Ciudad Victoria vs Reynosa

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Ciudad Victoria (Spanish pronunciation: [sjuˈðað βikˈtoɾja] (listen)) is the capital of the Municipality of Victoria and the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It's located in the northeast of Mexico at the foot of the Sierra Madre Oriental. It borders the municipality of Güémez to the north, Llera to the south, Casas Municipality to the east, and the municipality of Jaumave to the west. The city is situated 246 km (153 mi) from Monterrey and 319 km (198 mi) from the US - Mexico border.

Ciudad Victoria is named after the first president of Mexico, Guadalupe Victoria.In 1825 Ciudad Victoria became the state capital. It's home to higher education institutions such as the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas and the Technological Institute of Ciudad Victoria. General Pedro José Méndez International Airport is located on the outskirts of town. As a state bureaucratic center, it's the seat of the three political powers and contains sites of tourist and cultural interest.

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Reynosa (Spanish pronunciation: [rejˈnosa]) is a border city in the northern part of the state of Tamaulipas, in Mexico. It is also 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 of the Mexico-U.

S. 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.

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