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Laredo-Nuevo Laredo
Transborder agglomeration
Nickname(s): 
"Four-State Area", "Los Dos Laredos",[1] "Quad State Area"
Laredo Borderplex
Laredo Borderplex
Largest cityLaredo, Texas
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Other citiesCampanario
Rio Bravo
El Cenizo
SubdivisionsTexas
Webb County

Tamaulipas
Nuevo Laredo Municipality
Nuevo León
Anáhuac Municipality

Coahuila
Hidalgo Municipality
Area
 • Total418.96 km2 (161.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 official U.S. Census / INEGI Census)
 • Total636,516
 • Estimate 
(2010 World Gazetteer est.)
675,481
 • Rank157th in the Americas (2008)
 • Density3,643/km2 (1,407/sq mi)
GDP
[2][3]
 • LaredoUS$17.0 billion
 • Nuevo LaredoUS$5.5 billion
 • Laredo-Nuevo LaredoUS$22.5 billion
Time zoneUTC-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 [Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Zone]), 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[4] and the United States Census estimate of 2010.[5] 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[6] and 23rd in Mexico.[7]

Populated Places

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1990343,442—
2000519,80151.4%
2010636,51622.5%
2020706,24511.0%

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

Urban Areas

Cities

Texas

Tamaulipas

Towns

Texas

Coahuila

Tamaulipas

Nuevo León

History

Map of Laredo in 1892

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".[12][13] 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

The Laredo National Bank is one of the strongest banking institutions in Laredo, Texas

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.[14][15] 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

Main article: International bridges in Laredo, Texas

Major highways

Major highways in Laredo and their starting and ending points:

  • Complete List of Highways in Laredo, Texas

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

Retail Sales

Foggy morning at Mall Del Norte

Retail sales also helps the Laredo–Nuevo Laredo economy, it attracts shoppers from Northern Mexico and South Texas.[16] 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.[17]

Media

Newspapers

Name Frequency Language City Website
Laredo Morning Times Daily English Laredo lmtonline.com
LareDOS Monthly English Laredo laredosnews.com
El Mañana Daily Spanish Nuevo Laredo/Laredo elmanana.com.mx
El Diario de Nuevo Laredo Daily Spanish Nuevo Laredo diario.net
Primera Hora Daily Spanish Nuevo Laredo primerahora.com
Última Hora Daily Spanish Nuevo Laredo ultimahora.com

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.[18] 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.[19] 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.[20]

Television

VC DT Callsign Network Resolution City of License Official Website Notes
1.1 23.1 XHLNA Azteca Uno HD 1080i Nuevo Laredo tvazteca.com  •
1.2 23.2 XHLNA-TDT2 ADN 40 SD 480i Nuevo Laredo adn40.mx  •
2.1 29.1 XHLAR Las Estrellas HD 1080i Nuevo Laredo lasestrellas.tv  •
3.1 35.1 XHCTNL Imagen Televisión HD 1080i Nuevo Laredo imagentv.com  •
3.4 35.4 XHCTNL-TDT4 Excélsior TV SD 480i Nuevo Laredo excelsior.com  •
4.1 25.1 XHBR Televisa Nuevo Laredo HD 1080i Nuevo Laredo televisaregional.com  •
5.1 25.1 XHBR-TDT2 Canal 5 SD 480i Nuevo Laredo televisa.com  •
6.1 32.1 XHNAT Multimedios Plus HD 720p Nuevo Laredo multimedios.com  •
6.2 32.2 XHNAT-TDT2 Milenio TV SD 480i Nuevo Laredo milenio.com  •
6.3 32.3 XHNAT-TDT3 Teleritmo SD 480i Nuevo Laredo multimedios.com  •
6.4 32.4 XHNAT-TDT4 MVS TV SD 480i Nuevo Laredo mvstv.com  •
7.1 33.2 XHLAT-TDT Azteca 7 HD 1080i Nuevo Laredo tvazteca.com  •
7.2 33.9 XHLAT-TDT2 a+ SD 480i Nuevo Laredo tvazteca.com  •
8.1 8.3 KGNS NBC HD 1080i Laredo kgns.tv  •
8.2 8.4 KGNS-DT2 ABC HD 720p Laredo kgns.tv  •
8.3 8.5 KGNS-DT3 Telemundo HD 720p Laredo telemundolaredo.tv  •
8.5 8.7 KGNS-DT5 True Crime Network SD 480i Laredo truecrimenetworktv.com  •
10.1 10.1 KXNU Telemundo HD 720p Laredo telemundolaredo.tv  •
13.1 13.3 KYLX CBS HD 1080i Laredo cbs.com  •
13.2 13.4 KYLX-LD2 The CW SD 480i Laredo yourcwtv.com  •
15.1 15.1 KLMV BVB SD 480i Laredo  •  •
15.2 15.2 KLMV-LD2 Infomercials SD 480i Laredo  •  •
15.3 15.3 KLMV-LD3 Vida Vision SD 480i Laredo  •  •
15.4 15.4 KLMV-LD4 Televida Laredo SD 480i Laredo  •  •
17.1 17.1 XEFE Televisa Local HD 1080i Nuevo Laredo xefetv.com  •
27.1 19.1 KLDO Univision HD 1080i Laredo noticiasya.com  •
27.2 19.2 KLDO-DT2 LATV SD 480i Laredo latv.com  •
27.3 19.3 KLDO-DT3 TBD SD 480i Laredo tbd.com  •
27.4 19.4 KLDO-DT4 Stadium SD 480i Laredo watchstadium.com  •
27.5 19.5 KLDO-DT5 Court TV SD 480i Laredo courttv.com  •
31.1 31.1 KXOF Fox / MyNet HD 720p Laredo foxnewssouthtexas.com  •
31.2 31.2 KXOF-CD2 Grit SD 480i Laredo grittv.com  •
31.3 31.3 KXOF-CD3 Laff SD 480i Laredo laff.com  •
39.1 27.1 KETF Unimas HD 720p Laredo ketftv.com  •
39.2 27.2 KETF-CD2 Comet SD 480i Laredo comettv.com  •
39.3 27.3 KETF-CD3 Charge! SD 480i Laredo watchcharge.com  •
39.4 27.4 KETF-CD4 Azteca America HD 720p Laredo aztecaamerica.com  •

Radio

According to Arbitron, the Laredo region (which includes Jim Hogg, Webb, and Zapata counties) is ranked 191st market by population size.[21]

AM radio

Frequency Callsign Brand City of License Website Webcast
530 WPMQ285 TxDOT HAR Laredo  •  •
790 XEFE La Mera Ley Nuevo Laredo  • listen live
890 KVOZ Radio Cristiana Laredo lanuevaradiocristiana.com  •
960 XEK La Grande Nuevo Laredo xek.com listen live
1000 XENLT Radio Formula Nuevo Laredo radioformula.com listen live
1090 XEWL La Romantica Nuevo Laredo radiorama.com listen live
1300 KLAR Radio Poder Laredo feypoder.com listen live
1340 XEBK Mega 95.7 Nuevo Laredo radiorama.com listen live
1370 XEGNK Radio Mexicana Nuevo Laredo radiorama.com listen live
1410 XEAS Ke Buena Nuevo Laredo kebuena.com listen live
1490 KLNT Super Tejano Laredo klnt1490.com listen live
1550 XENU La Rancherita Nuevo Laredo radiorama.com listen live
1610 WQA200 CBP Information Laredo  •  •
Long range AM stations

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

Frequency Callsign Brand City of License Website Webcast
680 KKYX Country Legends 680 San Antonio kkyx.com listen live
720 KSAH Norteño 720 San Antonio  •  •
740 KTRH Newsradio 740 KTRH Houston ktrh.com listen live
760 KTKR Ticket 760 AM San Antonio ticket760.com listen live
990 XET La T Grande Monterrey  • listen live
1030 KCTA KCTA 1030 AM Corpus Christi kctaradio.com listen live
1050 XEG Ranchera de Monterrey Monterrey rancherademonterrey.com listen live
1140 XEMR MR Deportes Monterrey  •  •
1200 WOAI News Radio 1200 San Antonio radio.woai.com listen live
1210 KUBR Radio Cristiana San Juan  • listen live[permanent dead link]
1530 KGBT La Tremenda 1530 Harlingen latremenda1530.com  •

FM radio

Frequency Callsign Brand Format City of License Website Webcast
88.1 KHOY Catholic Radio Religious Laredo khoy.org listen live
88.9 XHLDO Radio Tamaulipas Public Radio Nuevo Laredo tamaulipas.gob listen live[permanent dead link]
89.9 KBNL Radio Manantial Spanish Religious Laredo kbnl.com listen live
91.3 XHNOE Stereo 91 Spanish Contemporary Nuevo Laredo xhnoe.com listen live
92.7 KJBZ Z93 Tejano Laredo z93laredo.com listen live
93.7 "XHNLT"PR Radio Estereo Uncion FM Christian Radio Nuevo Laredo uncionfeypoder.com listen live
94.1 XHTLN Imagen / RMX Laredo Talk / Contemporary Nuevo Laredo rmx.com.mx listen live
94.9 KQUR Digital 94.9 Spanish Pop Laredo digital949.com listen live
95.3 XHLPZ La Traviesa Spanish Regional Lampazos • •
95.7 XHBK Mega 95.7 Spanish Contemporary Nuevo Laredo radioavanzado.com listen live
96.5 "XHTWO"PR Radio Two Norteño Nuevo Laredo • listen live
97.1 XHNLO La Caliente Norteño Nuevo Laredo mmradio.com listen live
98.1 KRRG Big Buck Country Country Laredo bigbuck98.com listen live
99.3 XHNK 40 Principales Top 40 Nuevo Laredo radiorama.com listen live
100.5 KBDR La Ley Tejano Laredo laley1005.com listen live
101.5 XHAS Ke Buena Norteño Nuevo Laredo kebuena.com listen live
102.3 XHMW Stereo Vida AC/Oldies Nuevo Laredo radiorama.com listen live
102.9 nonePR La Guerrera de la Frontera International Nuevo Laredo laguerrera.mx listen live
103.3 nonePR Radio 33 Spanish Religious Nuevo Laredo feypoder.com listen live
104.5 nonePR 2 Beat Electronica Nuevo Laredo • •
104.9 XHNLR Radio UAT University Radio Nuevo Laredo uat.mx listen live
105.1 nonePR RN Radio Spanish Nuevo Laredo rn105.com listen live
105.5 nonePR Mas Musica Spanish Nuevo Laredo • •
106.1 KNEX Hot 106.1 Urban / Rhythmic Top 40 Laredo hot1061.com listen live
106.5 nonePR Radio Voz Norteño Nuevo Laredo radiovoz1065.net listen live
107.3 XHGTS 107.3 Me Gusta Spanish Pop Nuevo Laredo xhgts.com listen live
162.55 WXK26 NOAA Weather Radio Weather Laredo noaa.gov  •

PR:Suspected pirate radio stations since they are not licensed with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States or COFETEL in Mexico.[22][23] 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.

Pictures of Laredo, Texas

Pictures of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico

See also

References

  1. ^ Hennessy-Fiske, Molly (28 April 2013). "Laredo, Texas, battles an image problem". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Total Gross Domestic Product for Laredo, TX (MSA)". Federal Reserve Economic Data. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
  3. ^ "TelluBase—Mexico Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  4. ^ INEGI Mexican Census results for 2010 See Tamaulipas > Nuevo Laredo (in Spanish)
  5. ^ "S0101 AGE AND SEX". United States Census Bureau. United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved November 19, 2023. Laredo, TX Metro Area / Total Population / 251,623
  6. ^ Metropolitan population rank in United States[dead link]
  7. ^ Metropolitan population rank in Mexico[dead link]
  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 Table ID: DP05
  10. ^ INEGI Mexican Census results for 2005 See Coahuila > Hidalgo (in Spanish)
  11. ^ INEGI Mexican Census results for 2005 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
  19. ^ Gray to Air ABC on KGNS Subchannel 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
  22. ^ COFETEL: FM stations in Mexico Archived 2014-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
  23. ^ FCC: FM Stations in Nuevo Laredo

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