo

Pictures of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico

• Vicente Guerrero Statue
• H-E-B Plaza
• Hilton Garden Inn
• Camino Real Hotel
• Founder's Monument
• Mother's Monument Royal Crowne Plaza in the background
• Technical Institute
• Federal Palace
• Municipal Palace Garden
• Municipal Palace
• Soriana Reforma Plaza
• Tex-Mex Railway International Bridge view from Nuevo Laredo
• Gateway to the Americas International Bridge Mexican side

See also

• San Diego–Tijuana
• El Paso-Juárez
• Reynosa–McAllen Metropolitan Area
• Matamoros–Brownsville Metropolitan Area
• List of Texas metropolitan areas
• United States metropolitan area
• List of United States metropolitan statistical areas by population
• Metropolitan areas of Mexico
• Transnational conurbations Mexico/USA

References

1. Hennessy-Fiske, Molly (28 April 2013). "Laredo, Texas, battles an image problem". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
2. "Total Gross Domestic Product for Laredo, TX (MSA)". Federal Reserve Economic Data. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Archived from the original on 2024-02-19. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
3. "TelluBase—Mexico Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-01-13. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
4. INEGI Mexican Census results for 2010 Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine See Tamaulipas > Nuevo Laredo (in Spanish)
5. "S0101 AGE AND SEX". United States Census Bureau. United States Department of Commerce. Archived from the original on November 19, 2023. Retrieved November 19, 2023. Laredo, TX Metro Area / Total Population / 251,623
6. Metropolitan population rank in United States
7. Metropolitan population rank in Mexico
8. Mexico, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informatica (INEGI), Secretaria de Hacienda y Credito Publico . Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda 2020, Areas Geograficas, Nuevo Laredo, Tamps., Poblacion total (Numero de Personas), 2020. www.inegi.org.mx/app/indicadores/?ag=28027#divFV1002000001 .Clave:1002000001
9. United States, Congress, The Bureau of the Census, U.S. Federal Statistical System, United States Department of Commerce. 2020 Census, People and Population, American Community Survey, ACS Demographic and Housing estimates Laredo, Texas, (Total Population), 2019. https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4841464&tid=ACSDP5Y2019.DP05&hidePreview=true Archived 2021-04-30 at the Wayback Machine Table ID: DP05
10. INEGI Mexican Census results for 2005 Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine See Coahuila > Hidalgo (in Spanish)
11. INEGI Mexican Census results for 2005 Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine See Nuevo León > Colombia (in Spanish)
12. Laredo Origin Archived 2007-08-03 at the Wayback Machine
13. Laredo Origin Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
14. Laredo Morning Times "National report lists Laredo as largest inland port" Archived 2006-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
15. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas "Southwest Economy " Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
16. Shopping Demographics in the Laredo Area Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
17. LareDOS Article "Streets of Laredo Urban Mall Archived 2007-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
18. "Nielson: Local Television Market Universe Estimates" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-03-18. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
19. Gray to Air ABC on KGNS Subchannel Archived 2013-11-09 at the Wayback Machine TVNewsCheck, November 6, 2013.
20. tdt.com.mx Apagon Analogico en Nuevo Laredo Archived 2014-06-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
21. "Arbitron: Arbitron Radio Market Rankings: Fall 2012". Archived from the original on 2010-10-16. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
22. COFETEL: FM stations in Mexico Archived 2014-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
23. "FCC: FM Stations in Nuevo Laredo". Archived from the original on 2016-01-19. Retrieved 2014-03-13.

External links

• City of Laredo Official Website
• City of Nuevo Laredo Official Website (in Spanish)
• City of El Cenizo Official Website
• Webb County Official Website

v t e City of Laredo
Nicknames: Gateway City , City Under Seven Flags
Attractions	Republic of the Rio Grande Museum Laredo Water Museum Imaginarium of South Texas Washington's Birthday Celebration Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium Lamar Bruni Vergara Environmental Science Center Sames Auto Arena
Sports	Uni-Trade Stadium PEG Energy Stadium Veterans Field Student Activity Complex Texas A&M International University Soccer Complex Laredo Heat Laredo Lemurs(defunct)
Business	Falcon International Bank International Bank of Commerce Laredo National Bank(defunct) Mall del Norte The Outlet Shoppes at Laredo Taco Palenque
History	Timeline Cathedral of San Agustin Don Tomás Sánchez Colonel Santos Benavides Battle of Laredo Fort McIntosh Laredo Air Force Base Republic of the Rio Grande San Agustin de Laredo Historic District Flag of Laredo, Texas Flag of the Republic of the Rio Grande
Geography	Chacon Creek Lake Casa Blanca Rio Grande San Ildefonso Creek San Ygnacio Creek Santa Isabel Creek Sombrerillito Creek Zacate Creek
Education	Tertiary Laredo College Texas A&M International University The University of Texas Education and Research Center at Laredo K-12 Laredo ISD Dr. Leonides G. Cigarroa HS Joseph W. Nixon HS Raymond & Tirza Martin HS Dr. Dennis D. Cantu Health Science Magnet Vidal M. Treviño Sch of Communications and Fine Arts Lara FS Academy United ISD John B. Alexander HS Lyndon B. Johnson HS United HS United South HS
Mass media	Newspapers English Laredo Morning Times LareDOS(defunct) Zapata Times Spanish El Diario de Nuevo Laredo El Mañana Primera Hora Última Hora Television XHLNA Azteca Uno–HD 1.1 XHLNA-TDT2 ADN 1.2 XHLAR Las Estrellas–HD 2.1 XHCTNL Imagen TV–HD 3.1 XHCTNL Excelsiór TV 3.4 XHBR Las Estrellas–HD 4.1 XHBR Canal 5 5.1 XHNAT Multimedios–HD 6.1 XHNAT-TDT2 Milenio TV 6.2 XHNAT-TDT3 Teleritmo 6.3 XHNAT-TDT4 MVS 6.4 XHLAT Azteca 7–HD 7.1 XHLAT a+ 7.2 KGNS NBC–HD 8.1 KGNS-DT2 ABC–HD 8.2 KGNS-DT3 Telemundo–HD 8.3 KGNS-DT5 TCN 8.5 KXNU-LD Telemundo–HD 10.1 KYLX CBS–HD 13.1 KYLX-LD2 CW 13.2 KLMV MeTV 15.1 KLMV-LD2 Estrella TVs 15.2 KLMV-LD3 Movies! 15.3 KLMV-LD4 JTV 15.4 XEFE Televisa local 17.1 KLDO Univision–HD 27.1 KLDO-DT2 LATV 27.2 KLDO-DT3 TBD 27.3 KLDO-DT4 Stadium 27.4 KLDO-DT5 Court TV 27.5 KXOF-CD Fox–HD 31.1 KXOF-CD2 Grit 31.2 KXOF-CD3 Laff 31.3 KETF-CD UniMás–HD 39.1 KETF-CD2 Comet 39.2 KETF-CD3 Charge! 39.3 KETF-CD4 Azteca America–HD 39.4 Radio AM 790 XEFE 890 KVOZ 960 XEK 1000 XENLT 1090 XEWL 1300 KLAR 1340 XEBK 1370 XEGNK 1410 XEAS 1490 KLNT 1550 XENU FM 88.1 KHOY 88.9 XHLDO 89.9 KBNL 91.3 XHNOE 92.7 KJBZ 94.1 XHTLN 94.9 KQUR 95.7 XHBK 97.1 XHNLO 98.1 KRRG 99.3 XHNK 101.5 XHAS 102.3 XHMW 103.3 XHAHU 104.9 XHNLR 106.1 KNEX 106.5 La Tremenda 107.3 XHGTS
Transportation	International bridges Gateway to the Americas International Bridge Juárez–Lincoln International Bridge Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge World Trade International Bridge Laredo–Colombia Solidarity International Bridge Laredo 4/5 International Bridge Highways I-35 I-35 Bus. I-69W Proposed I-2 Proposed I-27 US 59 Bus. US 59-Z US 83 SH 255 SH 359 Loop 20 Spur 260 Spur 400 FM 1472 FM 3338 San Isidro Parkway Transit El Metro Transit El Aguila Airport Laredo International Airport
Neighborhoods	El Barrio Azteca Downtown Nye San Agustin de Laredo Historic District
Category Commons

v t e City of Nuevo Laredo
Attractions and Sports	Bravos de Nuevo Laredo Tercera División Casa de Cultura Centro Cultural Ciudad Deportiva Estadio Nuevo Laredo Estudiantes Tecnológico de Nuevo Laredo Gimnasio Multidisciplinario Nuevo Laredo Parque la Junta Parque Viveros Paseo Reforma Polyforum Dr. Rodolfo Torre Cantú Teatro de la Ciudad Toros de Nuevo Laredo
History	Catedral del Espíritu Santo Tomás Sánchez San Agustin de Laredo Historic District Republic of the Rio Grande Flag of the Republic of the Rio Grande
Mass media	Newspapers El Diario de Nuevo Laredo El Mañana Primera Hora Última Hora Laredo Morning Times LareDOS Zapata Times Television XHLNA Azteca Uno 1.1 XHLNA-TDT2 ADN 40 1.2 XHLAR Canal de las Estrellas–HD 2.1 XHCTNL Imagen Televisión 3.1 XHCTNL-TDT2 Excelsiór Televisión 3.4 XHBR Televisa Regional 4.1 XHBR-TDT2 5* 5.1 XHNAT Multimedios Televisión 6.1 XHNAT-TDT2 Milenio Televisión 6.2 XHNAT-TDT3 CV Shopping 6.3 XHNAT-TDT4 MVS TV 6.4 XHLAT Azteca 7 7.1 XHLAT-TDT2 a+ 7.2 KGNS NBC–HD 8.1 KGNS-DT2 ABC–HD 8.2 KGNS-DT3 Telemundo 8.3 KYLX CBS–HD 13.1 KYLX-LD2 CW 13.2 KLMV BVB 15.1 KLMV-LD2 Infomercials 15.2 KLMV-LD3 Vida Vision 15.3 KLMV-LD4 Televida Laredo 15.4 XEFE XEFE La Imagen Familiar/Nu9ve 17.1 KLDO Univision–HD 27.1 KLDO-DT2 LATV 27.2 KXOF-CD UniMás 31.1 KETF-CD Fox–HD 39.1 KETF-CD2 MundoMax 39.2 Radio AM 790 XEFE 890 KVOZ 960 XEK 1090 XEWL 1300 KLAR 1340 XEBK 1370 XEGNK 1410 XEAS 1490 KLNT 1550 XENU FM 88.1 KHOY 88.9 XHLDO 89.9 KBNL 90.9 XHK 91.3 XHNOE 92.7 KJBZ 94.1 XHTLN 94.9 KQUR 95.7 XHBK 96.1 XHNLT 96.7 XHGNK 97.1 XHNLO 98.1 KRRG 99.3 XHNK 101.5 XHAS 101.9 XHENU 102.3 XHMW 103.3 XHAHU 103.7 XHWL 104.9 XHNLR 106.1 KNEX 106.5 La Tremenda 107.3 XHGTS
Transportation	Gateway to the Americas International Bridge Juárez-Lincoln International Bridge Texas-Mexican Railway International Bridge World Trade International Bridge Colombia-Solidarity International Bridge Mexican Federal Highway 2 Mexican Federal Highway 85 Mexican Federal Highway 85D Tamaulipas State Highway 1

27°30′01″N 99°30′10″W / 27.5002397°N 99.5027876°W / 27.5002397; -99.5027876

• Laredo–Nuevo Laredo
• Metropolitan areas of Mexico
• Metropolitan areas of Texas
• Transborder agglomerations
• Populated places on the Rio Grande