Matamoros-Brownsville

Matamoros-Brownsville is a bi-national metropolitan area of 1.137 million residents¹ with Matamoros in Tamaulipas having 450 thousand² and Brownsville in Texas having 182 thousand,³ separated by the Rio Grande (English)/ Bravo del Norte (Spanish) river. It grew quickly in the 1970s and further after the growth in cross-border trade that took advantage of the violent opposition to labor organization in the border areas of México. Offshore but within the city limits is the southern end of Padre Island, a barrier island. Padre Island National Seashore is a tourist attraction for Americans.⁴ The tallest building in Brownsville is the Villa del Sol (170 feet, 1971), housing for low-income elders.⁵

External references

Parque Olimpico Cultura y Conocimiento, Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México

Footnotes

1. 2012 metropolitan figure from "Metropolitan areas in the Americas". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved by the author of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_areas_of_Mexico on 8 December 2009, accessed May 15, 2018. The Wikipedia heading says the figure is for 2006, which matches the cited source, but the column heading says 2012.
2. 2010 figure from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Mexico, accessed June 15, 2018.
3. 2013 figure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Texas#100_largest_cities_in_Texas_by_population, accessed May 15, 2018.
4. http://www.touropia.com/best-places-to-visit-in-texas/, accessed May 15, 2018.
5. Information about buildings comes from emporis.com, accessed June 15, 2018. The site has no information for Matamoros. One wired transmission tower in Brownsville reaches 483 feet and two others are taller than the Villa del Sol.