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'''Reynosa''' ({{IPA|es|rejˈnosa}}) is a border city in the northern part of the [[List of states of Mexico|state]] of [[Tamaulipas]], in [[Mexico]] which also holds the [[Municipalities of Mexico|municipal]] seat of [[Reynosa Municipality]]. | '''Reynosa''' ({{IPA|es|rejˈnosa}}) is a border city in the northern part of the [[List of states of Mexico|state]] of [[Tamaulipas]], in [[Mexico]] which also holds the [[Municipalities of Mexico|municipal]] seat of [[Reynosa Municipality]]. | ||
The city is located on the southern bank of the [[Rio Grande]] in the international [[Reynosa–McAllen | The city is located on the southern bank of the [[Rio Grande]] in the international [[Reynosa-McAllen|Reynosa–McAllen metro area]], directly across the [[Mexico–United States border|Mexican border]] from [[Hidalgo, Texas]]. | ||
As of | As of 2025, the city of Reynosa has a population of 691,557.<ref name="Mexico Census"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Reynosa (Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/mexico/tamaulipas/reynosa/280320001__reynosa/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref> If the [[floating population]] is included, the total can reach approximately 1,000,000.<ref>{{cite news|title=INEGI contó mal en Reynosa: Alcalde|url=http://www.hoytamaulipas.net/notas/31372/INEGI-conto-mal-en-Reynosa-Alcalde.html|newspaper=Hoy Tamaulipas|date=4 December 2011}}</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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Reynosa extends across 3,156.34 sq kilometers (1218.66 sq. miles), representing 3.7 per cent of the [[Tamaulipas]] territory. Today it is the location of several satellite U.S. companies doing business to take advantage of low labor rates and industry incentives.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cfomaquiladoras.org/serieglobalizacion.en.html |title=Four-part series on globalization |publisher=Cfomaquiladoras.org |access-date=2012-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222214105/http://www.cfomaquiladoras.org/serieglobalizacion.en.html |archive-date=2012-02-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Reynosa extends across 3,156.34 sq kilometers (1218.66 sq. miles), representing 3.7 per cent of the [[Tamaulipas]] territory. Today it is the location of several satellite U.S. companies doing business to take advantage of low labor rates and industry incentives.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cfomaquiladoras.org/serieglobalizacion.en.html |title=Four-part series on globalization |publisher=Cfomaquiladoras.org |access-date=2012-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222214105/http://www.cfomaquiladoras.org/serieglobalizacion.en.html |archive-date=2012-02-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
On 18 September 2012, an explosion at the nearby [[Pemex]] gas plant killed 30 and injured 46 people. Pemex Director Juan Jose Suarez said that there was "no evidence that it was a deliberate incident, or some kind of attack".<ref>{{cite news|title=Mexican Tamaulipas state gas plant blast kills 26|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19645529|access-date=20 September 2012|newspaper=BBC|date=19 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mexico probes Pemex gas plant explosion which killed 26|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19655901|access-date=20 September 2012|newspaper=BBC|date=20 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19670668 | work=BBC News | title=Blast at Pemex gas plant in Mexico claims more lives | date=20 September 2012}}</ref> | On 18 September 2012, an explosion at the nearby [[Pemex]] gas plant killed 30 and injured 46 people. Pemex Director Juan Jose Suarez said that there was "no evidence that it was a deliberate incident, or some kind of attack".<ref>{{cite news|title=Mexican Tamaulipas state gas plant blast kills 26|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-latin-america-19645529|access-date=20 September 2012|newspaper=BBC|date=19 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mexico probes Pemex gas plant explosion which killed 26|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19655901|access-date=20 September 2012|newspaper=BBC|date=20 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19670668 | work=BBC News | title=Blast at Pemex gas plant in Mexico claims more lives | date=20 September 2012}}</ref> | ||
In 2017, it was described as a major hotspot in the [[Mexican | In 2017, it was described as a major hotspot in the [[Mexican drug war]], as a result of the internecine wars between the [[Gulf Cartel|Gulf]] and [[Los Zetas]] drugs cartels.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-40755559|title=US-Mexico border's most dangerous town|website=BBC News}}</ref> Reynosa also has a [[Plaza Sendero]]. | ||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
[[File:Parque Cultural Reynosa,Tamps.JPG|thumb|left|Reynosa Cultural Park]] | [[File:Parque Cultural Reynosa,Tamps.JPG|thumb|left|Reynosa Cultural Park]] | ||
[[File:Mercado Zaragoza 8.jpg|thumb|left|Zaragoza public market]] | [[File:Mercado Zaragoza 8.jpg|thumb|left|Zaragoza public market]] | ||
Reynosa is the largest and most populous city in the state of Tamaulipas, followed by [[Matamoros, Tamaulipas|Matamoros]], [[Nuevo Laredo]], [[Ciudad Victoria]], [[Tampico]], and [[Río Bravo, Tamaulipas|Río Bravo]]. In addition, the international [[Reynosa–McAllen Metropolitan Area]] has a population of 1,500,000 inhabitants,<ref>{{cite web|title=McAllen Overview|url=http://www.mcallen.org/Business-Community/McAllen-Overview|publisher=McAllen Chamber of Commerce|access-date=26 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=America: metropolitan areas (McAllen-Reynosa)|url=http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-2&srt=pnan&col=aohdq&pt=a&va=x|publisher=World Gazetteer|access-date=13 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001090654/http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-2&srt=pnan&col=aohdq&pt=a&va=x|archive-date=2007-10-01}}</ref> making it the [[Metropolitan areas of Mexico|third largest metropolitan area]] in the Mexico–U.S. border after [[San Diego–Tijuana]] and [[El Paso–Juárez]]. Reynosa is the [[List of cities in Mexico|30th largest city]] in Mexico and anchors the largest metropolitan area in Tamaulipas. | Reynosa is the largest and most populous city in the state of Tamaulipas, followed by [[Matamoros, Tamaulipas|Matamoros]], [[Nuevo Laredo]], [[Ciudad Victoria]], [[Tampico]], and [[Río Bravo, Tamaulipas|Río Bravo]]. In addition, the international [[Reynosa–McAllen Metropolitan Area]] has a population of 1,500,000 inhabitants,<ref>{{cite web|title=McAllen Overview|url=http://www.mcallen.org/Business-Community/McAllen-Overview|publisher=McAllen Chamber of Commerce|access-date=26 August 2011|archive-date=12 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912022758/http://www.mcallen.org/Business-Community/McAllen-Overview|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=America: metropolitan areas (McAllen-Reynosa)|url=http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-2&srt=pnan&col=aohdq&pt=a&va=x|publisher=World Gazetteer|access-date=13 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001090654/http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-2&srt=pnan&col=aohdq&pt=a&va=x|archive-date=2007-10-01}}</ref> making it the [[Metropolitan areas of Mexico|third largest metropolitan area]] in the Mexico–U.S. border after [[San Diego–Tijuana]] and [[El Paso–Juárez]]. Reynosa is the [[List of cities in Mexico|30th largest city]] in Mexico and anchors the largest metropolitan area in Tamaulipas. | ||
In 2011, Reynosa was the fastest growing city in the state of Tamaulipas, and was among the top five fastest growing cities in Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|title=City of Hidalgo, Texas|url=http://www.hidalgotexas.com/cityprofile.pdf|publisher=Profile of Hidalgo, Texas|access-date=3 November 2011}}</ref> | In 2011, Reynosa was the fastest growing city in the state of Tamaulipas, and was among the top five fastest growing cities in Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|title=City of Hidalgo, Texas|url=http://www.hidalgotexas.com/cityprofile.pdf|publisher=Profile of Hidalgo, Texas|access-date=3 November 2011}}</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Populated places in Tamaulipas]] | [[Category:Populated places in Tamaulipas]] | ||
[[Category:Lower Rio Grande Valley]] | [[Category:Lower Rio Grande Valley]] | ||
[[Category:Populated places established in 1749]] | [[Category:Populated places established in 1749]] | ||
Revision as of 04:02, 18 November 2025
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Reynosa (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a border city in the northern part of the state of Tamaulipas, in Mexico which also holds the municipal seat of Reynosa Municipality.
The city is located on the southern bank of the Rio Grande in the international Reynosa–McAllen metro area, directly across the Mexican border from Hidalgo, Texas.
As of 2025, the city of Reynosa has a population of 691,557.[1][2] If the floating population is included, the total can reach approximately 1,000,000.[3]
History
On 6 July 1686, Agustín Echeverz y Zuvízar, governor of the Nuevo Reino de León, camped in what is now Reynosa during an exploratory expedition.
In December 1748, an expedition led by José de Escandón y Helguera left from Querétaro, planning to establish 14 villages; the caravan consisted of 1500 colonists and 755 soldiers.
On 14 March 1749, was founded (in its original location) the Villa de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Reynosa, by the captain Carlos Cantú on behalf of Escandón, being as well in political and military command. There were 279 pioneer residents in the charge of Friar Agustín Fragoso.
The city was named Reynosa after Reinosa, birthplace of the viceroy Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas.
In August 1750, the first flood was documented in the village.
In April 1757, Reynosa had it first political conflict, when Escandón dismissed Carlos Cantú as the mayor of the village, replacing him by Pedro de Estrada, second mayor of Reynosa.
On 9 July 1757, arrives to the village the captain José Tineda y Cuervo and the engineer Agustín López, both viceroyalty inspectors, to do a population census according to which Reynosa had 280 inhabitants.[4]
As a result of the census, they obtained authorization from the King of Spain to move the village to a placed named Santa María de las Lajas, which was not done because Escandón didn't consider the river a flooding risk anymore.
In September 1800, an immense flood occurred. The village was inundated and the villagers used canoes and rafts to arrive to the hills of El Morrillo. In 1802, the village moved to its current location and the new census showed 1631 inhabitants.
In 1810, the building of the old church Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe began, by the parish priest Don José Cárdenas; it was finished in 1815 by Don Lorenzo Treviño.
In 1846, Reynosa was invaded by the American army during the Mexican-American war. On 10 May 1910, General Lucio Blanco with the constitutional army took Reynosa during the Mexican revolution.
On 24 November 1926, Reynosa became a city.[5]
Current
Reynosa extends across 3,156.34 sq kilometers (1218.66 sq. miles), representing 3.7 per cent of the Tamaulipas territory. Today it is the location of several satellite U.S. companies doing business to take advantage of low labor rates and industry incentives.[6]
On 18 September 2012, an explosion at the nearby Pemex gas plant killed 30 and injured 46 people. Pemex Director Juan Jose Suarez said that there was "no evidence that it was a deliberate incident, or some kind of attack".[7][8][9]
In 2017, it was described as a major hotspot in the Mexican drug war, as a result of the internecine wars between the Gulf and Los Zetas drugs cartels.[10] Reynosa also has a Plaza Sendero.
Geography
Reynosa is the largest and most populous city in the state of Tamaulipas, followed by Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, Ciudad Victoria, Tampico, and Río Bravo. In addition, the international Reynosa–McAllen Metropolitan Area has a population of 1,500,000 inhabitants,[11][12] making it the third largest metropolitan area in the Mexico–U.S. border after San Diego–Tijuana and El Paso–Juárez. Reynosa is the 30th largest city in Mexico and anchors the largest metropolitan area in Tamaulipas.
In 2011, Reynosa was the fastest growing city in the state of Tamaulipas, and was among the top five fastest growing cities in Mexico.[13]
The city is about Script error: No such module "convert". south of McAllen, Texas.[14]
Climate
Reynosa has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSh) with short, mild winters and hot summers.[15] Winters are mild and dry with a January high of Script error: No such module "convert". and a low of Script error: No such module "convert". although temperatures can fall below Script error: No such module "convert"..[15] Summers are hot with a July mean of Script error: No such module "convert". and temperatures can exceed Script error: No such module "convert". anytime from May until August.[15] The average annual precipitation is Script error: No such module "convert"., with most of it being concentrated in the summer months though the months of May and June are the wettest.
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Notable people
- Abraham Ancer – Professional golfer
- Xavier Baez – Footballer
- Jorge Cantú – Major League Baseball player
- Christian Chávez – Singer and actor
- Laura Flores – Actress, hostess and singer
- Jaime Garcia – Major League Baseball player
- Néstor Garza – Former WBA World Super Bantamweight Champion
- José María Cantú Garza – Geneticist
- Vidal Medina – Playwright and theatre director
- Los Relámpagos del Norte – Musical duo
- Komander – Wrestler
- Beto Quintanilla – Artist
- Sergio Peña Solís – Mexican drug lord (Los Zetas Cartel)
Transportation
Reynosa is served by the General Lucio Blanco International Airport, which has flights to multiple important Mexican cities on six airlines, some serving it with aircraft such as Boeing 737 and Airbus A320.
In addition, the McAllen Miller International Airport in McAllen, Texas, is also relatively close and is served by airlines like Allegiant Air, American and United.
References
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Further reading
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External links
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- 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
- Gobierno de Reynosa
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