Laredo, Texas

Laredo, Texas
Laredo, Texas
	Ceety
	City of Laredo
; Banner	; Coat o airms
	Nickname(s): "The Gateway City" an "The City Under Seven Flags"
	Laredo, Texas Location in the contiguous Unitit States
	Coordinates: 27°31′28″N 99°29′26″W / 27.52444°N 99.49056°W
Kintra	Unitit States
State	Texas
Coonty	Webb
Metropolitan aurie	Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Aurie
Settled	1755
Govrenment
• Teep	Cooncil-manager
• Ceety cooncil	Mayor Pete Saenz (Democrat in nonpartisan poseetion); Laredo Ceety Cooncil:; (1) Rudy Gonzalez, Jr. ; (2) Vidal Rodriguez ; (3) Alejandro Perez, Jr. ; (4) Juan Narvaez ; (5) Roque Vela ; (6) Charlie San Miguel ; (7) George Altgelt ; (8) Roberto Balli
• Ceety manager	Jesus R. "Chuy" Olivares
• Polis chief	Ray Garner
Area
• Ceety	233.12 km2 (90.01 sq mi)
• Land	230.27 km2 (88.91 sq mi)
• Water	2.85 km2 (1.1 sq mi) 1.30%
• Metro	418.96 km2 (161.76 sq mi)
Elevation	137.2 m (438 ft)
Population (2012)
• Ceety	244,731 (US: 81st)
• Density	1,045.1/km2 (2,718.9/sq mi)
• Metro	259,172 (US: 178t)
• Metro density	615.9/km2 (1,602.2/sq mi)
• Demonym	Laredoan
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CST)
ZIP code	78040–78046, 78049
Aurie code	956
FIPS code	48-41464
GNIS featur ID	1339633
Airport	Laredo Internaitional Airport KLRD (LRD)
Wabsteid	laredotexas.gov

Laredo is the coonty seat o Webb Coonty, Texas, Unitit States, locatit on the north bank o the Rio Grande in sooth Texas, athort frae Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

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