Laredo, Texas
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Laredo, Texas | |
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City of Laredo | |
Eik-name(s): "The Gateway City" an "The City Under Seven Flags" | |
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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[1] |
Area | |
• Ceety | 233.12 km2 (90.01 sq mi) |
• Laund | 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 (1602.2/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[2] |
GNIS featur ID | 1339633[3] |
Airport | Laredo Internaitional Airport KLRD (LRD) |
Website | 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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References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Mikaela Rodriguez, "It's Chief Garner: UISD chief is new top cop at Laredo Police Department", Laredo Morning Times, March 19, 2013, p. 1, 11A
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008.