Laredo–Nuevo Laredo


Laredo–Nuevo Laredo is one of six transborder agglomerations along the U.S.-Mexican border. The city of Laredo is situated in the U.S. state of Texas on the northern bank of the Rio Grande and Nuevo Laredo is located in the Mexican State of Tamaulipas in the southern bank of the river. This area is also known as the Two Laredos or the Laredo Borderplex. The area is made up of one county: Webb County in Texas and three municipalities: Nuevo Laredo Municipality in Tamaulipas, Hidalgo Municipality in Coahuila, Anáhuac Municipality in Nuevo León in Mexico. Two urban areas: the Laredo Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Zona Metropolitana Nuevo Laredo three cities and 12 towns make the Laredo–Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan area which has a total of 636,516 inhabitants according to the INEGI Census of 2010 and the United States Census estimate of 2010. The Laredo–Nuevo Laredo is connected by four International Bridges and an International Railway Bridge. According to World Gazetteer this urban agglomeration ranked 157th largest in North and South America in 2010 with an estimated population of 775,481. This area ranks 66th in the United States and 23rd in Mexico.

Populated Places

Laredo–Nuevo Laredo area is formed by the following populated places:

Urban Areas

Texas

Texas

Villa de San Agustin de Laredo was founded in 1755 by Don Tomas Sanchez while the area was part of a region called Nuevo Santander in the Spanish colony of New Spain. Villa de San Agustin de Laredo got its name from Laredo, Cantabria, Spain and in honor of Saint Augustine of Hippo. In 1840, Laredo was the capital of the independent Republic of the Rio Grande, set up in rebellion to the dictatorship of Antonio López de Santa Anna and brought back into Mexico by military force. In 1846, during the Mexican–American War the town was occupied by the Texas Rangers. After the war the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ceded the land to the United States. A referendum was taken in the town, which voted overwhelmingly to petition the American military government in charge of the area to return the town to Mexico. However, this petition was rejected, and in response the bulk of the population moved over the river into Mexican territory to found the new town of Nuevo Laredo.
The origin of name of Laredo is unclear. Some scholars say the name might stem from Glaretum which means "sandy, rocky place" others state that Laredo stems from Euskara and means "beautiful prairies". Laredo might also stem from Laridae which means gull or it might be made up of two Latin words lar which means home and edo which means birth.

Economy

Trade

More than 47% of United States international trade headed for Mexico and more than 36% of Mexican international trade crosses through the Laredo–Nuevo Laredo port of entries. This is the reason that the borderplex's economy rotates around commercial and industrial warehousing, import, and export. The Laredo International Airport serves the Laredo area which has scheduled nonstop flights to Houston, Dallas, Orlando, and Las Vegas. The city of Nuevo Laredo has the Quetzalcóatl International Airport which has daily flights to Mexico City. These airports also handle merchandise to export to the neighboring country. The Laredo–Nuevo Laredo port of entry has five international bridges crossing the Rio Bravo in 2007.

International Bridges

Major highways in Laredo and their starting and ending points:
Major highways in Nuevo Laredo and their starting and ending points:
Retail sales also helps the Laredo–Nuevo Laredo economy, it attracts shoppers from Northern Mexico and South Texas. The major mall is Mall del Norte. The Streets of Laredo Urban Mall is an association created by businesses located in Iturbide Street in the San Agustin historical district to beautify and renovate the area.

Media

Newspapers

Television

According to Nielsen Media Research, the Laredo region is ranked 185th market by population size in the United States. The first station to broadcast in Laredo was KGNS in 1956, followed by KVTV in 1973, then KJTB in 1985.
Notably television networks missing from Laredo's airwaves are PBS and The CW. Laredo once had a full-power local affiliate, KGNS-DT2 until the affiliation switched to ABC. Prior to that KJTB channel 27, was affiliated to ABC from January 1985 to October 1988. KJTB was later bought by Entravision and affiliated the station to Telemundo and changed its callsign to KLDO. Today KLDO is affiliated to Univision. Before KJTB, KGNS, an NBC affiliate had a secondary affiliation to ABC from its founding in 1956 through KJTB's founding in 1985. On November 6, 2013, KGNS reached an agreement with the ABC Television Network to add the ABC affiliation. The launch for the ABC affiliate will be in February 2014 on KGNS's subchannel 8.2 and will carry ABC's entire schedule. It's unknown if Laredo CW 19 would move to either 8.3 or to just disaffiliate with the network entirely.
In December 2014, all Nuevo Laredo stations must discontinue analog television broadcasting and broadcast digitally only.
CHVCDTDTVDishTWCCallsignNetworkResolutionCity of LicenseOfficial WebsiteNotes
22.117.199XEFETelevisa local480iNuevo LaredoLast station to broadcast in digital
8.18.18810KGNSNBCHD 1080iLaredo
8.28.21519KGNS-DT2ABCHD 720pLaredo
8.38.31625KGNS-DT3TelemundoSD 480iLaredo
11KLRNPBSAnalogSan Antonio
10.1CP10.1CPK10QK-DCPCarismaTVSD 480iLaredoConstruction permit expires 7/2014
1111.125.114XHBRCanal de las EstrellasHD 1080iNuevo Laredo
13.2051.2XHLAT-TDT2DarkSD 480iNuevo LaredoID: FVDld
14.314.3KYLX-LPTestingHD 1080iLaredo
15.115.1KLMVBVBSD 480iLaredo
15.215.2KLMV-LD2InfomercialsSD 480iLaredo
15.315.3KLMV-LD3Vida VisionSD 480iLaredo
19.319.3KLDO-DT3DarkSD 480iLaredo
2121.150.198XHLNAAzteca 13HD 1080iNuevo Laredo
21.250.2XHLNA-TDT2Proyecto 40HD 1080iNuevo Laredo
27.119.1272778.1KLDOUnivisionHD 1080iLaredo
27.219.2KLDO-DT2LATVSD 480iLaredo
31.131.177KXOF-CDUniMásSD 480iLaredo
31.231.239392.2KXOF-CD2Fox / MyNetHD 720pLaredo
3333.151.1XHLATAzteca 7HD 1080iNuevo Laredo
39.127.339392.2KETF-CDFoxHD 720pLaredo
39.227.4KETF-CD2MundoFoxSD 480iLaredo
40.1CP40.1CPK40NU-DMaranatha Church TVSD 480iLaredoConstruction permit expires 10/2016
4545.132.115XHNATMultimedios PlusSD 480iNuevo Laredo
45.232.2XHNAT-TDT2Milenio TVHD 1080iNuevo Laredo
45.332.3XHNAT-TDT3TeleritmoSD 480iNuevo Laredo
5757.138.1XHLARTelevisa RegionalSD 480iNuevo Laredo

CP: Construction Permit

Radio

According to Arbitron, the Laredo region is ranked 191st market by population size.

AM radio

Long range AM stations
The following Clear Channel AM stations can be heard in Laredo:
FrequencyCallsignBrandCity of LicenseWebsiteWebcast
680KKYXCountry Legends 680San Antonio
720KSAHNorteño 720San Antonio
740KTRHNewsradio 740 KTRHHouston
760KTKRTicket 760 AMSan Antonio
990XETLa T GrandeMonterrey
1030KCTAKCTA 1030 AMCorpus Christi
1050XEGRanchera de MonterreyMonterrey
1140XEMRMR DeportesMonterrey
1200WOAINews Radio 1200San Antonio
1210KUBRRadio CristianaSan Juan
1530KGBTLa Tremenda 1530Harlingen

FM radio

PR:Suspected pirate radio stations since they are not licensed with Federal Communications Commission in the United States or COFETEL in Mexico. Some pirate stations are suspected, due to the fact that other licensed stations nearby share the same frequency, such as 106.5 Radio Voz and KMAE from nearby Bruni, Texas and 103.3 Radio 33 and XHAHU-FM from nearby Anáhuac, Nuevo León, each city less than 50 miles from Laredo.

Internet Radio

Sports

Laredo is home to four semiprofessional sports teams. The Laredo Bucks are a Central Hockey League hockey team in the Southern Conference's Southeast Division. The Bucks have been the League's Champion twice in 2003 and 2005. The Laredo Heat is a Premier Development League soccer team in the Southern Conference's Mid South Division. Laredo are the current USL Premier Development League champions, having defeated 2006 champions Michigan Bucks in a penalty shootout, following a 0-0 draw in the 2007 championship game. The Laredo Broncos are a baseball team in the United League. Nuevo Laredo is home to the Mexican Soccer League's Second Division Bravos de Nuevo Laredo. Both Laredo were home to the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos which were the only Mexican Baseball League team to play in both the United States and Mexico. The Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos were the Mexican Baseball League Champions in 1953, 1954, 1958, 1977, and 1989. In 2008 the Tecolotes came back to Nuevo Laredo and they are known as the Tecolotres de Nuevo Laredo.

Gallery

Pictures of Laredo, Texas

Pictures of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico