Río Bravo, formally Ciudad Río Bravo, is a city on the northern border of the
state
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of
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 ...
in northeastern
Mexico
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.
It is the municipal seat of
Río Bravo Municipality.
Geography
The city lies in the
Rio Grande Valley
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on the south of the
Río Bravo del Norte (American synonym:
Rio Grande
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), and was named after the river.
It is also around south of the
Mexico–United States border
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with
Texas
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. It is east of
Reynosa
Reynosa () is a border city in the northern part of the state of Tamaulipas, in Mexico which also holds the municipal seat of Reynosa Municipality.
The city is located on the southern bank of the Rio Grande in the international Reynosa–McAlle ...
. North across the border and the
Donna – Río Bravo International Bridge over the Río Bravo/Rio Grande are the Texan towns of
Scissors
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, and
Donna on
Farm to Market Road 493.
Río Bravo Municipality stretches southward into less densely populated territory, and is slowly becoming a large and popular industrial center conveniently located along the Reynosa−Matamoros highway between the booming "
Maquiladora
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" centers in Reynosa and
Matamoros.
Mexican Federal Highway 2
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passes through the city, paralleling the border.
Populations
At the census of 2010, the city reported a population of 95,647, the eighth largest city in the state, following Reynosa, Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, Ciudad Victoria, Tampico, Madero, and
Miramar. The next largest community within the municipality is
Nuevo Progreso, in the northeastern area on the Río Bravo/Río Grande.
The municipality had a population of 118,259, and an areal extent of .
References
2010 census tables: INEGI Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Geografia e Informatica
TamaulipasEnciclopedia de los Municipios de Mexico
External links
Gobierno Municipal de Río BravoOfficial website
Portal de noticias No.1 mas visto de Río BravoOfficial website
Populated places in Tamaulipas
Lower Rio Grande Valley
Tamaulipas populated places on the Rio Grande
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