Laredo, Texas
| Laredo, Texas | |||
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| City of Laredo | |||
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| Nickname(s): "The Gateway City" and "The City Under Seven Flags" | |||
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 Laredo, Texas
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| Coordinates: 27°31′28″N 99°29′26″W / 27.52444°N 99.49056°W | |||
| Country | United States | ||
| State | Texas | ||
| County | Webb | ||
| Metropolitan area | Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area | ||
| Settled | 1755 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Council-manager | ||
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Mayor Pete Saenz (Democrat in nonpartisan position) Laredo City Council: (1) Rudy Gonzalez, Jr. (2) Vidal Rodriguez (3) Alejandro Perez, Jr. (4) Alberto Torres, Jr. (5) Nelly Vielma (6) Charlie San Miguel (7) George Altgelt (8) Roberto Balli |
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| • City manager | Jesus R. "Chuy" Olivares | ||
| • Police chief | Ray Garner | ||
| Area | |||
| • City | 102.6 sq mi (265.7 km2) | ||
| • Land | 101.1 sq mi (261.8 km2) | ||
| • Water | 1.5 sq mi (3.9 km2) | ||
| • Metro | 161.76 sq mi (418.96 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 438 ft (137.2 m) | ||
| Population (2012) | |||
| • City | 244,731 (US: 81st) | ||
| • Metro | 259,172 (US: 178th) | ||
| • Demonym | Laredoan | ||
| Time zone | CST (UTC−6) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CST (UTC−5) | ||
| ZIP code | 78040–78046, 78049 | ||
| Area code | 956 | ||
| FIPS code | 48-41464 | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 1339633 | ||
| Airport | Laredo International Airport KLRD (LRD) | ||
| Website | laredotexas.gov | ||
Laredo (/ləˈreɪdoʊ/ lə-RAY-doh; Spanish: [laˈɾeðo]) is the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, located on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. According to the 2010 census, the city population was 236,091, making it the tenth-most populous city in the state of Texas and third-most populated on the Mexico–United States border, after San Diego, California, and El Paso, Texas. Its metropolitan area is the 178th-largest in the U.S. and includes all of Webb County, with a population of 250,304. Laredo is also part of the cross-border Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area with an estimated population of 636,516.
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