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 2010INEGI Mexican Census results for 2010 See Tamaulipas > Nuevo Laredo 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 StatesMetropolitan population rank in United States and 23rd in Mexico.Metropolitan population rank in Mexico
Populated Places
Laredo–Nuevo Laredo area is formed by the following populated places:
Urban Areas Nuevo Laredo: 425,058 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 Laredo: 259,151 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
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: 1,638INEGI Mexican Census results for 2005 See Coahuila > Hidalgo
Tamaulipas Álvarez: 1,257 Nuevo Progreso: 393 América: 263 América II: 253 Los Artistas: 175 Miguel Alemán: 165 La Cruz: 100
Nuevo León Colombia: 541INEGI Mexican Census results for 2005 See Nuevo León > Colombia
History
Villa de San Agustín de Laredo was founded in 1755 by Don Tomás Sánchez de la Barrera while the area was part of a region called Nuevo Santander in the Spanish colony of New Spain. Villa de San Agustín 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 Origin Laredo Origin 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.Laredo Morning Times "National report lists Laredo as largest inland port" Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas "Southwest Economy " 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.Shopping Demographics in the Laredo Area 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.LareDOS Article "Streets of Laredo Urban Mall
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. 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.Gray to Air ABC on KGNS Subchannel TVNewsCheck, November 6, 2013. 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.tdt.com.mx Apagon Analogico en Nuevo Laredo
VC DT Callsign Network Resolution City of License Official Website Notes1.123.1XHLNAAzteca UnoHD 1080iNuevo Laredotvazteca.com1.223.2XHLNA-TDT2ADN 40SD 480iNuevo Laredoadn40.mx2.129.1XHLARLas EstrellasHD 1080iNuevo Laredolasestrellas.tv 3.1 35.1 XHCTNL Imagen TelevisiónHD 1080i Nuevo Laredo imagentv.com 3.4 35.4 XHCTNL-TDT4 Excélsior TVSD 480i Nuevo Laredo excelsior.com4.125.1XHBRTelevisa Nuevo LaredoHD 1080iNuevo Laredotelevisaregional.com5.125.1XHBR-TDT2Canal 5SD 480iNuevo Laredotelevisa.com6.132.1XHNATMultimedios PlusHD 720pNuevo Laredomultimedios.com6.232.2XHNAT-TDT2Milenio TVSD 480iNuevo Laredomilenio.com6.332.3XHNAT-TDT3TeleritmoSD 480iNuevo Laredomultimedios.com6.432.4XHNAT-TDT4MVS TVSD 480iNuevo Laredomvstv.com7.133.2XHLAT-TDTAzteca 7HD 1080iNuevo Laredotvazteca.com7.233.9XHLAT-TDT2a+SD 480iNuevo Laredotvazteca.com8.18.3KGNSNBCHD 1080iLaredokgns.tv8.28.4KGNS-DT2ABCHD 720pLaredokgns.tv8.38.5KGNS-DT3TelemundoHD 720pLaredotelemundolaredo.tv8.58.7KGNS-DT5True Crime NetworkSD 480iLaredotruecrimenetworktv.com10.110.1KXNUTelemundoHD 720pLaredotelemundolaredo.tv13.113.3KYLXCBSHD 1080iLaredocbs.com13.213.4KYLX-LD2The CWSD 480iLaredoyourcwtv.com15.115.1KLMVBVBSD 480iLaredo15.215.2KLMV-LD2InfomercialsSD 480iLaredo15.315.3KLMV-LD3Vida VisionSD 480iLaredo15.415.4KLMV-LD4Televida LaredoSD 480iLaredo17.117.1XEFETelevisa LocalHD 1080iNuevo Laredoxefetv.com27.119.1KLDOUnivisionHD 1080iLaredonoticiasya.com27.219.2KLDO-DT2LATVSD 480iLaredolatv.com27.319.3KLDO-DT3TBDSD 480iLaredotbd.com27.419.4KLDO-DT4StadiumSD 480iLaredowatchstadium.com27.519.5KLDO-DT5Court TVSD 480iLaredocourttv.com31.131.1KXOFFox / MyNetHD 720pLaredofoxnewssouthtexas.com31.231.2KXOF-CD2GritSD 480iLaredogrittv.com31.331.3KXOF-CD3LaffSD 480iLaredolaff.com39.127.1KETFUnimasHD 720pLaredoketftv.com39.227.2KETF-CD2CometSD 480iLaredocomettv.com39.327.3KETF-CD3Charge!SD 480iLaredowatchcharge.com39.427.4KETF-CD4Azteca AmericaHD 720pLaredoaztecaamerica.com
Radio According to Arbitron, the Laredo region (which includes Jim Hogg, Webb, and Zapata counties) is ranked 191st market by population size.
AM radio Frequency Callsign Brand City of License Website Webcast 530 WPMQ285 TxDOT HAR Laredo 790 XEFE La Mera Ley Nuevo Laredo 890 KVOZ Radio Cristiana Laredo lanuevaradiocristiana.com 960 XEK La Grande Nuevo Laredo xek.com 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
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