Nuevo Laredo
(NWAI-vo lah-RAI-do), city (1990 pop. 218,413) and
township, Nuevo Laredo municipio, Tamaulipas, NE Mexico, across
the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas (TX); 27°30'N 99°31'W. Linked with the
U.S. by road and RR bridges, Nuevo Laredo is the N terminus of the
natl. RR and the Inter-Amer. Highway, as well as an important point of
entry for U.S. tourists driving to Mexico. It is also a center of
internatl. trade and the distribution point for an agr. (mainly cotton)
and livestock-raising area; commerce; tourism industry. Nuevo Laredo
has been one of the many Mex. cities affected by an influx of
foreign capital, primarily due to the establishment of foreign-owned
industrial plants, known as maquiladoras. Has developed into a
transportation-trans-shipment center since NAFTA (1993). Founded in
1755, the city was part of Laredo until the end of the Mex.-Amer. War
in 1848. Nuevo Laredo played a role in the Mex. revolution of 1910 and
was burned extensively in 1914.
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