Nuevo Laredo Municipality

For other uses, see City of Nuevo Laredo.

Nuevo Laredo Municipality Municipio de Nuevo Laredo
municipality
Coat of arms
Motto: Siempre Con La Patria
Location of the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in Tamaulipas
Settled	1847
Government
• Presidente Municipal	Ramón Garza Barrios
Area
• municipality	1,334.02 km2 (515.07 sq mi)
Population (2010 census)
• municipality	384,033
• Metro	636,516
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CST (UTC-5)
Codigo Postal	88000
Area code(s)	876
Website	Municipio de Nuevo Laredo
Airport: Quetzalcoatl International Airport MMNL

The Municipality of Nuevo Laredo is located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Its municipal seat is Nuevo Laredo. The municipality contains more than 60 localities which the most important ones are Nuevo Laredo, El Campanario y Oradel, and Álvarez, the last two being suburbs of the city of Nuevo Laredo. By population, the municipality is the third largest in the state of Tamaulipas (behind Reynosa and Matamoros respectively). The Nuevo Laredo municipality is the northernmost in Tamaulipas, lying at the extreme northwestern tip of its narrow strip of land along the Río Grande. The city of Nuevo Laredo contains approximately 97.5% of the total population of the municipality.

Geography

Nuevo Laredo is located in the Northern tip of Tamaulipas on the west end of the Rio Grande Plains. Rio Grande is the only source that supplies its citizens with water. El Coyote Creek supplies Nuevo Laredo’s only natural lake El Laguito (The Small Lake). The area consists of a few hills and flat land covered with grass, oak, cacti, and mesquite.

Climate

Nuevo Laredo features a semiarid climate. Nuevo Laredo's weather is influenced by its proximity to the Chihuahuan Desert to the west, by the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains to the south and west, and by the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Much of the moisture from the Pacific is blocked by the Sierra Madre Oriental. Therefore, most of the moisture derives from the Gulf of Mexico. Its geographic location causes Nuevo Laredo's weather to range from long periods of heat to sudden violent storms in a short period of time. Nuevo Laredo is cold for Tamaulipas standards during winter, the average daytime highs are around 66 °F (19 C) and overnight lows around 43 °F (6 C); although it is rare for snow to fall in Nuevo Laredo, there was actually snow on the ground for a few hours on the morning of Christmas Day 2004.

Nuevo Laredo experiences an average high temperature of about 99 °F (37 C), and an average low of about 75 °F (24 C) during summer, and 20 inches (510 mm) of rain per year. As Laredo sometimes undergoes drought, a water conservation ordinance was implemented in 2003.

Climate data for Nuevo Laredo
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °F (°C)	92 (33)	94 (34)	99 (37)	108 (42)	112 (44)	112 (44)	111 (44)	112 (44)	109 (43)	101 (38)	99 (37)	93 (34)	104 (40)
Average high °F (°C)	66 (19)	71 (22)	80 (27)	88 (31)	92 (33)	96 (36)	99 (37)	99 (37)	93 (34)	86 (30)	76 (25)	68 (20)	84 (29)
Average low °F (°C)	43 (6)	47 (8)	55 (13)	63 (17)	69 (21)	73 (23)	75 (24)	75 (24)	74 (22)	63 (17)	53 (12)	45 (7)	61 (16)
Record low °F (°C)	26 (−3)	29 (−2)	33 (1)	38 (3)	54 (12)	66 (19)	68 (20)	64 (18)	56 (13)	42 (6)	33 (1)	15 (−9)	43.6 (7)
Average precipitation inches (cm)	1.0 (2.5)	1.1 (2.7)	0.8 (1.9)	1.8 (4.5)	2.6 (6.6)	3.2 (8.1)	1.5 (3.8)	2.7 (6.8)	3.1 (7.9)	2.5 (6.4)	1.2 (2.9)	0.9 (2.4)	22.2 (56.5)
Source: worldclimate.com

Government

Nuevo Laredo is governed by an elected Cabildo, which is composed of the Presidente Municipal (Municipal President or Mayor), two Síndicos, and twenty Regidores. The PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) is in control of the city government. The Mayor is in charge of the municipal administration. The Síndicos supervise the municipal budget and expenditures, and the Regidores are elected by the party.

Public safety

Public safety is provided by three municipal departments: (1) municipal police (Dirección de Seguridad Ciudadana), (2) traffic control (Dirección de Seguridad Vial), and (3) the emergency services department (Dirección de Protección Civil, Bomberos y Desastres).

Towns and villages

The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:

Name	2010 Census Population
Nuevo Laredo	373,725
El Campanario y Oradel	6,951
Bruno Álvarez Valdez	1,714
Nuevo Progreso (El Progreso)	432
América	255
América	197
La Cruz	159
Miguel Alemán	114
Morelos (El Estero)	96
La Esperanza	69
Los Artistas Segunda Etapa	54
other	267
Total Municipality	384,033

Populated places

Census Code	Location	Coordinates	Total Population	Male	Female
0001	Nuevo Laredo		373,725	185,747	187,978
0097	Rancho Azul		1	*	*
0099	El Bayito		8	*	*
0103	Morelos (El Estero)		96	54	42
0105	La Cruz		159	81	78
0108	La Esperanza		1	*	*
0111	Miguel Alemán		114	60	54
0113	Nuevo Progreso		432	221	211
0121	Vicente Guerrero		12	9	3
0125	San Vicente		2	*	*
0131	Santa Emilia		4	*	*
0138	Santo Niño		6	*	*
0139	El Nido		1	*	*
0143	Santa Clara		4	*	*
0156	Dos Pollos Solos (Miguel Alemán)		1	*	*
0162	El Campanario y Oradel		6,951	3,488	3,463
0163	La Lagartija		5	*	*
0172	La Unión		3	*	*
0174	Rancho Nuevo		1	*	*
0180	El Milagro		3	*	*
0186	El Francés		1	*	*
0187	Los Gavilanes		3	*	*
0190	El Huizache		1	*	*
0191	Lazaderos		2	*	*
0193	La Jabalina		3	*	*
0194	La Esperanza		69	39	30
0195	El Diecisiete (Santa Cecilia)		3	*	*
0196	Los Garza (Los Toros)		4	*	*
0197	Las Cuervas		3	*	*
0199	El Parral		2	*	*
0202	El Rosario		3	*	*
0203	El Tauro		3	*	*
0205	El Cadillal		6	*	*
0209	La Huizachoza		3	*	*
0212	Las Lomas		2	*	*
0219	Gem		4	3	1
0220	El Brasil		3	*	*
0222	La Herradura		8	3	5
0227	América		255	136	119
0243	Santo Tomás		2	*	*
0250	Ampliación San Francisco		1	*	*
0256	Las Carmelitas		3	*	*
0269	San Francisco		10	7	3
0271	Santa Cecilia		3	*	*
0275	Club Cinegético		3	*	*
0286	San Juan (Las Amapolas)		3	*	*
0297	Rogelio Cárdenas (La Molienda)		3	*	*
0304	Antonio Cárdenas		3	*	*
0305	Puertecitos		2	*	*
0308	América		197	101	96
0310	San Daniel		2	*	*
0325	El Chaparral		1	*	*
0327	El Charro		2	*	*
0330	Don Ignacio		3	*	*
0333	Las Norias		7	*	*
0338	San Manuel		1	*	*
0366	El Capricho		3	*	*
0376	Altos Amarillos		1	*	*
0393	Santa Virginia		1	*	*
0395	Los Papalotes		3	*	*
0399	La Pendencia		5	*	*
0401	La Copa		3	*	*
0404	Hugo Galindo		3	*	*
0408	La Pita		1	*	*
0409	Los Ramos		1	*	*
0411	General Francisco Villa		1	*	*
0413	San Ricardo		3	*	*
0414	Palo Blanco (Gerónimo Zamora)		2	*	*
0418	Don Ramón		3	*	*
0423	Los Cavazos		1	*	*
0424	Raúl Mangín		3	*	*
0429	San Fernando		4	*	*
0432	San Antonio		1	*	*
0434	San Francisco		1	*	*
0438	Santa Teresita		3	*	*
0440	Bruno Álvarez Valdez		1,714	879	835
0441	Ninguno		3	*	*
0442	Ninguno		3	*	*
0446	Ninguno (Estación Cuarentenaria)		3	*	*
0449	Chore		3	*	*
0450	Candelaria		1	*	*
0454	Héctor Calderón		7	*	*
0456	El Michoacano		3	*	*
0457	Guillermo Cristo		3	*	*
0459	Carlos Ramos		9	4	5
0460	Sergio Lugo		9	5	4
0464	Los Artistas Segunda Etapa		54	28	26
0467	Ninguno		2	*	*
0468	El Mirdor		1	*	*
0470	Moreno (Transcarga y Ganado)		4	*	*
0471	Brago (Transportes)		1	*	*
0472	El Role Garza		1	*	*
0473	San Francisco		1	*	*
0480	Ninguno		3	*	*
0482	Las Liebres		2	*	*
9998	Places with one household		157	99	58
9999	Places with two household		58	37	21
0000	Nuevo Laredo Municipality		384,033	191,001	193,032

See also

• Municipalities of Tamaulipas
• Nuevo Laredo (City)
• Tamaulipas