Laredo, Texas - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Laredo, Texas | |
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Downtown Laredo | |
Nickname(s): "The Gateway City" and "The City Under Seven Flags" | |
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Coordinates: 27°31′25″N 99°29′25″W / 27.52361°N 99.49028°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Webb |
Metropolitan area | Laredo–Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area |
Founded | August 25, 1755 |
Settled as | Villa de San Agustín de Laredo |
Founded by | Tomás Sánchez |
Named for | Laredo, Spain |
Government | |
• Type | Council–manager |
Area | |
• City | 107.96 sq mi (279.61 km2) |
• Land | 106.49 sq mi (275.81 km2) |
• Water | 1.47 sq mi (3.80 km2) |
• Metro | 161.76 sq mi (418.96 km2) |
Elevation | 438 ft (137.2 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• City | 255,205 |
• Density | 2,396.5/sq mi (925.3/km2) |
• Urban | 251,462 (US: 162nd)[2] |
• Urban density | 3,916.6/sq mi (1,512.2/km2) |
• Metro | 267,114 (US: 187th) |
Demonyms |
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Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CST) |
ZIP Codes | 78040–78046, 78049 |
Area code | 956 |
FIPS code | 48-41464[3] |
GNIS feature ID | 1339633[4] |
Website | laredotexas.gov |
Laredo is a mid-sized city in southern Texas, United States established in the year 1755. Laredo has a population of 255,205. Hispanics make up 90% of the total population, and the city is largely Catholic. Laredo is a border city which is part of the bi-national metropolitan area of Laredo, Texas - Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico with a total population over 600,000. The main sources of income for Laredo is international trade, followed by retail sales.
History
[change | change source]Laredo was founded by Don Tomas Sanchez under the name of Villa de San Agustin de Laredo in 1755 in a colony called Nuevo Santander in New Spain. Today, most of Nuevo Santander is part of Texas.
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References
[change | change source]- ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- ↑ "List of 2020 Census Urban Areas". census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.