Río Bravo

Río Bravo formally Ciudad Río Bravo is a city in northern part of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is the municipal seat of Río Bravo Municipality. The city lies east of Reynosa and just south of the Río Bravo del Norte (Rio Grande) and was also named after it. Directly across the U.S.-Mexico border lies Donna, Texas. The municipality stretches southward into less densely populated territory and is slowly becoming a large and popular industrial center conveniently located right next to the booming "Maquiladora" centers in Reynosa and Matamoros. At the census of 2010 the city reported a population of 95,647, the eighth largest city in the state (following Reynosa, Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, Ciudad Victoria, Tampico, Madero, and...