Nuevo Laredo
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Nuevo Laredo is a city located in the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in the Mexican state
States of Mexico
The United Mexican States is a federal republic formed by 32 federal entities .According to the Constitution of 1917, the states of the federation are free and sovereign. Each state has their own congress and constitution, while the Federal District has only limited autonomy with a local Congress...
of Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the...
. The city lies on the banks of the Río Grande
Rio Grande
The Rio Grande is a river that flows from southwestern Colorado in the United States to the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way it forms part of the Mexico – United States border. Its length varies as its course changes...
, across from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
city of Laredo, Texas
Laredo, Texas
Laredo is the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, located on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. According to the 2010 census, the city population was 236,091 making it the 3rd largest on the United States-Mexican border,...
. The 2010 census population of the city was 373,725. Nuevo Laredo is part of the Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area
Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area
The Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area is one of six bi-national metropolitan areas along the United States-Mexican border. The city of Laredo is situated in the American state of Texas on the northern bank of the Rio Grande and Nuevo Laredo is located in the Mexican State of Tamaulipas in the...
with a total population of 636,516. The municipality has an area of 1,334.02 km² (515.07 sq mi). Both the city and the municipality rank as the third largest in the state.
The city is connected to Laredo, Texas
Laredo, Texas
Laredo is the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, located on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. According to the 2010 census, the city population was 236,091 making it the 3rd largest on the United States-Mexican border,...
, across the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo)
Rio Grande
The Rio Grande is a river that flows from southwestern Colorado in the United States to the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way it forms part of the Mexico – United States border. Its length varies as its course changes...
river by three international bridges
International bridges in Laredo, Texas
-Road bridges:-Proposed:-Rail bridges:-Proposed:...
and a rail bridge
Texas-Mexican Railway International Bridge
The Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge is the only railway international bridge that crosses the U.S.-Mexico border between the cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. It is owned and operated by Texas Mexican Railway and Kansas City Southern de México...
. The city is larger than its U.S. counterpart, but is younger, having been established after the Republic of Texas broke away from Mexico. It is the largest inland port in Mexico, just as its counterpart across the border is the busiest inland port in the United States. As an indication of its economic importance, one of Mexico's Banderas monumentales
Banderas monumentales
The banderas monumentales are a set of monuments located throughout Mexico. They are part of a program started in 1999 under President Ernesto Zedillo that is currently administered by the Secretariat of National Defense...
is located in the city (these flags have been established in state capitals and cities of significance).
History
Nuevo Laredo was part of the territory of the original settlement of LaredoLaredo, Texas
Laredo is the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, located on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. According to the 2010 census, the city population was 236,091 making it the 3rd largest on the United States-Mexican border,...
(now in Texas) which was founded in 1755 by the Spaniard Don Tomás Sánchez
Don Tomás Sánchez
Don Tomás Sánchez de Barrera y de la Garza was a veteran Spanish Captain who founded Laredo, Texas, United States and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, at the time it was one town in the Nuevo Santander Province.-Origins:...
in the northern part of the Rio Grande. The settlement's territory was granted to José de Escandón by the King of Spain, and the settlement's territory and population remained unified for 100 years, until the war of 1847, the Mexican–American War
Mexican–American War
The Mexican–American War, also known as the First American Intervention, the Mexican War, or the U.S.–Mexican War, was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S...
. In 1847, the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty divided the territory attached to Laredo between Texas and Mexico. New Laredo was founded on May 15, 1848, by seventeen Laredo families who wished to remain Mexican and therefore moved to the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. They identified with Mexico, its history and cultural customs, and decided to keep their Mexican citizenship. The founders of New Laredo even took with them the bones of their ancestors so they continued to rest in Mexican ground.
Geography
Nuevo Laredo is located in the Northern tip of TamaulipasTamaulipas
Tamaulipas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the...
on the west end of the Rio Grande Plains. Rio Grande
Rio Grande
The Rio Grande is a river that flows from southwestern Colorado in the United States to the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way it forms part of the Mexico – United States border. Its length varies as its course changes...
is the only source that supplies its citizens with water. El Coyote Creek supplies Nuevo Laredo’s only natural lake El Laguito (The Small Lake). The area consists of a few hills and flat land covered with grass
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...
, oak
Oak
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 600 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
, and mesquite
Mesquite
Mesquite is a leguminous plant of the Prosopis genus found in northern Mexico through the Sonoran Desert and Chihuahuan Deserts, and up into the Southwestern United States as far north as southern Kansas, west to the Colorado Desert in California,and east to the eastern fifth of Texas, where...
.
Climate
Nuevo Laredo features a semiarid climate. Nuevo Laredo's weather is influenced by its proximity to the Chihuahuan DesertChihuahuan Desert
The Chihuahuan Desert is a desert, and an ecoregion designation, that straddles the U.S.-Mexico border in the central and northern portions of the Mexican Plateau, bordered on the west by the extensive Sierra Madre Occidental range, and overlaying northern portions of the east range, the Sierra...
to the west, by the Sierra Madre Oriental
Sierra Madre Oriental
The Sierra Madre Oriental is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico.-Setting:Spanning the Sierra Madre Oriental runs from Coahuila south through Nuevo León, southwest Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, and Hidalgo to northern Puebla, where it joins with the east-west running Eje Volcánico...
mountains to the south and west, and by the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Much of the moisture from the Pacific
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
is blocked by the Sierra Madre Oriental
Sierra Madre Oriental
The Sierra Madre Oriental is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico.-Setting:Spanning the Sierra Madre Oriental runs from Coahuila south through Nuevo León, southwest Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, and Hidalgo to northern Puebla, where it joins with the east-west running Eje Volcánico...
. Therefore most of the moisture derives from the Gulf of Mexico. Its geographic location causes Nuevo Laredo's weather to range from long periods of heat to sudden violent storms in a short period of time. Nuevo Laredo is cold for Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the...
standards during winter, the average daytime highs are around 66 °F (19 C) and overnight lows around 43 °F (6 C); although it is rare for snow to fall in Nuevo Laredo, there was actually snow on the ground for a few hours on the morning of Christmas Day 2004.
Nuevo Laredo experiences an average high temperature of about 99 °F (37 C), and an average low of about 75 °F (24 C) during summer, and 20 inches (508 mm) of rain per year. As Laredo sometimes undergoes drought
Drought
A drought is an extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply. Generally, this occurs when a region receives consistently below average precipitation. It can have a substantial impact on the ecosystem and agriculture of the affected region...
, a water conservation
Water conservation
Water conservation refers to reducing the usage of water and recycling of waste water for different purposes such as cleaning, manufacturing, and agricultural irrigation.- Water conservation :Water conservation can be defined as:...
ordinance
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
was implemented in 2003.
Government
Nuevo Laredo is governed by an elected CabildoCabildo
Cabildo can refer to:* Cabildo , a former Spanish municipal administrative unit governed by a council* Cabildo , African ethnic associations in colonial Cuba* Cabildo , an Argentine nationalist Catholic magazine...
, which is composed of the Presidente Municipal (Municipal President or Mayor), two Síndicos, and twenty Regidor
Regidor
A Regidor is a member of a council of municipalities in Spain and Latin America. Portugal also used to have the same office of Regedor.-Mexico:...
es. The PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) is in control of the city government. The Mayor is in charge of the municipal administration. The Síndicos supervise the municipal budget and expenditures, and the Regidores are elected by the party.
Public safety
Public safety is provided by three municipal departments: (1) municipal police (Dirección de Seguridad Ciudadana), (2) traffic control (Dirección de Seguridad Vial), and (3) the emergency services department (Dirección de Protección Civil, Bomberos y Desastres).Economy
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
(approximately 8500 trucks cross the border each day). Its geographical position has enabled this city to grow and specialize in the international trade
International trade
International trade is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories. In most countries, such trade represents a significant share of gross domestic product...
business. Nuevo Laredo has a very developed logistics
Logistics
Logistics is the management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet the requirements of customers or corporations. Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, and packaging, and...
and transportation industry, complemented with a variety of hotel chains, restaurants and a cultural center where events such as the Tamaulipas International Festival take place.
Nuevo Laredo is located on the primary trade route connecting Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Mexico. Both Nuevo Laredo and Laredo, TX are now the gateway to Mexico's burgeoning industrial complex, offering diverse markets, business opportunities and profit potential, which both business and industry cannot not find anywhere else. Nuevo Laredo is the only Mexico/U.S. border city strategically positioned at the convergence of all land transportation systems. The main highway
Mexican Federal Highway 85
Mexico's Federal Highway 85 connects Mexico City with the U.S. border at Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. It is the original route of the Inter-American Highway. Highway 85 runs through Monterrey, Nuevo León; Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas; Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí; and Pachuca, Hidalgo...
and railroad leading from Central Mexico through Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí officially Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and its capital city is San Luis Potosí....
, Saltillo
Saltillo
Saltillo is the capital city of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila and the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. The city is located about 400 km south of the U.S. state of Texas, and 90 km west of Monterrey, Nuevo León....
and Monterrey
Monterrey
Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...
join with two major U.S. rail lines at Nuevo Laredo and major American highway
Highway
A highway is any public road. In American English, the term is common and almost always designates major roads. In British English, the term designates any road open to the public. Any interconnected set of highways can be variously referred to as a "highway system", a "highway network", or a...
Interstate 35
Interstate 35
Interstate 35 is a north–south Interstate Highway in the central United States. I-35 stretches from Laredo, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border to Duluth, Minnesota, at Minnesota Highway 61 and 26th Avenue East. Many interstates used to have splits or spurs indicated with suffixed letters , but I-35...
, thus offering fast access to the most important metropolitan areas and seaports of Texas, as well as northern states and Canada. For more than a decade, Mexico's economic policies have greatly increased Mexico/U.S. trade and cross-border production in the Nuevo Laredo area.
Seventy percent of all Mexican exports to the United States are exported through Nuevo Laredo. Nuevo Laredo is considered to be the largest inland port in Latin America. There are three bridges in the Nuevo Laredo area: International Bridge #1
Gateway to the Americas International Bridge
The Gateway to the Americas International Bridge is one of four vehicular international bridges located in the cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, that connect the United States and Mexico over the Rio Grande...
(the oldest); International Bridge #2
Juárez-Lincoln International Bridge
The Juárez–Lincoln International Bridge is one of four vehicular international bridges located in the cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, that connect the United States and Mexico over the Rio Grande...
(also known as Juarez-Lincoln; no pedestrians); International Bridge #3
World Trade International Bridge
The World Trade International Bridge is one of 4 international bridges located in the cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, that connect the United States and Mexico over the Rio Grande . It is owned and operated by City of Laredo and the Secretaría de Comunicaciones y...
(also known as the Free Trade or Libre Comercio Bridge; inaugurated in 1999; cargo only). Also the Colombia-Solidarity (Solidaridad) Bridge
Colombia-Solidarity International Bridge
Colombia–Solidarity International Bridge is one of four vehicular international bridges located on the U.S.-Mexico border in the city of Laredo, Texas; it connects Laredo over the Rio Grande with Colombia, Nuevo León...
(located about 20 miles (32.2 km) NW of the city in Colombia Nuevo León. There are no urban areas on either side of this bridge.
Higher education
- Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas (UAT) offers International trade, Computing, Business administration, Law, and Accountancy, Nursing, Health environment safety and security. It has 3,500 students enrolled.
- Instituto Tecnologico de Nuevo Laredo (ITN) offers Architecture, Civil engineering, Electrical engineering, Computer systems engineering, Industrial engineering, Mechanical engineering, Business administration, Accountancy, Electronic engineering, Mechatronics engineering, Enterprise management engineering. It has 2,418 students enrolled.
- Universidad Valle del Bravo-Valle de Mexico (UVB-UVM) offers Law, Psychology, Graphic design, International trade, International marketing, Business administration, Tourism, International relations, Communications, Accountancy, Political sciences, Industrial administration engineering, Computer systems engineering, Electronic systems engineering, Civil engineering, Environmentaland engineering, Mechanical electrician engineering, Security and industrial hygiene engineering, Dentistry. It has 800 students enrolled.
- Universidad Tecnologica de Nuevo Laredo (UT) offers Enterprise development engineering, Global commercial logistics engineering, Industrial maintenance engineering, Mechatronics engineering, Renewable energy engineering, Logistic and Autotransport administration specialist, tariff classification and customs clearance specialist, Electronics and automated specialist, Industrial maintenance specialist, Sales and Distribution specialist. It has 498 students enrolled.
- Centro de Estudios Superiores RoyalCentro de Estudios Superiores RoyalThe Royal Higher Education Center Is a private university founded on August 2003 in the city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México....
(CES-R, Royal University) offers International trade, Marketing and publicity, Business administration, Computer systems, Organizational psychology, Accountancy.
- Instituto de Ciencias y Estudios Superiores de Tamaulipas (ICEST) offers Communications, Nutrition, Psychology, Languages, International trade, Dramatic literature and theater, Chemical phamacist biologist, Nursing, Library science, Tourism, Computer systems engineering, Chemical engineering.
- Universidad TecMilenio (UTM) offers Business administration, Intelligence of markets, International trade, Graphic design and animation, Industrial engineering, Logistics systems engineering, Development of software engineering, International businesses engineering.
- Universidad Del Norte De Tamaulipas (UNT) offers Political sciences and Administration, Administration and Marketing, International trade and Customs, Computer systems engineering, Accountancy.
- Universidad Panamericana (UP) offers Business administration, Accountancy, Law, Secundaria education, Preescolar education, Civic and ethical, Psychology, Surgeon (obstetrician), Surgeon (zootechnician), Industrial engineering, Computer systems engineering.
Nuevo Laredo has two teachers' schools:
- Normal Basica Cuauhtemoc offers elementary education and kindergarten education
- Normal Superior De Tamaulipas opened its doors on August 2005 and offers Physical education and middle school Education. The Normal offers specialties in SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, mathematics, and English instruction.
Air
Nuevo Laredo is served by the Quetzalcóatl International AirportQuetzalcóatl International Airport
Quetzalcóatl International Airport is an international airport located in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is situated near the U.S.-Mexico border border, opposite Laredo, Texas and handles national and international air traffic for the city of Nuevo Laredo...
with daily flights to Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
. The neighboring Laredo International Airport
Laredo International Airport
-Air cargo operators & destinations :* ABX Air * FedEx Express * UPS Airlines -Accidents and incidents:...
in Laredo, Texas has daily flights to Houston (George Bush Intercontinental Airport
George Bush Intercontinental Airport
George Bush Intercontinental Airport, is a Class B international airport in Houston, Texas, serving the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area, the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Located north of Downtown Houston between Interstate 45 and U.S. Highway 59...
) and to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is located between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, and is the busiest airport in the U.S. state of Texas...
and Tri-weekly flights to Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
and bi-weekly seasonal (May–August) flights to Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
.
Mass transit
Transporte Urbano de Nuevo Laredo (TUNL) is the mass transit system that operates in Nuevo Laredo with fixed routes with millions of passengers per year. TUNL works with a fleet of fixed route buses. TUNL hub is located in downtown Nuevo Laredo.International bridges
- Gateway to the Americas International BridgeGateway to the Americas International BridgeThe Gateway to the Americas International Bridge is one of four vehicular international bridges located in the cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, that connect the United States and Mexico over the Rio Grande...
- Juárez-Lincoln International BridgeJuárez-Lincoln International BridgeThe Juárez–Lincoln International Bridge is one of four vehicular international bridges located in the cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, that connect the United States and Mexico over the Rio Grande...
- World Trade International BridgeWorld Trade International BridgeThe World Trade International Bridge is one of 4 international bridges located in the cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, that connect the United States and Mexico over the Rio Grande . It is owned and operated by City of Laredo and the Secretaría de Comunicaciones y...
(commercial traffic only) - Texas-Mexican Railway International BridgeTexas-Mexican Railway International BridgeThe Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge is the only railway international bridge that crosses the U.S.-Mexico border between the cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. It is owned and operated by Texas Mexican Railway and Kansas City Southern de México...
Major highways
Major highways in Nuevo Laredo and their starting and ending points:
Mexican Federal Highway 85Mexican Federal Highway 85Mexico's Federal Highway 85 connects Mexico City with the U.S. border at Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. It is the original route of the Inter-American Highway. Highway 85 runs through Monterrey, Nuevo León; Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas; Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí; and Pachuca, Hidalgo...
Nuevo Laredo-Mexico CityMexico CityMexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
Mexican Federal Highway 2 MatamorosMatamoros, TamaulipasMatamoros, officially known as Heroica Matamoros, is a city in the northeastern part of Tamaulipas, in the country of Mexico. It is located on the southern bank of the Rio Grande, directly across the border from Brownsville, Texas, in the United States. Matamoros is the second largest and second...
-Nuevo Laredo-Colombia-Ciudad Acuña
Tamaulipas State Highway 1Tamaulipas State Highway 1Tamaulipas State Highway 1 is a highway that stretches form Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Mexico west to Nuevo Leon State Highway 1 on the Nuevo Leon / Tamaulipas borderline. This highway with its Nuevo Leon side connects Nuevo Laredo with Anáhuac, Nuevo Leon....
Nuevo Laredo-MonterreyMonterreyMonterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...- Nuevo Leon State Highway Spur 1Nuevo Leon State Highway Spur 1Nuevo Leon State Highway 1 Spur is a connector road that connects the Colombia, Nuevo Leon area with Nuevo Leon State Highway 1. Before its construction travelers / commercial traffic from the Colombia-Solidarity International Bridge had to travel south via Mexican Federal Highway 2 and pass...
Colombia-AnáhuacAnáhuac, Nuevo LeónAnáhuac is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. The city of Anáhuac was founded on May 5, 1933, inside the municipal jurisdiction of Lampazos de Naranjo, Nuevo León, as the political head of the National System of Irrigation No.04 . On May 29, 1935, this city was declared a...
Nearby cities
| City | Population | Distance (km) |
|---|---|---|
| Laredo, Texas Laredo, Texas Laredo is the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, located on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. According to the 2010 census, the city population was 236,091 making it the 3rd largest on the United States-Mexican border,... |
236,091 | 0 mi (0 km) |
| Monclova Monclova On the other hand, temperatures during late spring and summer can have bouts of extreme heat, with evenings above 40°C for many consecutive days. In recent decades the hottest records have climbed as high as 43°C on July 13, 2005 and 45°C on May 4, 1984. However nighttime low temperatures are... , Coahuila Coahuila Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico... |
294,191 | 124 mi (199 km) |
| Monterrey Monterrey Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the... , Nuevo Leon Nuevo León Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S... |
3,664,334 | 125 mi (201 km) |
| Reynosa Reynosa Reynosa is a border city in the northern part of Tamaulipas, in the country of Mexico. It is located on the southern bank of the Rio Grande, directly across the border from McAllen, Texas in the United States. As of 2010, the city of Reynosa counts with a population of 607,532... , Tamaulipas Tamaulipas Tamaulipas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the... |
526,888 | 130 mi (209 km) |
| Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. The MSA population in 2008 was 416,376. The population was 305,215 at the 2010 census making it the... |
409,741 | 131 mi (211 km) |
| San Antonio, Texas San Antonio, Texas San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,... |
1,942,217 | 154 mi (248 km) |
| Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas Tamaulipas Tamaulipas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the... |
462,157 | 167 mi (268 km) |
| Saltillo Saltillo Saltillo is the capital city of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila and the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. The city is located about 400 km south of the U.S. state of Texas, and 90 km west of Monterrey, Nuevo León.... , Coahuila Coahuila Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico... |
648,929 | 181 mi (291 km) |
People and culture
Parks and zoos
Parque Viveros (en:Viveros Park) is a 124 acre (0.50181064 km²) forest park that overlooks the Rio Grande in the east part of Nuevo Laredo. The park features a zoo, 2 large swimming pools, walking trails, and picnic areas with bar-b-que pits.Theaters
Nuevo Laredo has three main theaters the "Centro Cultural", "Teatro de la Ciudad", and "Casa de Cultura". The Centro Cultural (en:Cultural Center), is Nuevo Laredo's main theater with a sitting capacity of 1,200 guests. The theater has presented high level shows high level, plays, concerts and dance recitals. The theater has a museum, library, and a cafeteria. The Teatro de la Ciudad (en:City Theater) is a theater which presents plays, dance recitals, concerts and musical shows and special events. The Casa de Cultura (en:House of Culture) houses music, painting, dance and literature workshops and also presents major artistic and cultural events such as art exhibitions, concerts, film samples, dance recitals and plays, among others.Baseball
Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo
The Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo formerly known as the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos were a Mexican Baseball League team that played in the Zona Norte of the Mexican League. The Ciudad Deportiva's Estadio Nuevo Laredo is their home baseball park which has a capacity of 12,000 fans...
(Owls of Nuevo Laredo) formally known as the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (Owls of the Two Laredos) is a Mexican Baseball League
Liga Mexicana de Beisbol
The Mexican League is a summer minor league baseball league with teams based across Mexico. Along with the International League and the Pacific Coast League, it is one of three leagues playing at the triple-A level, which is one step below Major League Baseball. It is the only Minor League...
team that plays in the Zona Norte (Northern Division) of the Mexican League. The Ciudad Deportiva is their home Baseball park which has a capacity of 12,000 fans. The Tecolotes returned to Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas for the 2008 season after a 4 years absence in the city when the team was transferred to Tijuana and renamed Potors de Tijuana. The Rieleros from Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 11 municipalities and its capital city is Aguascalientes....
were transferred to Nuevo Laredo as the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo. The Tecolotes were the Mexican League Champions in 1953, 1954, 1958, 1977, and 1989 and were subchampions in 1945, 1955, 1959, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1993.
Parque la Junta
Parque la Junta
Parque la Junta is a baseball field built in 1947 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The ball park has a capacity of 6,000 people. The stadium was the home to the five-time champion Mexican Baseball League team Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos from 1947 to 2003.-References:...
(La Junta Park) is baseball field built in 1947 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. The ball park has a capacity of 6,000 people. The stadium was the home to the five-time champion Mexican Baseball League
Liga Mexicana de Beisbol
The Mexican League is a summer minor league baseball league with teams based across Mexico. Along with the International League and the Pacific Coast League, it is one of three leagues playing at the triple-A level, which is one step below Major League Baseball. It is the only Minor League...
team Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (The Owls of the Two Laredos) from 1947 to 2003.
Soccer
The Bravos de Nuevo LaredoBravos de Nuevo Laredo
The Bravos de Nuevo Laredo is a soccer club in the Mexican Football League Second Division in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. They compete in the Zona Centro of the Second Division. The Unidad Deportiva Benito Juárez is their home stadium...
is a soccer club in the Mexican Football League
Mexican League System
The Mexican football league system is the national football competition system in Mexico. It is organized by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación and consists of four levels ....
Second Division
Segunda division
The Segunda División is the third level of the Mexican football league system. The Segunda División is divided into two leagues, the Liga Premier de Ascenso and the Liga de Nuevos Talentos...
in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. The Unidad Deportiva Benito Juárez (Benito Juárez Sport Complex) is their home stadium. The Bravos are an institution formed in 2004 by a groups of business people in Nuevo Laredo, whose objective is to organize a soccer team in the city with aspirations it will become a professional soccer club. This has been the first team to have all of their games transmitted live via internet through www.arcanasa.com up to the end of the 2010 tournament.
The Ciudad Deportiva (Sports City) is a sports complex built in 2007 which main feature is a baseball park in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. It is home to the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo
Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo
The Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo formerly known as the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos were a Mexican Baseball League team that played in the Zona Norte of the Mexican League. The Ciudad Deportiva's Estadio Nuevo Laredo is their home baseball park which has a capacity of 12,000 fans...
Mexican Baseball League team. The Ciudad Deportiva can seat up to 12,000 fans at a baseball game. Phase one of this project has ben completed which only included the Baseball Park. Phase II of this project will include a new soccer stadium within Mexican Primera Division standards for a possible expansion of one of its teams to Nuevo Laredo. Phase II also includes a gym that will seat 1,500 fans to enjoy basketball, volley ball, and gymnastics among other sports.
Basketball
The Toros de Nuevo Laredo is a basketballBasketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
playing in the Mexican professional league Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional
Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional
The Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional is the top professional basketball league in Mexico. The league was founded in 2000 with 11 teams, expanding to 24 as of 2008...
(LNBP). The Toros de Nuevo Laredo play in the Ciudad Deportiva Indoor Stadium
Ciudad Deportiva, Nuevo Laredo
The Ciudad Deportiva is a sports complex in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. It is home to the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo Mexican Baseball League team and the Venados de Nuevo Laredo Mexican professional basketball team from the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional...
. They entered the league in 2009 to join the North Conference. Prior to the Toros de Nuevo Laredo, Nuevo Laredo had the Venados de Nuevo Laredo
Venados de Nuevo Laredo
The Toros de Nuevo Laredo are a Mexican professional basketball team based in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico playing in the Northern Division of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional . The Correcaminos UAT Matamoros were transferred to Nuevo Laredo in 2007 and were renamed Venados de...
which played on the LNBP for the 2007-2008 season.
Entertainment
There is a fairly large array of night-time entertainment venues. Most establishments (clubs, bars, and restaurants) are located in the historical district. Other restaurants (including chains such as Carl's Jr., Pizza Hut, KFC, and McDonalds) are located along Avenida Vicente Guerrero and Avenida Reforma. Nuevo Laredo has a red light district called Boy's TownBoy's Town, Nuevo Laredo
Boy's Town, , is a commercial district in the border town of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, serving primarily as a "zone of tolerance" in the city for legal prostitution, and also a variety of other nocturnal entertainment. It is a walled compound containing three short east-west streets and...
, (or "La Zona"). The city has diversity of attractions:
- Cultural center.
- Museum of natural history.
- José Reyes Meza Museum.
- Regional zoo.
- Estacion Palabra Gabriel García Márquez.
- House of the culture.
- Building Antigua Aduana.
- Longoria bank museum.
- Archivo Historico.
Newspapers
| Name | Frequency | Language | City | Website |
| El Diario de Nuevo Laredo El Diario de Nuevo Laredo El Diario de Nuevo Laredo is a Spanish language newspaper published in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The newspaper was founded in 1948 by Ruperto Villareal Montemayor, it is Nuevo Laredo's second oldest newspaper currently still published, but is the nonstop oldelst newspaper in Nuevo Laredo... |
Daily | Spanish | Nuevo Laredo | diario.net |
| El Mañana (Nuevo Laredo) El Mañana (Nuevo Laredo) El Mañana is a Spanish language newspaper published in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The newspaper was founded in 1924 by Heriberto Deandar Amador, it is Nuevo Laredo's oldest newspaper currently still published. El Mañana uses the slogan "La verdad sin fronteras"... |
Daily | Spanish | Nuevo Laredo | elmanana.com.mx |
| LareDOS LareDOS LareDOS is an independent monthly newspaper published in Laredo, Texas and is distributed free of charge. LareDOS was founded by Maria Eugenia Guerra and Richard Geissler in December 1994. The newspaper takes pride that it is 100% owned by a Latina since Maria Guerra bought out Richard Geissler in... |
Monthly | English | Laredo | laredosnews.com |
| Laredo Morning Times Laredo Morning Times The Laredo Morning Times is a daily newspaper publication based in Laredo, Texas, USA. It is owned by the Hearst Corporation.The Laredo Morning Times was founded on June 14, 1881 as "the Laredo Weekly," a four-page newspaper published by James Saunders Penn. Two years later, the paper became a... |
Daily | English | Laredo | lmtonline.com |
| Laredo Sun | Online Newspaper | English | Laredo | laredosun.us |
| Lider | Daily | Spanish | Nuevo Laredo | liderinformativo.com |
| Primera Hora Primera Hora (Nuevo Laredo) Pimera Hora is a Spanish language newspaper published in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The newspaper was founded on October 24, 2001, by Benjamín Galvan Gomes. The newspaper is printed daily at 10:00 AM CST to ensure the latest news is read and the newspaper is sold until 5:30 PM CST... |
Daily | Spanish | Nuevo Laredo | primerahora.com |
| Ultima Hora Última Hora Última Hora is a Spanish language newspaper published in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The newspaper was founded on July 26, 1996, as Dos, Enlace de Culturas by Benjamin Galvan Gomes. The name was changed to Ultima Hora on November 13, 1998... |
Daily | Spanish | Nuevo Laredo | ultimahora.com |
Television
| CH Television channel A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and... |
VC Virtual channel In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels.... |
DT Digital television Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV... |
Callsign | Network Television network A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small... |
City of License | Official Website |
| 2 | • | • | XEFE XEFE-TV XEFE is the television call sign for the Televisa local television station in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The channel can also be seen in the Laredo, Texas market. In addition to local news and programming, XEFE also airs a selection of programming from Televisa's FOROtv, Canal 5 and... |
Televisa local | Nuevo Laredo | • |
| • | 8.1 | 8.1 | KGNS KGNS-TV KGNS-TV is the NBC television affiliate for Laredo, Texas as well as surrounding areas in both Texas and Mexico. The station is owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting. KGNS also operates digital subchannels offering Telemundo and KTXW , both also available on Time Warner Cable channels 25 and 19,... |
NBC–HD NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago... |
Laredo | pro8news.com |
| • | 8.2 | 8.2 | KGNSDT2 | The CW | Laredo | yourcwtv.com |
| • | 8.3 | 8.3 | KGNSDT3 | Telemundo Telemundo Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision.... |
Laredo | telemundo.com |
| • | 10.1CP Construction permit A construction permit or building permit is a permit required in most jurisdictions for new construction, or adding on to pre-existing structures, and in some cases for major renovations. Generally, the new construction must be inspected during construction and after completion to ensure compliance... |
10.1CP Construction permit A construction permit or building permit is a permit required in most jurisdictions for new construction, or adding on to pre-existing structures, and in some cases for major renovations. Generally, the new construction must be inspected during construction and after completion to ensure compliance... |
K10QK-D | Religious | Laredo | feypoder.com |
| 11 | 11.1 | 25.1 | XHBR XHBR-TV XHBR-TV is the television call sign for the Televisa television station channel 11 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The station is an affiliate of the Canal de las Estrellas network. It also broadcasts local programming and news. XHBR also broadcasts Canal de las Estrellas in High Definition... |
Canal de las Estrellas–HD Canal de las Estrellas Canal de las Estrellas is one of the cornerstone networks of Televisa, with affiliate stations all over Mexico, flagshipped at XEW-TV in Mexico City. Many of the programs of Canal de las Estrellas are seen in the United States on Univision, Telefutura, and Galavisión... |
Nuevo Laredo | esmas.com |
| • | 13.1 | 13.1 | KVTV KVTV KVTV is the CBS television affiliate of Laredo, Texas, USA. Its transmitter is located in Laredo.-History:One of several stations serving the Laredo/Nuevo Laredo borderplex, KVTV began in 1973 as a satellite station of KZTV, the CBS Affiliate in Corpus Christi... |
CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of... |
Laredo | cbs.com |
| • | 15.1 | 15.1 | KLMV | BVB | Laredo | bvb.com |
| 21 | 21.1 | 50.1 | XHLNA | Azteca Trece–HD Azteca 13 Azteca 13 is a television broadcast network owned by TV Azteca, with affiliate stations all over Mexico all of which are owned and operated by TV Azteca. Azteca 13 uses Mexico, Distrito Federal's XHDF as its flagship station and its channel as part of its name... |
Nuevo Laredo | tvazteca.com |
| 21 | 21.2 | 50.2 | XHLNA | Azteca Trece–3D Azteca 13 Azteca 13 is a television broadcast network owned by TV Azteca, with affiliate stations all over Mexico all of which are owned and operated by TV Azteca. Azteca 13 uses Mexico, Distrito Federal's XHDF as its flagship station and its channel as part of its name... |
Nuevo Laredo | tvazteca.com |
| • | 27.1 | 19.1 | KLDO | Univision–HD Univision Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva... |
Laredo | kldotv.com |
| • | 27.4 | 19.4 | KLDODT4 | LATV LATV LATV is a bilingual music and entertainment network. LATV has been on the air in the Los Angeles market as KJLA since 2001 and is distributed through mostly digital television subchannels throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.... |
Laredo | kldotv.com |
| • | 31.1 | 31.1 | KETF | Telefutura TeleFutura TeleFutura is a U.S. Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami, Florida.-Overview:TeleFutura Is America’s #2 Spanish-Language Network in prime time... |
Laredo | ketftv.com |
| 33 | 33.1 | 51.1 | XHLAT | Azteca 7–HD Azteca 7 Azteca 7 or El 7 is a network owned by TV Azteca, with affiliate stations all over Mexico all of which are owned and operated by TV Azteca. Azteca 7 uses Mexico, Distrito Federal's XHIMT as its flagship station and its channel as part of its name. Azteca 7's programming is available in HD and is... |
Nuevo Laredo | tvazteca.com |
| 39 | 27.3 | 19.3 | KXOF | Fox Fox Broadcasting Company Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the... –MyNet MyNetworkTV MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation... |
Laredo | myfoxlaredo.com |
| 45 | 45.1 | 32.1 | XHNAT | Multimedios–HD | Nuevo Laredo | multimedios.tv |
| 55 | • | • | KNEX KNEX-LP KNEX-LP channel 55 is a low-powered television station in the Laredo, Texas market. It is owned and operated by BMP Radio. KNEX was once affiliated with Mas Musica and later MTV Tr3s before it switched programming to Azteca America... |
KQUR Audio | Laredo | • |
| 57 | 11.2 | 25.2 | XHLAR | Televisa Nuevo Laredo Televisa Regional Televisa Regional refers to Televisa owned television stations that broadcast select programming from Televisa's Canal de las Estrellas, FOROtv, Canal 5, and/or Galavisión, Televisa Networks and locally produced programming... |
Nuevo Laredo | televisa.com |
AM radio
| Frequency | Callsign | Brand | City of License | Website | Webcast |
| 530 | WPMQ285 WPMQ285 WPMQ285 is a low-powered Texas Department of Transportation Highway Advisory radio station that serves the Laredo, Texas, area. It broadcasts in two frequencies: 530 AM transmits highway advisory information in Spanish and also repeats WXK26 English NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards information for... |
TxDOT HAR Highway advisory radio Travelers Information Radio Stations , are sometimes also called Highway Advisory Radio Stations by Departments of Transportation in the United States. These radio stations are licensed low-power AM radio stations set up by local transport departments to provide bulletins to motorists and other... |
Laredo | • | • |
| 790 | XEFE XEFE (AM) XEFE-AM is a Mexican Regional Music format AM station that serves the Laredo, Texas USA and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Mexico border area.-References:... |
La Mera Ley | Nuevo Laredo | • | listen live |
| 890 | KVOZ | Radio Cristiana | Laredo | lanuevaradiocristiana.com | • |
| 960 | XEK XEK (AM) XEK-AM La Estación Grande de Nuevo Laredo is a Spanish-language Talk format with Adult Contemporary music that makes it the most unusual AM station serving the Laredo, Texas, USA and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico border area... |
La Grande | Nuevo Laredo | xek.com | listen live |
| 1000 | XENLT XENLT (AM) XENLT-AM is a Spanish Talk format AM station that serves the Laredo, Texas, USA and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico border area.... |
Radio Formula | Nuevo Laredo | radioformula.com | • |
| 1090 | XEWL XEWL (AM) XEWL is a Spanish Talk format AM radio station that serves the Laredo, Texas, USA and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico border area.-External links:*... |
W-Radio | Nuevo Laredo | wradio.com.mx | listen live |
| 1300 | KLAR | Radio Poder | Laredo | feypoder.com | listen live |
| 1340 | XEBK XEBK (AM) XEBK-AM is a Mexican Regional Music format AM station that serves the Laredo, Texas USA and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Mexico border area.-References:... |
exa FM | Nuevo Laredo | exafm.com.mx | • |
| 1370 | XEGNK XEGNK (AM) XEGNK-AM is a Mexican Regional Music format AM radio station that serves the Laredo, Texas, USA and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico border area.-External links:*... |
Radio Mexicana | Nuevo Laredo | • | listen live |
| 1410 | XEAS XEAS (AM) XEAS-AM is a Mexican Regional Music format AM radio station that serves the Laredo, Texas, USA and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico border area. XEAS is affiliated with Ke Buena Radio.-External links:*... |
Ke Buena | Nuevo Laredo | kebuena.com | listen live |
| 1490 | KLNT | ESPN Radio ESPN Radio ESPN Radio is an American sports radio network. It was launched on January 1, 1992 under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN." ESPN Radio is located at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut... |
Laredo | • | • |
| 1550 | XENU XENU (AM) XENU-AM is a Mexican Regional Music format AM station that serves the Laredo, Texas, USA and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico border area.... |
La Rancherita | Nuevo Laredo | • | listen live |
| 1610 | WPMQ285 WPMQ285 WPMQ285 is a low-powered Texas Department of Transportation Highway Advisory radio station that serves the Laredo, Texas, area. It broadcasts in two frequencies: 530 AM transmits highway advisory information in Spanish and also repeats WXK26 English NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards information for... |
TxDOT HAR Highway advisory radio Travelers Information Radio Stations , are sometimes also called Highway Advisory Radio Stations by Departments of Transportation in the United States. These radio stations are licensed low-power AM radio stations set up by local transport departments to provide bulletins to motorists and other... |
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 KKYX KKYX is a classic country music radio station owned by Cox Radio. It is licensed to, and headquartered in, San Antonio, Texas. The station also carries play-by-play of the San Antonio Missions of the Texas League... |
Country Legends 680 | San Antonio San Antonio, Texas San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,... |
kkyx.com | listen live |
| 720 | KSAH | Norteño 720 | San Antonio | • | • |
| 740 | KTRH | Newsradio 740 KTRH | Houston | ktrh.com | listen live |
| 760 | KTKR KTKR KTKR is an all-sports radio station serving the San Antonio, Texas, USA area. KTKR, more popularly known as "Ticket 760", is owned by Clear Channel Communications as a sister station to, among others, heritage station WOAI.... |
Ticket 760 AM | San Antonio | ticket760.com | listen live |
| 990 | XET | La T Grande | Monterrey Monterrey Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the... |
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| 1030 | KCTA | KCTA 1030 AM | Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. The MSA population in 2008 was 416,376. The population was 305,215 at the 2010 census making it the... |
kctaradio.com | listen live |
| 1050 | XEG | Ranchera de Monterrey | Monterrey | rancherademonterrey.com | listen live |
| 1140 | XEMR XEMR-AM XEMR-AM is a Mexican clear-channel station on 1140 kHz and licensed for Apodaca, Nuevo León. It is licensed to Organizacion Mexicana de Radio, S.A. de C.V. and operated by Grupo Radio Alegría.-References:... |
MR Deportes | Monterrey | • | • |
| 1200 | WOAI WOAI (AM) WOAI is a San Antonio, Texas, news/talk formatted radio station operating with 50,000 Watts non-directional day and night from a transmitter site near Marion, Texas. Current owner and operator San Antonio based Clear Channel Communications acquired the station in 1975 which founded the now... |
News Radio 1200 | San Antonio | radio.woai.com | listen live |
| 1210 | KUBR KUBR KUBR is a Spanish Christian radio station that serves the Rio Grande Valley border area. The station broadcasts from San Juan, Texas.... |
Radio Cristiana | San Juan San Juan, Texas San Juan is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population in July 2008 was 33,970 since then the population of San Juan increased since 2000 by +29.5%. The name reflects that of a founding father... |
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| 1530 | KGBT KGBT (AM) KGBT is a Spanish lanuage radio station that serves the Rio Grande Valley border area.... |
La Tremenda 1530 | Harlingen Harlingen, Texas Harlingen is a city in Cameron County in the heart of the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, United States, about from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The city covers more than , and is the second largest city in Cameron County and the sixth largest in the Rio Grande Valley... |
latremenda1530.com | • |
FM radio
| Frequency | Callsign | Brand | Format | City of License | Website | Webcast |
| 88.1 | KHOY Khoy Khoy is a city in and the capital of Khoy County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 178,708, in 45,090 families.... |
Catholic Radio | Religious | Laredo | khoy.org | listen live |
| 88.9 | XHLDO XHLDO-FM XHLDO-FM is a Spanish News Talk format FM radio station that serves the Laredo, Texas, USA and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico border area. XHLDO is public radio station affiliated with the State owned Radio Tamaulipas.... |
Radio Tamaulipas | Public Radio | Nuevo Laredo | tamaulipas.gob | [mms://200.23.59.10/radiotam listen live] |
| 89.9 | KBNL | Radio Manantial | Spanish Religious | Laredo | kbnl.com | • |
| 91.3 | XHNOE XHNOE-FM XHNOE is a Spanish-language Talk format FM radio station that serves the Laredo, Texas, USA and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico border area.-External links:*... |
Stereo 91.3 FM | Spanish Contemporary | Nuevo Laredo | xhnoe.com | listen live |
| 92.7 | KJBZ | Z93 | Tejano | Laredo | z933.com | • |
| 94.1 | XHTLN XHTLN-FM XHTLN-FM is a Spanish Contemporary Music format FM radio station that serves the Laredo, Texas, USA and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico border area. XHTLN is affiliated with Imagen Radio and RMX. XHTLN broadcasts the Laredo Bucks home and away hockey games live.- External links :**... |
Imagen / RMX Laredo | Talk / Contemporary | Nuevo Laredo | rmx.com.mx | listen live |
| 94.9 | KQUR | The Works | Mainstream Rock | Laredo | 949theworks.com | listen live |
| 95.7 | XHBK XHBK-FM XHBK-FM is a Regional Mexican that serves the Laredo, Texas, USA and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico border area.... |
Exa FM | Spanish Contemporary | Nuevo Laredo | • | • |
| 96.5 | XHTWO | Radio TWO | Norteño/Contemporary | Nuevo Laredo | • | • |
| 97.1 | XHNLO XHNLO-FM XHNLO-FM is a Spanish Contemporary Music format FM radio station that serves the Laredo, Texas, USA and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Mexico border area. XHNLO is affiliated with Multimedios Radio.-External links:*... |
Multimedios Radio | Spanish Contemporary | Nuevo Laredo | mmradio.com | listen live |
| 98.1 | KRRG | Big Buck Country | Country | Laredo | bigbuck98.com | • |
| 99.3 | XHNK XHNK-FM XHNK is a Classic Hits Music format FM radio station that serves the Laredo, Texas, USA and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico border area. XHNK is among the first to broadcast in HD Radio in Mexico and the first in the Laredo and Nuevo Laredo markets.-External links:*... |
Digital Ecstasy | Classic Hits | Nuevo Laredo | radiorama.com | listen live |
| 100.5 | KBDR | La Ley | Tejano | Laredo | laley1005.com | listen live |
| 101.5 | XHAS XHAS-FM XHAS-FM is a Mexican Regional Music format FM radio station that serves the Laredo, Texas, USA and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico border area. XHAS is affiliated with Ke Buena Radio Network. Its musical program varies from classical and jazz to local folk music.-External links:**... |
Ke Buena | Norteño | Nuevo Laredo | kebuena.com | listen live |
| 102.3 | XHMW XHMW-FM XHMW-FM is a Spanish Contemporary Music format FM station that serves the Laredo, Texas, USA and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico border area.-External links:*... |
Los 40 Principales | Spanish Pop | Nuevo Laredo | radiorama.com | listen live |
| 103.3 | XHAHU XHAHU-FM XHAHU is a Mexican Regional Music format radio station that serves the Anáhuac, Nuevo León - Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico and Laredo, Texas, United States border area. XHAHU is affiliated with the Nuevo Leon State owned Radio Nuevo Leon public network.... |
Radio Nuevo León | Spanish Pop | Anáhuac Anáhuac, Nuevo León Anáhuac is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. The city of Anáhuac was founded on May 5, 1933, inside the municipal jurisdiction of Lampazos de Naranjo, Nuevo León, as the political head of the National System of Irrigation No.04 . On May 29, 1935, this city was declared a... |
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| 104.5 | NEW | La Más Pesada | Norteño | Nuevo Laredo | • | • |
| 104.9 | XHNLR XHNLR-FM XHNLR-FM is a Spanish-language University Educational format low powered FM radio station that serves the Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. XHNLR is affiliated with the Radio Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas.-External links:*... |
Radio UAT | University Radio | Nuevo Laredo | uat.mx | • |
| 106.1 | KNEX KNEX (FM) KNEX is a Rhythmic adult contemporary radio station that serves the Laredo/Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico border area. The station is owned by BMP Radio.-External links:... |
Hot 106.1 | Urban / Rhythmic Top 40 | Laredo | hot1061.com | listen live |
| 106.5 | NEW | La Tremenda La Tremenda 106.5 La Tremenda was an international contemporary music FM radio station that served the Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas and Laredo, Texas area of the Mexico – United States border. From May 2006 through June 2008 the radio station was broadcasting as a pirate FM radio station since it did not have a permit... |
Norteño | Nuevo Laredo | tremenda.com.mx | • |
| 107.3 | XHGTS XHGTS-FM XHGTS-FM 107.3 is an International Contemporary Music format FM radio station that serves the Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico and Laredo, Texas, USA border area. XHGTS mostly airs Spanish language pop and rock hits.... |
Digital 107.3 | Spanish Pop | Nuevo Laredo | digital1073.com | listen live |
| 162.55 | WXK26 WXK26 WXK26 is a NOAA Weather Radio station that serves the Laredo, Texas area. It is programmed from the National Weather Service forecast office in Corpus Christi, Texas with it's transmitter located in Laredo. It broadcasts weather and hazard information for Webb and Zapata Counties.-External links:**... |
NOAA Weather Radio | Weather | Laredo | noaa.gov |
Internet Radio
| Name | Format | Website | Webcast | Origin |
| Power Hits HD | Classic Rock Classic rock Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the... |
powerhitshd.net | listen live | Laredo |
Notable people from Nuevo Laredo
- Norma Elia CantúNorma Elia CantúNorma Elia Cantú is a Chicana postmodernist writer and a professor of English at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She was born in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico to Florentino Cantú Vargas and the former Virginia Ramón Becerra. She was reared in Laredo, Texas, the seat of Webb County, and...
- Postmodernist writer and professor of English - Mauricio González de la GarzaMauricio González de la GarzaDr. Mauricio González de la Garza was a Mexican journalist, writer and music composer.González de la Garza was born in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico...
- Journalist, writer and music composer - Arturo Santos ReyesArturo Santos ReyesJosé Arturo Santos Reyes , is a Mexican amateur boxer best known to win silver at the world junior championships 2004 at flyweight and qualify for the Olympics 2008 at featherweight.-Amateur career:...
- Boxer - Laredo KidLaredo KidLaredo Kid is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . Laredo Kid is part of a técnico group known as Real Fuerza Aérea and has worked for AAA since 2005...
- Masked Professional Wrestler