Harlingen, Texas
Harlingen, Texas | |
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| City of Harlingen | |
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine | |
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| Nickname(s): "Capital City of the Valley", "H-Town" | |
| Motto: "The Capital of the Rio Grande Valley" | |
Location in Cameron County and Texas | |
| Coordinates: 26°12′N 97°42′W / 26.200°N 97.700°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Cameron |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Named after | Harlingen, Netherlands |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | Norma Sepulveda |
| • City Manager | Gabriel Gonzalez |
| Area | |
| 40.63 sq mi (105.22 km2) | |
| • Land | 40.13 sq mi (103.93 km2) |
| • Water | 0.50 sq mi (1.29 km2) |
| Elevation | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 71,829 | |
• Estimate (2021) | 71,925 |
| • Density | 1,800/sq mi (680/km2) |
| • Metro | 406,220 |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 78550-78553 |
| Area code | 956 |
| FIPS code | 48-32372 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1337354 |
| Website | www |
Harlingen (/ˈhɑːrlɪndʒɪn/ HAR-lin-jin) is a city in Cameron County in the central region of the Rio Grande Valley of the southern part of the U.S. state of Texas, about 30 miles (48 km) from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The city covers more than 40 square miles (104 km2) and is the second-largest city in Cameron County, as well as the fifth-largest in the Rio Grande Valley. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 71,892.
Harlingen is a principal city of the Brownsville–Harlingen metropolitan area, which is part of the larger Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville combined statistical area, included in the Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan region.