Nueva Ciudad Guerrero
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Nueva Ciudad Guerrero (English: New Warrior City) is a city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas it lies on the banks of the Rio Grande, near the U.S.-Mexico border, opposite to Falcon Heights, Texas. The city lies near the Falcon Dam.
[edit] History
Nueva Ciudad Guerrero was founded in 1750, as Villa del Señor San Ignacio de Loyola de Revilla but later was named after the second President of Mexico Vicente Guerrero. The city served for a short time as the capital of the Republic of the Rio Grande in 1840.
The city name of City of New Guerrero precedes the Old Guerrero City that was located also at the banks of the Rio Grande, this city was flooded due to the construction of the Falcon Dam, and its inhabitants have to moved towards the south to the city's current location.
