Laredo

a city in the US, in Texas, on the Mexican border: founded by the Spanish in 1755 on the Rio Grande. Pop.: 197 488 (2003 est.)

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Laredo

a city in the southern USA, in Texas, on the left bank of the Rio Grande, on the Mexican border. Population, 69,000 (1970). A railroad junction and important transportation point on routes between the USA and Mexico.

Laredo is the commercial center of a region of irrigated farming that grows onions, other vegetables, and grapefruit. There are vegetable-oil plants and a petroleum refinery in the city. Laredo has an antimony smelter and clothing and leather-goods industries. There are deposits of oil and natural gas in the region. Laredo was founded in 1755.

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