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About Laredo, Texas
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Laredo, Texas
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Downtown Laredo
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“The Gateway City” and “The City Under Seven Flags”
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 Laredo
Location within Texas
Laredo
Location within the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Webb |
| Metropolitan area | LaredoโNuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area |
| Founded | August 25, 1755 |
| Settled as | Villa de San Agustรญn de Laredo |
| Founded by | Tomรกs Sรกnchez |
| Named for | Laredo, Spain |
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| ย โขย Type | Councilโmanager |
| ย โขย Mayor | Dr. Victor D. Treviรฑo |
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| ย โขย City manager | Robert A. Eads |
| ย โขย Police chief | Claudio Trevino |
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| ย โขย City | 107.96ย sqย mi (279.61ย km) |
| ย โขย Land | 106.49ย sqย mi (275.81ย km2) |
| ย โขย Water | 1.47ย sqย mi (3.80ย km) |
| ย โขย Metro | 161.76ย sqย mi (418.96ย km2) |
| Elevation | 438ย ft (137.2ย m) |
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| ย โขย City | 255,205 |
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| ย โขย Density | 2,396.5/sqย mi (925.3/km) |
| ย โขย Urban | 251,462 (US: 163rd) |
| ย โขย Urbanย density | 3,916.6/sqย mi (1,512.2/km) |
| ย โขย Metro | 267,114 (US: 186th) |
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| Time zone | UTCโ6 (CST) |
| ย โขย Summer (DST) | UTCโ5 (CST) |
| ZIP Codes |
78040โ78046, 78049
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| Area code | 956 |
| FIPS code | 48-41464 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1339633 |
| Website | laredotexas.gov |
Laredo ( lษ-RAY-doh; Spanish: [laหษพeรฐo]) is a city in and the county chair of Webb County, Texas, United States, on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Laredo has the distinction of flying seven flags (the flag of the former Republic of the Rio Grande, which is now the flag of the city, in complement to the Six Flags of Texas).
Founded in 1755, Laredo grew from a village to the capital of the short-lived Republic of the Rio Grande to the largest inland port on the Mexican border. Laredo’s economy is primarily based on international trade past the United States’ trading partner, Mexico, and as a major hub for three areas of transportation: land, rail, and expose cargo. The city is on the southern grow less of I-35, which connects manufacturers in northern Mexico through Interstate 35 as a major route for trade throughout the U.S. It has four international bridges and one railway bridge.
According to the 2020 census, the city’s population was 255,205, making it the 11th-most populous city in Texas and third-most populated U.S. city on the Mexican border, after San Diego, California and El Paso, Texas. Its metropolitan Place is the 178th-largest in the
U.S. and includes all of Webb County, with a population of 267,114. Laredo is also allowance of the cross-border Laredo-Nuevo Laredo metropolitan area with an estimated population of 636,516.