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McAllen, Texas

Administration
Full nameCity of McAllen
Official nameCity of McAllen
Settlement typeCity
CountryUSUnited States
StateTexasTexas
CountyHidalgo
Government
TypeCouncil-Manager
City CouncilMayor Richard F. Cortez
Scott Crane
Marcus Barrera
Hilda Salinas
Aida Ramirez
John Ingram
Jim Darling
City ManagerMike Perez
Geography
Total Area46.3 sq mi (119.9 km2)
Land Area46.0 sq mi (119.1 km2)
Water Area0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2)
Elevation121 ft (36.9 m)
Demography
Total Population106,414 (city proper) (2000)
Density (pop.)893.5/km2 (2314.7/sq mi)
Metro (pop.)569463
Other information
Time zoneCST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes78501-78505
Area code956
FIPS code48-45384 
GNIS feature ID1374829 

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McAllen is the largest city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. It is located at the southern tip of Texas in an area known as the Rio Grande Valley and is part of the American Southwest. The population was 106,414 at the 2000 census, while the McAllen � EdinburgMission Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 569,463; rapid growth pushed the metropolitan area's population to 710,514 by 2007. It is the 187th largest city in the U.S. and the 70th largest metropolitan area. Its southern boundary is located about five miles from the U.S.-Mexico border and the Mexican city of Reynosa, the Rio Grande River and about 70 mi (112.7 km) west of South Padre Island and the Gulf of Mexico.

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Texas Border Patrol Agent awarded Purple Heart for serious injury during line ... - Examiner.com Tweet this news
Examiner.com--Border Patrol Agent Anthony Gutierrez of the -McAllen-, -Texas- Border Patrol station was awarded the Purple Cross by Acting Chief Patrol Agent Ricardo E. ... - Date : Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:40:13 GMT+00:00
Va. Beach team wins Palomino baseball championship - The Virginian-Pilot Tweet this news
The Virginian-Pilot--The squad from Lynnhaven scored five runs in the second inning to go up 5-1 and then rallied to beat -McAllen-, -Texas-, 8-7 late Tuesday night in the Palomino ... - Date : Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:09:40 GMT+00:00
Volleyball notebook: Young EE learning on the fly - American Chronicle Tweet this news
American Chronicle--Aug. 12--Edcouch-Elsa's Maribel Bernal describes herself as the mother of the Lady Yellowjackets' team. ... - Date : Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:00:16 GMT+00:00
McAllen retail sales remain flat during June - Monitor Tweet this news
Monitor--Sales tax provides 41 percent of -McAllen's- general fund, which drives city expenditures. That's higher than the -Texas- average of 26.6 percent, according to ... - Date : Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:57:06 GMT+00:00
State ag commissioner candidate visits Valley - Monitor Tweet this news
Monitor---...- boon to South -Texas-. Hank Gilbert, who stumped in Edinburg, Harlingen and -McAllen-, is challenging incumbent Republican Todd Staples for the second time. ... - Date : Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:01:26 GMT+00:00
Meeting on changes to McAllen's public info channel produces few results - Trading Markets (press release) Tweet this news
Trading Markets (press release)--It's not a question of whether Time Warner will stop delivering analog signals, but when, said Jon Gary Herrera, the company's -Texas- regional vice president ... - Date : Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:01:29 GMT+00:00
Perry's Applause For Obama Ends At The Tarmac - Wall Street Journal (blog) Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal (blog)---...- detailed violence on the -Texas--Mexico border, some related to the drug wars, such as a kidnapping and murder attempt in May at a -McAllen- Wal-Mart store. ... - Date : Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:21:33 GMT+00:00
Angry illegal alien kills stepdaughter during World Cup match (press avoids ... - Examiner.com Tweet this news
Examiner.com--In late June, police in -McAllen-, -Texas-, arrested Hector Castro, 28, and charged him with the murder of his 2-year-old stepdaughter. ... - Date : Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:28:14 GMT+00:00
Customs Officer Arrested After Altercation-Turned-Shooting Death - KWTX Tweet this news
KWTX---McALLEN- (August 09, 2010)-South -Texas- authorities have arrested an off-duty US Customs officer in a murder investigation after Monday's fatal shooting of a ... - Date : Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:04:50 GMT+00:00
Vipers announce 2010-11 schedule - Monitor Tweet this news
Monitor---McALLEN- � The Rio Grande Valley Vipers will open their NBA Development League season against expansion -Texas- Legends on Nov. 21 at home. ... - Date : Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:14:57 GMT+00:00

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Municipalities and communities of Hidalgo County, Texas

County seat: Edinburg
CitiesAlamo * Alton * Donna * Edcouch * Edinburg * Elsa * Granjeno * Hidalgo * La Joya * La Villa * McAllen * Mercedes * Mission * Palmhurst * Palmview * Penitas * Pharr * Progreso * Progreso Lakes * San Juan * Sullivan City * Weslaco
CDPsAbram-Perezville * Cesar Chavez * Citrus City * Cuevitas * Doffing * Doolittle * Faysville * Havana * Heidelberg * Indian Hills * La Blanca * La Homa * Laguna Seca * Llano Grande * Lopezville * Los Ebanos * Midway North * Midway South * Mila Doce * Monte Alto * Muniz * North Alamo * Nurillo * Olivarez * Palmview South * Relampago * San Carlos * San Manuel-Linn * Scissors * South Alamo * Villa Verde * West Sharyland
Unincorporated
community
Hargill

Mayors of cities with populations of 100,000 in Texas

  1. Annise Parker (Houston)
  2. Julian Castro (San Antonio)
  3. Tom Leppert (Dallas)
  4. Lee Leffingwell (Austin)
  5. Mike Moncrief (Fort Worth)
  6. John Cook (El Paso)
  1. Robert Cluck (Arlington)
  2. Joe Adame (Corpus Christi)
  3. Phil Dyer (Plano)
  4. Raul Gonzalez Salinas (Laredo)
  5. Tom Martin (Lubbock)
  6. Ronald E. Jones (Garland)
  1. Herbert A. Gears (Irving)
  2. Debra McCartt (Amarillo)
  3. Pat Ahumada (Brownsville)
  4. Charles England (Grand Prairie)
  5. Johnny Isbell (Pasadena)
  6. John Monaco (Mesquite)
  1. Richard F. Cortez (McAllen)
  2. Ron Branson (Carrollton)
  3. Virginia DuPuy (Waco)
  4. Bill Whitfield (McKinney)
  5. Mark Burroughs (Denton)
  6. Timothy L. Hancock (Killeen)
  7. Norm Archibald (Abilene)
  1. Becky Ames (Beaumont)
  2. Wes Perry (Midland)
  3. Alan McGraw (Round Rock)
  4. Dean Ueckert (Lewisville)
  5. Bill Keffler (Richardson)
  6. Lanham Lyne (Wichita Falls)



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