Reynosa

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Reynosa
City
Main Plaza of Reynosa
Coat of arms
Nickname:  Metrópolis industrial de Tamaulipas
Motto(s):  Trabajar por la patria es forjar nuestro destino (To work for the motherland is to forge our destiny)
Reynosa Show map of Tamaulipas Reynosa Show map of Mexico
Coordinates: 26°05′32″N 98°16′40″W / 26.09222°N 98.27778°W / 26.09222; -98.27778
Country	Mexico
State	Tamaulipas
Municipality	Reynosa Municipality
Founded	14 March 1749
Founded as	Villa de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Reinosa
Founded by	Carlos Cantú González
Government
• Mayor	Carlos Víctor Peña Ortiz (2021-present) (MORENA PT
Area
• City	3,156.34 sq kilometers km2 (1,218.66 sq. miles sq mi)
Elevation	33 m (108 ft)
Population  (2020)
• City	691,557[1]
• Metro	837,251
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
• Year	2023
• Total	$23.5 billion[2]
• Per capita	$24,700
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Website	www.reynosa.gob.mx
Area Code 899 Airport General Lucio Blanco International Airport Airport Code REX

Reynosa (Spanish pronunciation: [rejˈnosa]) is a border city in the northern part of the state of Tamaulipas, in Mexico which also holds the municipal seat of Reynosa Municipality.

The city is located on the southern bank of the Rio Grande in the international Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan area, directly across the Mexico–United States border from Hidalgo, Texas.

As of 2020, the city of Reynosa has a population of 691,557.^[1][3] If the floating population is included, the total can reach approximately 1,000,000.^[4]