- Río Bravo, Tamaulipas
Río Bravo formally Ciudad Río Bravo is a city in northern part of the
Mexican state ofTamaulipas . It is the municipal seat of Río Bravo municipality. The city lies east ofReynosa and just south of theRío Bravo del Norte (Rio Grande ). Directly across theU.S.-Mexico border liesPharr, Texas . The municipality stretches southward into less densely populated territory and is slowly becoming a large and popular industrial center conveniently located right next to the booming "Maquiladora" centers in Reynosa and Matamoros. At the census of 2005 the city reported a population of 83,736, the seventh largest city in the state, while the municipality had a population of 106,842. The municipality has an areal extent of 1,562.94 km² (603.45 sq mi). The largest other community is Nuevo Progreso, in the northeastern part of the municipality, on the Río Grande.References
* [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
* [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_tamaulipas Tamaulipas] Enciclopedia de los Municipios de MéxicoExternal links
* [http://www.riobravo.gob.mx/ Gobierno Municipal de Río Bravo] Official website
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