Harlingen, Texas | |
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| City of Harlingen | |
 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine | |
 Flag  Wordmark | |
| Nickname(s): "Capital City of the Valley", "H-Town" | |
| Motto: "The Capital of the Rio Grande Valley" | |
 Location in Cameron County and the state of Texas | |
  Harlingen Location in the State of Texas  Harlingen Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 26°12′N 97°42′W / 26.200°N 97.700°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Cameron |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Named for | Harlingen, Netherlands |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | Norma Sepulveda |
| • City Manager | Gabriel Gonzalez |
| Area | |
| • City | 40.63 sq mi (105.22 km2) |
| • Land | 40.13 sq mi (103.93 km2) |
| • Water | 0.50 sq mi (1.29 km2) |
| Elevation | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • City | 71,829 |
| • Estimate (2021)[2] | 71,925 |
| • Density | 1,800/sq mi (680/km2) |
| • Metro | 406,220 |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 78550-78553 |
| Area code | 956 |
| FIPS code | 48-32372[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1337354[4] |
| Website | www |
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Harlingen (/ˈhɑːrlɪndʒɪn/ HAR-lin-jin)[6] is a city in Cameron County in the central region of the Rio Grande Valley of the southern part of the U.S. state of Texas, about 30 miles (48 km) from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The city covers more than 40 square miles (104 km2) and is the second-largest city in Cameron County, as well as the fourth-largest in the Rio Grande Valley. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 71,892.[2]
Harlingen is a principal city of the Brownsville–Harlingen metropolitan area, which is part of the larger Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville combined statistical area, included in the Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan region.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
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- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
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2020Tablewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Often misspelled as "Harlington" and mispronounced as /ˈhɑːrlɪŋtən/ HAR-ling-tən