McAllen
city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
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Summary
McAllen is a city in the United States[1]. McAllen ranks in the top 3% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,931 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hidalgo County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Head of government: Jim Darling[5], Javier Villalobos[6]
- Instance of: big city[7]
- Shares border with: Reynosa[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Acapulco de Juárez[9], Irapuato[10], El Porvenir Guerrero, Los Ramones Nuevo Leon[11], Guadalupe[12], Monterrey[13], Reynosa[14]
- Postal code: 78501[15], 78502[16], 78503[17], 78504[18], 78505[19]
- Commons category: McAllen, Texas[20]
- Located in time zone: Central Time Zone[21]
- Local dialing code: 956[22]
- Inception: January 1, 1904[23]
- Official website: http://www.mcallen.net/[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:McAllen, Texas[25]
- Population: 140,717[26], 129,877[27], 142,210[28]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of McAllen[29]
- Official name: McAllen[30]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in McAllen, Texas[31]
- Number of households: 45,429[32]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from McAllen, Texas[33]
- Elevation above sea level: 37 m[34]
- Area: 152.181209 km²[35], 125.995964 km²[36]
- History of topic: Timeline of McAllen, Texas[37]
- Water as percent of area: 0.6245 percent[38]
- Territory overlaps: McAllen urban area[39]
- Located in the statistical territorial entity: McAllen–Edinburg–Mission metropolitan area[40]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for McAllen include McAllen-Miller International Airport[41], an international airport[42], in United States[43].
Why It Matters
McAllen has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] McAllen is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]
Entities named for McAllen include McAllen-Miller International Airport[41], an international airport[42], in United States[43].