REYNOSA

:''This article is about the Mexican city; for other uses, see Reinosa Spain.''
'Reynosa' is a primarily industrial city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is located at , across the Rio Grande (Río Bravo) from the McAllen metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Texas. According to INEGI census 2005 Reynosa's population was 507,998 for the city and 526,888 for the municipality.

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History

Economy

References

External links

History

Reynosa was founded the 14 March, 1749 by José de Escandon y Helguera the Count of Sierra Gorda, and 279 Habitats. But due to flooding in the area on the 4 July 1802, they decided to move 5 miles to the east keeping the same margin between them and the Rio Grande. It wasn't until 1926 that the state government recognized Reynosa as a city.

Economy

Reynosa is home to many maquiladoras, whose products are distributed internationally. Many companies around the world have focused on the Reynosa and McAllen, Texas area because of the opportunity for trade. Reynosa is connected to McAllen by two bridges: McAllen-Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge and the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge. A third one, Anzalduas International Bridge, will soon be completed. These bridges help to facilitate international trade. Because of all of the international bridges; the city receives a lot of traffic from other cities in northern Mexico. In recent years, Reynosa has seen an increase in its population as thousands of workers from different parts of the country, most notably from the State of Veracruz, seek better work opportunities in the city's maquiladora sector and in the oil industry.

References

★ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática

★ Tamaulipas Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

★ Reynosa, Mexico: City of promise and Poverty A study of the closing of a refrigerator plant in Galesburg, Ill. and the opening of one in Reynosa.

★ On November 25, 2006, Valentin Elizalde, a Banda Music singer was shot to death along with his manager and driver.

External links

★ INEGI

★ Gobierno de Reynosa

★ Gobierno del Estado de Tamaulipas

★ Reynosa en Internet

★ Periódico El Mañana de Reynosa

★ reynosaLite.com Antros, Chat, Fotos, Chicas...