Ciudad Miguel Alemán, known prior to 1950 as San Pedro de Roma, is a city in the

Mexican state The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named Mexico, United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a sepa ...

Tamaulipas Tamaulipas (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in the northeast region of Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entiti ...

, located across the

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from the U.S. city of

Roma, Texas Roma is a city in Starr County, Texas, United States. There were 11,561 people at the 2020 census. The city is located along the Rio Grande, across from Ciudad Miguel Alemán in Tamaulipas, Mexico. The city is also popularly known as Roma-Los S ...

. The two are linked by the

Roma – Ciudad Miguel Alemán International Bridge Roma or ROMA may refer to: Places Australia * Roma, Queensland, a town ** Roma Airport ** Roma Courthouse ** Electoral district of Roma, defunct ** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council *Roma Street, Brisbane, a s ...

, a

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. As of 2010, the population of the city was 19,997. The total population of the surrounding municipality was 27,015.2010 census tables: INEGI

Geography

Ciudad Miguel Alemán is located in the northwest of the state of

. Its municipality shares borders with both the U.S. state of Texas and the Mexican state of

Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...

. Within Tamaulipas, the municipality is bordered by the municipality of Camargo to the east and the municipality of Mier to the west. To the north it borders

Starr County, Texas Starr County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 65,920. Its county seat is Rio Grande City. The county was created in 1848. It is named for James Harper Starr, who served as Secretary of the Treasu ...

, and to the south the Municipalities of

Los Aldamas Los Aldamas is a municipality located in the northeast part of the Mexican state of Nuevo León. Its geographic coordinates are {{coord, 26, 03, N, 99, 11, W}. It is bordered to the north by the state of Tamaulipas, to the south with the municipal ...

and Doctor Coss in

History

Ciudad Miguel Alemán was founded on October 11, 1950 by decree of the State Congress of Tamaulipas, with General Raúl Gárate as the

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of the new municipality. The town of San Pedro de Roma was among the first in the region, but it was not until 1927, when the international bridge was constructed, that the town gained an international significance, gaining itself the title of "city" and becoming the seat of a new municipality.

References

External links

Miguel Alemán Municipality, Tamaulipas
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