The Municipality of Nuevo Laredo is located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Its municipal seat is Nuevo Laredo. The municipality contains more than 60 localities which the most important ones are Nuevo Laredo, El Campanario y Oradel, and Álvarez, the last two being suburbs of the city of Nuevo Laredo. By population, the municipality is the third largest in the state of Tamaulipas (behind Reynosa and Matamoros respectively). The Nuevo Laredo municipality is the northernmost in Tamaulipas, lying at the extreme northwestern tip of its narrow strip of land along the Río Grande. The city of Nuevo Laredo contains approximately 97.5% of the total population of the municipality.
Geography Nuevo Laredo is located in the Northern tip of Tamaulipas on the west end of the Rio Grande Plains. Rio Grande 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, oak, cacti, and mesquite.
Climate Nuevo Laredo features a semiarid climate. Nuevo Laredo's weather is influenced by its proximity to the Chihuahuan Desert to the west, by the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains to the south and west, and by the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Much of the moisture from the Pacific is blocked by the Sierra Madre Oriental. 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 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 of rain per year. As Laredo sometimes undergoes drought, a water conservation ordinance was implemented in 2003.
Government Nuevo Laredo is governed by an elected Cabildo, which is composed of the Presidente Municipal (Municipal President or Mayor), two Síndicos, and twenty Regidores. MORENA party is in control of the municipality 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).
Towns and villages The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:2010 census tables: INEGI Name 2010 Census Population Nuevo Laredo 373,725 El Campanario y Oradel 6,951 Bruno Álvarez Valdez 1,714 Nuevo Progreso (El Progreso) 432 América 255 América 197 La Cruz 159 Miguel Alemán 114 Morelos (El Estero) 96 La Esperanza 69 Los Artistas Segunda Etapa 54 other 267 Total Municipality 384,033
Populated places Census Code Location Coordinates Total Population Male Female 0001 Nuevo Laredo 373,725 185,747 187,978 0097 Rancho Azul 1 * * 0099 El Bayito 8 * * 0103 Morelos (El Estero) 96 54 42 0105 La Cruz 159 81 78 0108 La Esperanza 1 * * 0111 Miguel Alemán 114 60 54 0113 Nuevo Progreso 432 221 211 0121 Vicente Guerrero 12 9 3 0125 San Vicente 2 * * 0131 Santa Emilia 4 * * 0138 Santo Niño 6 * * 0139 El Nido 1 * * 0143 Santa Clara 4 * * 0156 Dos Pollos Solos (Miguel Alemán) 1 * * 0162 El Campanario y Oradel 6,951 3,488 3,463 0163 La Lagartija 5 * * 0172 La Unión 3 * * 0174 Rancho Nuevo 1 * * 0180 El Milagro 3 * * 0186 El Francés 1 * * 0187 Los Gavilanes 3 * * 0190 El Huizache 1 * * 0191 Lazaderos 2 * * 0193 La Jabalina 3 * * 0194 La Esperanza 69 39 30 0195 El Diecisiete (Santa Cecilia) 3 * * 0196 Los Garza (Los Toros) 4 * * 0197 Las Cuervas 3 * * 0199 El Parral 2 * * 0202 El Rosario 3 * * 0203 El Tauro 3 * * 0205 El Cadillal 6 * * 0209 La Huizachoza 3 * * 0212 Las Lomas 2 * * 0219 Gem 4 3 1 0220 El Brasil 3 * * 0222 La Herradura 8 3 5 0227 América 255 136 119 0243 Santo Tomás 2 * * 0250 Ampliación San Francisco 1 * * 0256 Las Carmelitas 3 * * 0269 San Francisco 10 7 3 0271 Santa Cecilia 3 * * 0275 Club Cinegético 3 * * 0286 San Juan (Las Amapolas) 3 * * 0297 Rogelio Cárdenas (La Molienda) 3 * * 0304 Antonio Cárdenas 3 * * 0305 Puertecitos 2 * * 0308 América 197 101 96 0310 San Daniel 2 * * 0325 El Chaparral 1 * * 0327 El Charro 2 * * 0330 Don Ignacio 3 * * 0333 Las Norias 7 * * 0338 San Manuel 1 * * 0366 El Capricho 3 * * 0376 Altos Amarillos 1 * * 0393 Santa Virginia 1 * * 0395 Los Papalotes 3 * * 0399 La Pendencia 5 * * 0401 La Copa 3 * * 0404 Hugo Galindo 3 * * 0408 La Pita 1 * * 0409 Los Ramos 1 * * 0411 General Francisco Villa 1 * * 0413 San Ricardo 3 * * 0414 Palo Blanco (Gerónimo Zamora) 2 * * 0418 Don Ramón 3 * * 0423 Los Cavazos 1 * * 0424 Raúl Mangín 3 * * 0429 San Fernando 4 * * 0432 San Antonio 1 * * 0434 San Francisco 1 * * 0438 Santa Teresita 3 * * 0440 Bruno Álvarez Valdez 1,714 879 835 0441 Ninguno 3 * * 0442 Ninguno 3 * * 0446 Ninguno (Estación Cuarentenaria) 3 * * 0449 Chore 3 * * 0450 Candelaria 1 * * 0454 Héctor Calderón 7 * * 0456 El Michoacano 3 * * 0457 Guillermo Cristo 3 * * 0459 Carlos Ramos 9 4 5 0460 Sergio Lugo 9 5 4 0464 Los Artistas Segunda Etapa 54 28 26 0467 Ninguno 2 * * 0468 El Mirdor 1 * * 0470 Moreno (Transcarga y Ganado) 4 * * 0471 Brago (Transportes) 1 * * 0472 El Role Garza 1 * * 0473 San Francisco 1 * * 0480 Ninguno 3 * * 0482 Las Liebres 2 * * 9998 Places with one household 157 99 58 9999 Places with two household 58 37 21 0000 Nuevo Laredo Municipality 384,033 191,001 193,032
See also
Municipalities of Tamaulipas Nuevo Laredo (City) Tamaulipas
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