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Reynosa | |
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 Main Plaza of Reynosa | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Metrópolis industrial de Tamaulipas | |
| Motto(s): Trabajar por la patria es forjar nuestro destino (To work for the motherland is to forge our destiny) | |
  Reynosa  Reynosa | |
| Coordinates:26°05′32″N98°16′40″W / 26.09222°N 98.27778°W /26.09222; -98.27778 | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Tamaulipas |
| Municipality | Reynosa Municipality |
| Founded | 14 March 1749 |
| Founded as | Villa de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Reinosa |
| Founded by | Carlos Cantú González |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Carlos Víctor Peña Ortiz (2021-present) (MORENAPT |
| Area | |
• City | 3,156 km2 (1,219 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 33 m (108 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 691,557[1] |
| • Metro | 837,251 |
| GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values) | |
| • Year | 2023 |
| • Total | $23.5 billion[2] |
| • Per capita | $24,700 |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Website | www.reynosa.gob.mx |
| Area Code 899 Airport REX | |
Reynosa (Spanish pronunciation:[rejˈnosa]) is a border city in the northern part of thestate ofTamaulipas, inMexico which also holds themunicipal seat ofReynosa Municipality.
The city is located on the southern bank of theRio Grande in the internationalReynosa–McAllen metropolitan area, directly across theMexico–United States border fromHidalgo, Texas.
As of 2020, the city of Reynosa has a population of 691,557.[1][3] If thefloating population is included, the total can reach approximately 1,000,000.[4]
On 6 July 1686, Agustín Echeverz y Zuvízar, governor of theNuevo Reino de León, camped in what is now Reynosa during an exploratory expedition.
In December 1748, an expedition led byJosé de Escandón y Helguera left fromQuerétaro, planning to establish 14 villages; the caravan consisted of 1500 colonists and 755 soldiers.
On 14 March 1749, was founded (in its original location) theVilla de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Reynosa, by the captain Carlos Cantú on behalf of Escandón, being as well in political and military command. There were 279 pioneer residents in the charge of Friar Agustín Fragoso.
The city was namedReynosa afterReinosa, birthplace of the viceroyJuan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas.
In August 1750, the first flood was documented in the village.
In April 1757, Reynosa had it first political conflict, when Escandón dismissed Carlos Cantú as the mayor of the village, replacing him by Pedro de Estrada, second mayor of Reynosa.
On 9 July 1757, arrives to the village the captain José Tineda y Cuervo and the engineer Agustín López, both viceroyalty inspectors, to do a population census according to which Reynosa had 280 inhabitants.[5]
As a result of the census, they obtained authorization from the King of Spain to move the village to a placed named Santa María de las Lajas, which was not done because Escandón didn't consider the river a flooding risk anymore.
In September 1800, an immense flood occurred. The village was inundated and the villagers used canoes and rafts to arrive to the hills ofEl Morrillo. In 1802, the village moved to its current location and the new census showed 1631 inhabitants.
In 1810, the building of the old churchNuestra Señora de Guadalupe began, by the parish priest Don José Cárdenas; it was finished in 1815 by Don Lorenzo Treviño.
In 1846, Reynosa was invaded by the American army during theMexican-American war. On 10 May 1910, GeneralLucio Blanco with theconstitutional army took Reynosa during theMexican revolution.
On 24 November 1926, Reynosa became a city.[6]
Reynosa extends across 3,156.34 sq kilometers (1218.66 sq. miles), representing 3.7 per cent of theTamaulipas territory. Today it is the location of several satellite U.S. companies doing business to take advantage of low labor rates and industry incentives.[7]
On 18 September 2012, an explosion at the nearbyPemex gas plant killed 30 and injured 46 people. Pemex Director Juan Jose Suarez said that there was "no evidence that it was a deliberate incident, or some kind of attack".[8][9][10]
In 2017, it was described as a major hotspot in theMexican Drug War, as a result of the internecine wars between theGulf andLos Zetas drugs cartels.[11]
Reynosa is the largest and most populous city in the state of Tamaulipas, followed byMatamoros,Nuevo Laredo,Ciudad Victoria,Tampico, andRío Bravo. In addition, the internationalReynosa–McAllen Metropolitan Area has a population of 1,500,000 inhabitants,[12][13] making it thethird largest metropolitan area in the Mexico–U.S. border afterSan Diego–Tijuana andEl Paso–Juárez. Reynosa is the30th largest city in Mexico and anchors the largest metropolitan area in Tamaulipas.
In 2011, Reynosa was the fastest growing city in the state of Tamaulipas, and was among the top five fastest growing cities in Mexico.[14]
The city is about 11 miles (18 km) south ofMcAllen, Texas.[15]
Reynosa has asemi-arid climate (Köppen climate classificationBSh) with short, mild winters and hot summers.[16]Winters are mild and dry with a January high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F) although temperatures can fall below 10 °C (50 °F).[16] Summers are hot with a July mean of 30 °C (86 °F) and temperatures can exceed 40 °C (104 °F) anytime from May until August.[16] The average annual precipitation is 452 millimetres (18 in), with most of it being concentrated in the summer months though the months of May and June are the wettest.
| Climate data for Reynosa (1951–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35.0 (95.0) | 38.0 (100.4) | 44.0 (111.2) | 42.0 (107.6) | 43.0 (109.4) | 42.0 (107.6) | 43.0 (109.4) | 42.0 (107.6) | 40.0 (104.0) | 39.0 (102.2) | 38.0 (100.4) | 36.0 (96.8) | 44.0 (111.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.9 (71.4) | 24.5 (76.1) | 29.1 (84.4) | 31.8 (89.2) | 34.3 (93.7) | 36.7 (98.1) | 36.9 (98.4) | 36.6 (97.9) | 35.0 (95.0) | 31.0 (87.8) | 26.7 (80.1) | 23.0 (73.4) | 30.6 (87.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 16.2 (61.2) | 18.4 (65.1) | 21.9 (71.4) | 24.8 (76.6) | 27.6 (81.7) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.9 (85.8) | 29.8 (85.6) | 28.1 (82.6) | 24.6 (76.3) | 20.6 (69.1) | 17.3 (63.1) | 24.1 (75.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) | 12.3 (54.1) | 14.8 (58.6) | 17.7 (63.9) | 21.0 (69.8) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.8 (73.0) | 23.0 (73.4) | 21.2 (70.2) | 18.3 (64.9) | 14.5 (58.1) | 11.6 (52.9) | 17.5 (63.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.0 (28.4) | −4.0 (24.8) | 2.0 (35.6) | 7.5 (45.5) | 10.0 (50.0) | 12.0 (53.6) | 17.0 (62.6) | 14.0 (57.2) | 13.0 (55.4) | 8.0 (46.4) | 0.0 (32.0) | −7.0 (19.4) | −7.0 (19.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 14.6 (0.57) | 12.6 (0.50) | 7.3 (0.29) | 24.8 (0.98) | 73.0 (2.87) | 99.7 (3.93) | 24.3 (0.96) | 67.4 (2.65) | 72.6 (2.86) | 27.4 (1.08) | 11.9 (0.47) | 16.9 (0.67) | 452.5 (17.81) |
| Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[17] | |||||||||||||
Reynosa is served by theGeneral Lucio Blanco International Airport, which has flights to multiple important Mexican cities on six airlines, some serving it with aircraft such asBoeing 737 andAirbus A320.
In addition, theMcAllen Miller International Airport inMcAllen, Texas, is also relatively close and is served by airlines likeAllegiant Air,American andUnited.
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