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

Tamaulipas Tamaulipas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas, is a state in Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 43 municipalities. It is located in nor ...

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, across the

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from the U.S. city of

Roma, Texas Roma is a city in Starr County, Texas, United States. Its population was 11,561 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The city is located along the Rio Grande, across from Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas, Ciudad Miguel Alemán in Tamaul ...

. The two are linked by the Roma – Ciudad Miguel Alemán International Bridge, 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

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. 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

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, and to the south the Municipalities of

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and Doctor Coss in

History

Ciudad Miguel Alemán was founded on October 11, 1950 by decree of the

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, 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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