Nuevo Laredo

Nuevo Laredo
Municipal Building
Nickname(s): Puerta a Mexico (Door to Mexico)
Motto: Siempre con la Patria (Always with the Country) Ciudad con Valor (City with Valor)
Location Nuevo Laredo within Tamaulipas
Location of Tamaulipas within mexico
Country	Mexico
State	Tamaulipas
Municipality	Nuevo Laredo Municipality
Settled	1755
Established	1847
Government
- Presidente Municipal	Ing. Ramón Garza Barrios
Area
- City	1,334.02 km2 (515.07 sq mi)
Population (2006 census)
- City	348,387
- Metro	718,073
	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)
Codigo Postal	88000
Area code(s)	867
Website	Municipio de Nuevo Laredo
Airport: Quetzalcoatl International Airport MMNL

Nuevo Laredo is a city located in the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The city lies on the banks of the Río Grande, across from the United States city of Laredo, Texas. The 2005 census population of the city was 348,387^[1] and that of the municipality of which it serves as municipal seat was 355,827. Nuevo Laredo is part of the Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area with a total population of 718,073^[2]. The municipality has an area of 1,334.02 km² (515.07 sq mi). Both the city and the municipality rank as the third largest in the state. A drug war has brought a lot of crime to this city in recent years.

The city is connected to Laredo, Texas, across the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) river by three international bridges and a rail bridge. The city is larger than its U.S. counterpart, but is younger, having been established after the Republic of Texas broke away from Mexico. It is the largest inland port in Mexico, just as its counterpart across the border is the busiest inland port in the United States. As an indication of its economic importance, one of Mexico's Banderas monumentales is located in the city (these flags have been established in state capitals and cities of significance).

History

Nuevo Laredo was part of the territory of the original settlement of Laredo (now in Texas) which was founded in 1755 by the Spaniard Don Tomás Sánchez in the northern part of the Rio Grande. The settlement's territory was granted to José de Escandón by the King of Spain, and the settlement's territory and population remained unified for 100 years, until the war of 1847. In 1847, the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty divided the territory attached to Laredo between Texas and Mexico. New Laredo was founded on May 15, 1848, by seventeen Laredo families who wished to remain Mexican and therefore moved to the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. They identified with Mexico, its history and cultural customs, and decided to keep their Mexican citizenship. The founders of New Laredo even took with them the bones of their ancestors so they continued to rest in Mexican ground.^{[citation needed]}

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.

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).^[4]

Economy

Nuevo Laredo (along with Laredo, TX) is the most important trade border crossing of Latin America (approximately 8500 trucks cross the border each day).^[5][6] Its geographical position has enabled this city to grow and specialize in the international trade business. Nuevo Laredo has a very developed logistics and transportation industry, complemented with a variety of hotel chains, restaurants and a cultural center where events such as the Tamaulipas International Festival take place.

Nuevo Laredo is located on the primary trade route connecting Canada, the United States and Mexico. Both Nuevo Laredo and Laredo, TX are now the gateway to Mexico’s burgeoning industrial complex, offering diverse markets, business opportunities and profit potential, which both business and industry cannot not find anywhere else. Nuevo Laredo is the only Mexico/U.S. border city strategically positioned at the convergence of all land transportation systems. The main highway and railroad leading from Central Mexico through Mexico City, San Luis Potosí, Saltillo and Monterrey join with two major U.S. rail lines at Nuevo Laredo and major American highway Interstate 35, thus offering fast access to the most important metropolitan areas and seaports of Texas, as well as northern states and Canada. For more than a decade, Mexico’s economic policies have greatly increased Mexico/U.S. trade and cross-border production in the Nuevo Laredo area.

Seventy percent of all Mexican exports to the United States are exported through Nuevo Laredo. Nuevo Laredo is considered to be the largest inland port in Latin America. There are three bridges in the Nuevo Laredo area: International Bridge #1 (the oldest); International Bridge #2 (also known as Juarez-Lincoln; no pedestrians); International Bridge #3 (also known as the Free Trade or Libre Comercio Bridge; inaugurated in 1999; cargo only). Also the Colombia-Solidarity (Solidaridad) Bridge (located about 20 miles (32 km) NW of the city in Colombia Nuevo Leon. There are no urban areas on either side of this bridge.

Higher education

Nuevo Laredo Institute of Technology

There are six universities in Nuevo Laredo. The Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas^[7] offers international trade, computer systems, business administration, law, and accounting programs. It has 3,500 students enrolled. The Instituto Tecnologico de Nuevo Laredo^[8] offers architecture, civil engineering, electrical engineering, computer systems engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, business administration, and accounting programs. It has 2,418 students enrolled. The Universidad Valle del Bravo^[9] offers law, psychology, graphic design, international trade, international marketing, business administration, communications, industrial administration, computer systems, and dentistry. It has 800 students enrolled. The Universidad Tecnologica de Nuevo Laredo offers harmonized tariff specialist and customs clearance specialist, transportation logistics administration, electronics and automated industrial maintenance, and distribution programs. It has 498 students enrolled.

Nuevo Laredo has two teachers' schools: Normal Basica Cuauhtemoc, which trains elementary and kindergarten teachers, and Normal Superior De Tamaulipas, which opened its doors on August 2005 and instructs future physical education and middle school teachers. The Normal offers specialties such as Spanish, mathematics, and English instruction.

People and culture

Parks and zoos

Parque Viveros (en:Viveros Park) is a 124-acre (0.50 km²) forest park that overlooks the Rio Grande in the east part of Nuevo Laredo. The park features a zoo, 2 large swimming pools, walking trails, and picnic areas with bar-b-que pits.^[10]

Theaters

Nuevo Laredo has three main theaters the "Centro Cultural", "Teatro de la Ciudad", and "Casa de Cultura". The Centro Cultural (en:Cultural Center), is Nuevo Laredo's main theater with a sitting capacity of 1,200 guests. The theater has presented high level shows high level, plays, concerts and dance recitals. The theater has a museum, library, and a cafeteria^[11]. The Teatro de la Ciudad (en:City Theater) is a theater which presents plays, dance recitals, concerts and musical shows and special events.^[11] The Casa de Cultura (en:House of Culture) houses music, painting , dance and literature workshops and also presents major artistic and cultural events such as art exhibitions, concerts, film samples, dance recitals and plays, among others.^[11]

Sports

Baseball

Ciudad Deportiva Baseball Park

The Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo (Owls of Nuevo Laredo) formally known as the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (Owls of the Two Laredos) is a Mexican Baseball League team that plays in in the Zona Norte (Northern Division) of the Mexican League. The Ciudad Deportiva is their home Baseball park which has a capacity of 12,000 fans. The Tecolotes returned to Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas for the 2008 season after a 4 years absence in the city when the team was transferred to Tijuana and renamed Potors de Tijuana. The Rieleros from Aguascalientes were transferred to Nuevo Laredo as the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo.^[12] The Tecolotes were the Mexican League Champions in 1953, 1954, 1958, 1977, and 1989 and were subchampions in 1945, 1955, 1959, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1993.

Parque la Junta (La Junta Park) is baseball field built in 1947 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.^[13] The ball park has a capacity of 6,000 people. The stadium was the home to the five time champion Mexican Baseball League team Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (The Owls of the Two Laredos) from 1947 to 2003.

Soccer

The Bravos de Nuevo Laredo is a soccer club in the Mexican Football League Second Division in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The Unidad Deportiva Benito Juárez (Benito Juárez Sport Complex) is their home stadium. The Bravos are an institution formed in 2004 by a groups of business people in Nuevo Laredo, whose objective is to organize a soccer team in the city with aspirations it will become a professional soccer club.^[14]

The Ciudad Deportiva (Sports City) is a sports complex built in 2007 which main feature is a baseball park in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. It is home to the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo^[15] Mexican Baseball League team. The Ciudad Deportiva can seat up to 12,000 fans at a baseball game. Phase one of this project has ben completed which only included the Baseball Park. Phase II of this project will include a new soccer stadium within Mexican Primera Division standards for a possible expansion of one of its' teams to Nuevo Laredo. Phase II also includes a gym that will seat 1,500 fans to enjoy basketball, volley ball, and gymnastics among other sports.^[12]

Basketball

The Valores de Nuevo Laredo is a basketball team in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico playing in the Mexican professional league Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). The Venados de Nuevo Laredo play in the Ciudad Deportiva Indoor Stadium. They entered the league in 2009 to join the North Conference. Prior to the Valores de Nuevo Laredo, Nuevo Laredo had the Venados de Nuevo Laredo which played on the LNBP for the 2007-2008 season.

Entertainment

There is a fairly large array of night-time entertainment venues. Most establishments (clubs, bars, and restaurants) are located in the historical district. Other restaurants (including chains such as Carl's Jr., Pizza Hut, KFC, and McDonalds) are located along Avenida Vicente Guerrero and Avenida Reforma. Nuevo Laredo has a red light district called Boy's Town, (or "La Zona")

Online newspapers and media

Newspapers

Television

AM Radio

FM radio

Notable persons

• Norma Elia Cantú - Postmodernist writer and professor of English
• Mauricio González de la Garza - Journalist, writer and music composer
• Arturo Santos Reyes - Boxer

Gallery

Map of Laredo in 1892 Nuevo Laredo is shown at the bottom of the map.	Map of the Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area	Mother's Monument and Royal Crowne Plaza in the background	Federal Palace in Nuevo Laredo
Founder's Monument in Nuevo Laredo	Vicente Guerrero Monument	Municipal Palace garden	Nuevo Laredo Technical Institute
Ciudad Deportiva Baseball Park	H-E-B Plaza in Nuevo Laredo	Soriana Reforma Plaza	Camino Real Hotel in Nuevo Laredo
Hilton Garden Inn in Nuevo Laredo	Hidalgo Plaza Public Clock	Statue of Hidalgo

References

External links

• Ayuntamiento de Nuevo Laredo Official website (español)

Coordinates: 27°29′10″N 99°30′25″W / 27.48611°N 99.50694°W / 27.48611; -99.50694

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