Reynosa

Reynosa 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 2013, the city of Reynosa has a population of 672,183. If the floating population is included in the census count, the population can reach up to approximately 1,000,000. History On the 6th of July, 1686 Agustín Echeverz y Zuvízar, governor of the Nuevo Reino de León, camped in, what is now Reynosa, during an exploratory expedition.