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Edinburg




                Population:  55,297
                Square Miles:  36.67
















                                                      Edinburg is the educational and technological capital of
                                                      a Texas-Mexico border region. With a population of more
                                                      than 2 million, this region has the highest concentration
                                                      of people between the ages of 18 and 24 in North Ameri-
                                                      ca. The result is an excellent and trainable workforce and
                                                      one of the largest concentrations of Maquiladora plants
                                                      along the U.S. Mexico border.

                                                      Edinburg is located in the Rio Grande Valley, a four-coun-
                                                      ty area that has a larger population than South Dakota,
                                                      Delaware, North Dakota, Vermont, Alaska, and Wyo-
                                                      ming. With a land area of 11,122,712 square kilometers,
                                                      the Rio Grande Valley is almost twice the size of Delaware
                                                      and four times the size of Rhode Islan


















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