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This is a list of all counties and municipalities (municipios in Spanish) that are directly on the Mexico–United States border. A total of 37 municipalities and 23 counties, spread across 6 Mexican and 4 American states, are located on the border. All entities are listed geographically from west to east.
Farmland near the town of Actopan in the Valley. The Mezquital Valley (Mezquital Otomi: B’ot’ähi) is a series of small valleys and flat areas located in Central Mexico, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Mexico City, located in the western part of the state of Hidalgo.
Border between Mexico and Guatemala The international bridge seen from Belize to Mexico. Mexico shares international borders with three nations: To the north the United States–Mexico border, which extends for a length of 3,141 kilometres (1,952 mi) [1] through the states of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.
The Rio Grande at Big Bend National Park, on the Mexico–U.S. border Mexico faces significant environmental challenges damaging nearly all sections of the country. Vast expanses of southern and southeastern tropical forests have been denuded due to mineral resource extraction, [ 16 ] [ 17 ] and then, far behind in second place, for cattle ...
Map of the Mexico–United States border wall in 2017 Border fence near El Paso, Texas Border fence between San Diego's border patrol offices in California, U.S. (left) and Tijuana, Mexico (right) The border wall along the Mexico–United States border is intended to reduce illegal immigration to the United States from Mexico. [1]
A law enforcement officer stands by the opening of a cross-border tunnel on Monday, May 16, 2022 between Mexico's Tijuana into the San Diego area.
In addition, this transnational conurbation area has a population of 1,136,995, [6] making it the fourth-largest metropolitan area on the Mexico-U.S. border. [ 7 ] The area of Matamoros–Brownsville lies among the top-10 fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. [ 8 ]
A 10-year-old boy was rescued by Texas State Troopers after he crossed the US border on Thanksgiving Day only to be abandoned by smugglers in a desolate stretch of territory.