When economic, household, and social diversity are considered, Laredo Texas is the 19th-least diverse of the 313 largest cities in the nation.
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37 Facts About Laredo Texas
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Spanish colonial settlement of Villa de San Agustin de Laredo Texas was founded in 1755 by Don Tomas Sanchez Barrera while the area was part of the Nuevo Santander region in the Spanish colony of New Spain.
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In 1840, Laredo Texas was the capital of the independent Republic of the Rio Grande, set up in opposition to Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna; it was brought back into Mexico by military force.
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Laredo Texas is one of the oldest crossing points along the Mexico–United States border, and the nation's largest inland port of entry.
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Laredo Texas is on the west end of the Rio Grande Plains, south of the Edwards Plateau, west of the Coastal Plains, and east of the Mexican Mountains.
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Laredo Texas's climate is semi-arid with very hot temperatures in the summer and mild temperatures during the winter.
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In 2016, Laredo was ranked the safest city in Texas for motorists and the 14th safest nationally.
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In 2016, the violent crime rate in Laredo Texas dropped to 379 per 100, 000 inhabitants, according to AreaVibes.
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South Texas banking institutions in Laredo include Falcon International Bank, International Bank of Commerce, and Texas Community Bank.
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Laredo Texas is the largest inland port in the United States, and Nuevo Laredo Texas the largest in Latin America.
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Laredo Texas is a shopping destination for Mexican shoppers from Northern Mexico.
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Laredo Texas's economy revolves around commercial and industrial warehousing, import, and export.
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The Streets of Laredo Texas Urban Mall is an association created by businesses on Iturbide Street in the San Agustin historical district to beautify and renovate the area, which has a pedestrian scale.
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Laredo Texas has increased the number of non-agricultural jobs from 55, 100 in January 1996 to 86, 600 in October 2007.
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Laredo Texas has had positive job market growth since the mid-1990s; setbacks in the mining industry shifted a few thousand workers to other industries such as international trade and construction.
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Laredo Texas lost its only garment-producing company, costing the jobs of about 300 workers.
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Laredo Texas's success with international trade is a vulnerability; it depends on changes to Mexico's economy, that status of immigration laws, and terrorism.
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In 1993, the citizens of Laredo Texas approved the construction of a new main library at McPherson and Calton roads, which opened on February 1, 1998.
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Streets of Laredo Texas is a 1949 western film starring William Holden, Macdonald Carey and William Bendix as three outlaws who rescue a young girl, played by Mona Freeman.
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Laredo Texas meets Jilly Buck, a bored rich girl who agrees to help him.
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Laredo Texas has been the subject of several songs in popular culture.
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Laredo Texas Heat is a United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League team.
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Laredo Texas Swarm was a semi-professional basketball in the relaunched American Basketball Association.
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The arena has hosted many events such as The Laredo Hunting and Fishing Show, Miss Texas USA, Laredo Home and Garden Show and the South Texas Collectors Exp's Comic Con.
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Krueger Field is in north Laredo Texas and is owned by United Independent School District.
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Laredo Texas has three 18-hole golf courses: the Laredo Texas Country Club, the Casa Blanca Golf Course.
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The Laredo Texas Country Club is an 18-hole private course with 7, 125 yards of golf.
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City of Laredo Texas owns eight recreational centers, thirty-four developed parks, twenty-two undeveloped parks or under construction, five baseball fields, and four plazas.
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Laredo Texas was formerly the city manager of Eagle Pass in Maverick County.
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Laredo Texas was accused of having earlier in the week offered cocaine to an off-duty agent of the United States Border Patrol and her friends outside a Laredo restaurant.
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Private prison operator GEO Group runs the Rio Grande Detention Center in Laredo Texas, which opened in 2008 and holds a maximum of 1900 federal detainees.
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Laredo Texas College is a two-campus institution which offers two-year Associate's degrees.
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The first station to broadcast in Laredo Texas was KGNS in 1956, followed by KVTV in 1973, then KJTB in 1985.
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Laredo Texas had a full-power local The CW affiliate, KGNS-DT2, but on July 3, 2014, the affiliation switched to ABC.
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In December 2014, all Nuevo Laredo Texas stations turned off analog television broadcasting and started broadcasting digitally only.
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About 2 percent of working Laredo Texas residents commuted by all other means, including taxi, bicycle, and motorcycles.
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Laredo Texas has two medical helipads, at Laredo Texas Medical Center and Doctor's Hospital.
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