Laredo, Texas
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City of Laredo | |||
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Nickname: "The Gateway City" & "The City Under Seven Flags" | |||
Location of Laredo in Texas | |||
Coordinates: °′27°31′28″N °′99°29′26″W | |||
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History | |||
Settled | 1755 | ||
Government | |||
- Mayor | Raul G. Salinas | ||
- City Manager | Carlos R. Villarreal | ||
Area | |||
- City | 218.96 km² (84.54 sq mi) | ||
- Land | 216.11 km² (83.44 sq mi) | ||
- Water | 2.8489 km² (1.1 sq mi) 1.3011% | ||
- Metro | 418.96 km² (161.76 sq mi) | ||
Elevation | 137.2 m (450 ft) | ||
Population | |||
- City (2005) | 231,470 | ||
- Density | 953.36/km² (2469.20/sq mi) | ||
- Metro | 575,585 | ||
- Metro Density | 1908.86/km² (4943.92/sq mi) | ||
metro area includes Laredo, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Rio Bravo, Texas, El Cenizo, Texas, Laredo Ranchettes, Texas. Larga Vista, Texas, Ranchos Penitas West, Texas, & La Presa, Texas | |||
Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | ||
- Summer (DST) | CST (UTC-5) | ||
Zip Code | Laredo: 78040 78041 78042 78043 78044 78045 78046 78049 Nuevo Laredo: 88000 |
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Airports: Laredo: Laredo International Airport KLRD LRD Nuevo Laredo: Quetzalcoatl International Airport MMNL NLD | |||
Website: City of Laredo |
Laredo, Texas is a mid-sized city in southern Texas, United States established in the year 1755. Laredo has a population of 207,787. Hispanics make up 90% of the total population. Laredo is a border city which is part of the bi-national metropolitan area of Laredo, Texas - Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico with a total population of 575,585. The main sources of income for Laredo is international trade, followed by retail sales.
[change] History
Laredo was founded by Don Tomas Sanchez under the name of Villa de San Agustin de Laredo in 1755 in a colony called Nuevo Santander in New Spain. Today, most of Nuevo Santander is part of Texas.