As of 2020, the city of Reynosa has a population of 691,557.[1][3] If the floating population is included in the census count, the population can reach up to approximately 1,000,000.[4]
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.
In December, 1748 an expedition led by José de Escandón y Helguera left from Querétaro, planning to establish 14 villages; the caravan consisted of 1500 colonists and 755 soldiers.
On the 14th of March, 1749 was founded (in its original location) the Villa de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Reynosa, by the captain Carlos Cantú on behalf of Escandón, being as well in political and military command. There were 279 pioneer residents in the charge of Friar Agustín Fragoso.
In August, 1750, the first flood was documented in the village.
In April, 1757 Reynosa had it first political conflict, when Escandón dismissed Carlos Cantú as the mayor of the village, replacing him by Pedro de Estrada, second mayor of Reynosa.
On the 9th of July, 1757 arrives to the village the captain José Tineda y Cuervo and the engineer Agustín López, both viceroyalty inspectors, to do a population census; showing that Reynosa had 280 inhabitants.
As a result of the census, they obtained authorization from the King of Spain to move the village to a placed named Santa María de las Lajas; which was not done because Escandón didn't consider the river a risk anymore.
In September, 1800 a flood of immense proportions occurred. The village was about to disappear; the villagers used canoes and rafts to arrive to the hills of El Morrillo. In 1802 the village moved to its actual location and the new census showed 1631 inhabitants by 1802.
In 1810 the building of the old church Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe began, by the parish priest Don José Cárdenas; it was finished in 1815 by Don Lorenzo Treviño.
In 1846 Reynosa was invaded by the American army during the Mexican-American war.
On the 24th of November, 1926, Reynosa became a city.[5]
Current
Hidalgo Street in early 20th centuryMain plaza in early 20th century
Reynosa extends across 3,156.34 sq kilometers (1218.66 sq. miles), representing 3.7 per cent of the Tamaulipas territory. Today it is the location of several satellite U.S. companies doing business to take advantage of low labor rates and industry incentives.[6]
On 18 September 2012, an explosion at the nearby Pemex gas plant killed 30 and injured 46 people. Pemex Director Juan Jose Suarez said that there was "no evidence that it was a deliberate incident, or some kind of attack".[7][8][9]
In 2017, it was described as a major hotspot in the Mexican Drug War, as a result of the internecine wars between the Gulf and Los Zetas drugs cartels.[10]
Reynosa has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classificationBSh) with short, mild winters and hot summers.[15]
Winters are mild and dry with a January high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F) although temperatures can fall below 10 °C (50 °F).[15] Summers are hot with a July mean of 30 °C (86 °F) and temperatures can exceed 40 °C (104 °F) anytime from May until August.[15] The average annual precipitation is 452 millimetres (18 in), with most of it being concentrated in the summer months though the months of May and June are the wettest.
Mexico
Tamaulipas.png){kind=small}
MORENA .svg){kind=logo}
PT
