Río Bravo, formally
Ciudad Río Bravo, is a city in the 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. Across the
Donna – Río Bravo International Bridge on the
Mexico–United States border lies
Scissors, and
Donna, Texas on
FM 493. 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
Miramar. The corresponding municipality had a population of 118,259, and an areal extent of . The next largest community is
Nuevo Progreso, in the northeastern part of the municipality, on the Río Grande.