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City of Laredo

Laredo, Texas
City
City of Laredo
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Coat of arms of Laredo, Texas
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Nickname(s): "The Gateway City" and "The City Under Seven Flags"
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Laredo, Texas is located in the US
Laredo, Texas
Laredo, Texas
Location in the contiguous United States
Coordinates: 27°31′28″N 99°29′26″W / 27.52444°N 99.49056°W / 27.52444; -99.49056
Country United States
State Texas
County Webb
Metropolitan area Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area
Settled 1755
Government
 • Type Council-manager
 • City council 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
 • 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)
Interstates I-35.svg Interstate 69W
U.S. Routes US 59.svg US 83.svg
Website laredotexas.gov

Laredo (/ləˈrd/ 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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