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Ciudad Miguel Alemán
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Miguel Alemán Center
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 Ciudad Miguel Alemán
Location in Mexico
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| Country | Mexico |
| State | Tamaulipas |
| Municipality | Miguel Alemán Municipality |
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| • Total | 19,997 |
Ciudad Miguel Alemán is a city in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Before 1950, it was called San Pedro de Roma. The city is located right across the Rio Grande river from Roma, Texas in the United States.
A special bridge, called the Roma – Ciudad Miguel Alemán International Bridge, connects these two cities. It's a type of bridge known as a suspension bridge. In 2010, about 19,997 people lived in Ciudad Miguel Alemán. The larger area around the city, called its municipality, had a total population of 27,015 people.
Where is Ciudad Miguel Alemán?
Ciudad Miguel Alemán is in the northwest part of the state of Tamaulipas. Its local government area, called a municipality, shares borders with both the U.S. state of Texas and the Mexican state of Nuevo León.
Inside Tamaulipas, the municipality borders Camargo to the east and Mier to the west. To the north, it touches Starr County, Texas in the U.S. To the south, it borders the Mexican municipalities of Los Aldamas and Doctor Coss in Nuevo León.
A Brief History of the City
Ciudad Miguel Alemán was officially created on October 11, 1950. This happened by a decision from the government of Tamaulipas. General Raúl Gárate became the first mayor, or presidente municipal, of this new area.
The town was originally known as San Pedro de Roma. It was one of the first settlements in this region. However, it became much more important in 1927. That's when the international bridge was built, connecting it to the United States. This bridge made the town a key crossing point, and it was then given the title of "city" and became the center of its own municipality.
