Reynosa-McAllen

Reynosa-McAllen is a bi-national metropolitan area of 1.846 million residents¹ with Reynosa in Tampaulipas having 589 thousand² and McAllen in Texas having 137 thousand,³ separated by the Rio Grande (English)/ Bravo del Norte (Spanish) river. The cross-border trade, taking advantage of the violent opposition to labor organization in the border area of México, is the chief reason for the growth of the urban area. The tallest building in Reynosa is the Hotel One Reynosa (152 feet, 2011); the tallest in McAllen is the Chase Tower (223 feet, 1979).⁴

External references

The bridge connecting the bi-national metropolitan area of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México and McAllen, Texas, United States of America

Footnotes

1. 2012 metropolitan figure from world-gazetteer.com, accessed February 6, 2013. An alternate figure comes 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 13, 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. Information about buildings comes from emporis.com, accessed June 13, 2018. A wired mast in McAllen reaches 451 feet.