Coordinates | 18°55′23″N48°17′19″N |
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Name | Ciudad Acuña |
Settlement type | City |
Native name | |
Image seal | Escudo Acuña Coahuila.jpg |
Dot x | |dot_y = |
Pushpin map | Mexico |
Pushpin label position | above |
Pushpin mapsize | 300 |
Pushpin map caption | Location in Mexico |
Coordinates display | inline,title |
Coordinates region | MX |
Subdivision type | Country |
Subdivision name | |
Subdivision type1 | State |
Subdivision name1 | Coahuila |
Subdivision type2 | Municipality |
Subdivision name2 | Acuña |
Leader title | Mayor |
Leader name | Alberto Aguirre Villarreal (PRI) |
Leader title1 | |
Established title | Settled |
Established date | 27 December 1877 |
Established title2 | Town status |
Established date2 | 1880 |
Established title3 | City status |
Established date3 | 16 September 1951 |
Area land km2 | |
Population as of | 2010 |
Population total | 134,233 |
Population blank1 title | Demonym |
Population blank1 | Acuñense |
Timezone | CST |
Utc offset | -6 |
Elevation footnotes | |
Elevation m | 271 |
Postal code type | ZipCode |
Postal code | 26200 - 26328 |
Area code | 877 |
Website | http://www.acuna.gob.mx/ |
Ciudad Acuña, also known simply as Acuña, (originally Garza Galán, later Villa Acuña) is a city located in the Mexican state of Coahuila, at and a mean height above sea level of 271 meters. It stands on the Rio Grande (locally known as the Río Bravo), which at this point marks the U.S.-Mexico border, and offers two border crossings via Lake Amistad Dam International Crossing and Del Río-Ciudad Acuña International Bridge with the neighbouring city of Del Rio in the U.S. state of Texas. It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of Acuña. In the 2010 census the city had a population of 134,233 whereas the municipality's population was 136,755. The city is the fifth-largest community in the state and the fastest growing city in Mexico.
The Del Rio-Ciudad Acuña Metropolitan Area (DR-CA) is the seventh largest bi-national metropolitan area along the United States-Mexican border. The city of Del Rio is situated in the U.S. state of Texas on the north of the Rio Grande and Ciudad Acuña is located in the Mexican state of Coahuila south of the river. This metropolitan area is also known as "Tierra de la Amistad".
The Del Rio Micropolitan Area's population was 50,000 people in 2007, and the Ciudad Acuña Metropolitan Area's population was 220,000 people in 2008. The 2008 population of Greater Del Rio-Ciudad Acuña Metropolitan Area is 270,000.
On 24 October 1960, US president Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mexican President Adolfo López Mateos met in Acuña to sign the initial agreements allowing construction of the dam. Construction plans were not finalized until December 1966 when presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Gustavo Díaz Ordaz met on the international bridge. Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gustavo Díaz Ordaz met for the dedication of Amistad Dam on 8 September 1969.
Originally created to serve airmen at Laughlin AFB just across the border, "Boy's Town" is an entertainment district that is located in an area south of Ciudad Acuna and contains a few after-hours bars and brothels, but is designated off-limits to U.S. military personnel.
In 1947 the government of Mexico licensed XERF-AM, the super-power border blaster run by Ramon D. Bosquez on 100 kW. They used the old XERA facilities and sold its airtime to American Evangelists broadcasting in English to the United States. In 1959, Ramon D. Bosquez and Arturo Gonzalez formed the Inter-American Radio Advertising, Inc. in Del Rio, Texas. They ran the broadcasting in Del Rio while the license rested in the hands of Mexican officials. They boosted the power to 250 kW. This super station was where famous disc jockey Wolfman Jack between 1962 and 1964 became known. XERF-AM is currently under control of the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio and plays Spanish-language programs and music.
"Blame It on Mexico" a song performed by George Strait, written by songwriter Darrell Staedtler, on the "Strait Country" album tells about a night in Acuña at Ma Crosby's (a historic restaurant in Acuña) in the beginning.
"In a bar in Acuña called Ma Crosby's I found myself not feeling any pain I told a 'Frisco girl I'd come for freedom She said she'd only come to catch a train We struck up some idle conversation Traded all the troubles on our minds One thing lead to another in the evening And I fell in love again for my last time"
Acuña is the setting for the Robert Earl Keen song, "A Border Tragedy."
Outdoor scenes for the 1992 cult motion picture El Mariachi were shot here, as well as the bar scenes & street confrontation from the sequel, Desperado. Actor/Director/Producer Carlos Gallardo was born in Cd. Acuña.
Also Desperado and "Single Action" were filmed in Acuña at The Corona Club (cater-corner to Ma Crosby's) located on the main strip (La Hidalgo).
In Kill Bill Vol. II the protagonist goes to see Bill's friend Estaban, who runs Acuña through the strength of his Acuña boys, the fatherless sons of the women he pimps. In another Tarantino movie, Grindhouse, Acuña Boys Mexican Food is featured on a bumper ad as well as a take out drink container in the first scenes of Death Proof.
The film Like Water for Chocolate was filmed on Lake Amistad in Acuña.
The Film Love and a .45 features a standoff between the film's primary protagonists and antagonist in Acuña after the three have crossed the U.S./Mexico border.
Portions of the film No Country For Old Men are set in Acuña.
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