Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan area

Metropolitan area in Texas, Tamaulipas, United States, Mexico

Reynosa–McAllen
Metropolitan area
Primary urban area of Reynosa–McAllen
Country	United States Mexico
State	Texas Tamaulipas
Principal cities	Reynosa McAllen Río Bravo  - Mission  - Edinburg  - Pharr
Population (2010 est.)
• Metro	1,500,000 (85th)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

Reynosa–McAllen,^[1] also known as McAllen–Reynosa,^[2] or simply as Borderplex,^[3] is one of the six bi-national metropolitan areas along the Mexico–U.S border. The city of Reynosa is situated on the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, on the southern bank of the Rio Grande, while the city of McAllen is located in the American state of Texas, directly north across the bank of the Rio Grande. This metropolitan area has a population of roughly 1,500,000,^[4][5] making it the largest and most populous in the state of Tamaulipas, and third most populous in the U.S–Mexico border.

The Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan area has been the first, second, or third fastest growing urban areas in the United States over the past years.^[6]

Contents

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  1 Municipalities/Counties
  


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  2 Communities
  
  
  
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    2.1 Cities in Mexico
    
  
  
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    2.2 Cities in the U.S.
    
  
  
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    2.3 Census-designated places
    
  
  
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    2.4 Unincorporated places
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 See also
  


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  4 References
  

Municipalities/Counties

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  Reynosa Municipality
  


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  Río Bravo Municipality
  


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  Hidalgo County
  

Communities

Note: Principal cities are bolded.

Cities in Mexico

• Reynosa


• Río Bravo


• Nuevo Progreso

Cities in the U.S.

Alamo Alton Donna Edcouch Edinburg Elsa Granjeno Hidalgo La Joya La Villa McAllen

Mercedes Mission Palmhurst Palmview Penitas Pharr Progreso Progreso Lakes San Juan Sullivan City Weslaco

Census-designated places

Note: All census-designated places are unincorporated.

Abram-Perezville Alton North Cesar Chavez Citrus City Cuevitas Doffing Doolittle Havana Heidelberg Indian Hills

La Blanca La Homa Laguna Seca Llano Grande Lopezville Los Ebanos Midway North Midway South Mila Doce Monte Alto

Muniz North Alamo Nurillo Olivarez Palmview South Relampago San Carlos San Manuel-Linn Scissors South Alamo

Unincorporated places

• Hargill, Texas


• El Gato, Texas


• Runn, Texas


• Val Verde, Texas

See also

• San Diego–Tijuana


• El Paso–Juárez


• Laredo–Nuevo Laredo


• Metropolitan area of Tampico


• Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan area


• List of Texas metropolitan areas


• Metropolitan areas of Mexico


• Transnational conurbations Mexico/USA

References

1. 
   ^ "La Plaza Mall: McAllen, Texas" (PDF). Simon Property Group, L.P. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


2. 
   ^ Pipkin, Seth. "Repertoires of Collaboration and Conflict in Divergent Development along The US-Mexico Border" (PDF). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
   


3. 
   ^ MATT WHITTAKER (April 17, 2006). "Report: Maquiladoras not as charitable in Mexico as in U.S." The Brownsville Herald.
   


4. 
   ^ "McAllen Overview". McAllen Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
   


5. 
   ^ "America: metropolitan areas (McAllen-Reynosa)". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
   


6. 
   ^ "Human and Social Aspects of Cross-Border Development in the McAllen/Reynosa Area" (PDF). UTPA. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
   

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