Official Name: | Colombia, Nuevo León |
Motto: | Produccion y Progreso |
Leader Title: | Presidente Municipal |
Leader Name: | Desiderio Urteaga Ortegon 2003-2009 |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1992 |
Population As Of: | 2010 census |
Population Total: | 514 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CST |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 150 |
Postal Code Type: | Codigo Postal |
Postal Code: | 65000 |
Area Code: | 867 |
Footnotes: | Nearest Airports: Quetzalcoatl International Airport Laredo International Airport |
Colombia, Nuevo León is a planned community founded in 1992 by the Mexican state of Nuevo León in the Anáhuac Municipality. It lies on the southern banks of the Río Grande, across from the U.S. city of Laredo, Texas. According to the INEGI Census, in 2010 Colombia had a population of 514.
It was founded in the Nuevo León / Texas border in order to compete with the bordering Mexican states of Coahuila and Tamaulipas in the Import / Export market. One year after its founding the Colombia-Solidarity International Bridge, (the 4th most important border crossing in the American - Mexican border) was opened. Colombia was named in honor of Christopher Columbus, since it was founded 500 years after he first came into contact with the Americas.