El Cenizo, Texas
| El Cenizo | |
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 Location of El Cenizo, Texas |
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| Coordinates: 27°19′42″N 99°29′48″W / 27.32833°N 99.49667°WCoordinates: 27°19′42″N 99°29′48″W / 27.32833°N 99.49667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Webb |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor/city manager |
| • Mayor | Raul Reyes |
| Area | |
| • City | 0.5 sq mi (1.3 km2) |
| • Land | 0.5 sq mi (1.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (.1 km2) 1.4% |
| • Metro | 161.76 sq mi (418.96 km2) |
| Elevation | 450 ft (137.2 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • City | 3,273 |
| • Density | 6,500/sq mi (2,500/km2) |
| • Metro | 636,516 |
| • Metro density | 3,900/sq mi (1,500/km2) |
| metro area includes Laredo, Texas, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Rio Bravo, Texas, El Cenizo, Texas, Laredo Ranchettes, Texas. Larga Vista, Texas, Ranchos Penitas West, Texas, & La Presa, Texas | |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CST (UTC-5) |
| Zip Code | 78043 |
| Area code(s) | +1-956 |
| FIPS code | 48-22905 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1377764 |
| Website | http://www.cityofelcenizo.com/ |
| Nearby airports: Laredo: Laredo International Airport KLRD LRD Nuevo Laredo: Quetzalcoatl International Airport MMNL NLD |
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El Cenizo is a city in Webb County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,273 at the 2010 census. El Cenizo is the third-largest city in Webb County. It is located about 20 miles south of the county seat of Laredo.
For many years, El Cenizo existed only informally as an impoverished colonia. The city was incorporated in 1989.
In 1999 and again in May 2006, El Cenizo gained national attention when it was widely reported that the city had Spanish as its official language. In an interview on a national cable news network held on May 23, 2006, its mayor defended the decision, but said that official business was now conducted in both English and Spanish. He also said that while he supported English as the common and unifying language of the United States, he believed that any attempt to make English that "official" national language would have a discriminatory effect against bilingual programs.
On May 12, 2017, following the passage of SB4, a bill in the Texas Legislature intended to crack down on sanctuary cities, El Cenizo filed a lawsuit claiming that the bill illegally commandeers local officials to enforce federal immigration law. On June 7, 2017, El Cenizo's lawsuit was consolidated with lawsuits filed by much larger cities including San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas, with El Cenizo as the lead plaintiff.
El Cenizo is located at 27°19′42″N 99°29′48″W / 27.32833°N 99.49667°W (27.328442, -99.496658).
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