Rio Grande Valley
The Rio Grande Valley is a region in Deep South Texas, which includes Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, and Willacy counties. To the east this region is bordered by the Gulf Coast of Texas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Brownsville and McAllen.
Brownsville
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Located at the southernmost tip of Texas, Brownsville is a popular location for Mexican and American beach tourists. It is part of the Rio Grande Valley, a four-county region known for its abundance in citrus fruit production and Winter Texan population.
McAllen
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McAllen, the City of Palms, is in the southern plains of Texas, USA. It is the largest city in Hidalgo County and the second largest city in the Rio Grande Valley after Brownsville. It is near the Rio Grande River on the border with Mexico.
Harlingen
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Harlingen 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 from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Port Isabel and Weslaco.
Port Isabel
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The City of Port Isabel, population 6,300 in 2019, is the southernmost city and port on the Texas coast. It is a tourism, retirement, sports fishing and commercial fishing destination and the gateway to South Padre Island.
Weslaco
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Weslaco is a town in the Rio Grande Valley along the border between Texas and Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is a popular area for birdwatching.
South Padre Island
South Padre Island is a small resort town on the southern tip of Padre Island off the coast of Texas, close to the border with Mexico. It is a popular spring break destination for college students.
Rio Grande Valley
- Type: Economic region with 1,260,000 residents
- Description: region spanning the border south in Texas, United Staters
- Also known as: “Lower Rio Grande Valley” and “RGV”
- Category: valley
- Location: Gulf Coast, Texas, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Rio Grande Valley” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Rio Grande Valley”
- Chinese: “裏奧格蘭德山谷”
- Chinese: “里奧格蘭德山谷”
- Dutch: “Rio Grande Vallei”
- Dutch: “Rio Grandevallei”
- Esperanto: “Riogranda Valo”
- German: “Rio Grande Valley”
- Hebrew: “עמק ריו גראנדה”
- Italian: “Rio Grande Valley”
- Italian: “Valle del Rio Grande”
- Japanese: “リオ・グランデ・バレー”
- Japanese: “リオ・グランデ谷”
- Japanese: “リオグランデバレー”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rio Grande Valley”
- Norwegian: “Rio Grande Valley”
- Russian: “Нижняя долина Рио-Гранде”
- Slovenian: “Dolina Rio Grande”
- Slovenian: “RGV”
- Slovenian: “Rio Grande Valley”
- Spanish: “Valle del Rio Grande”
- Spanish: “Valle del Río Grande”
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