Roma
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city in Starr County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Starr
- Type
- Council-Manager
- City council
- Mayor Jaime Escobar Jr., Gabriela Rodriguez , Joel Hinojosa, Mary Lou G. Cruz, Carlos M. Gonzalez Jr., Gilberto Ramirez Jr.
- City manager
- Crisanto Salinas
- Total
- 6.00 sq mi (15.55 km )
- Land
- 5.86 sq mi (15.19 km )
- Water
- 0.14 sq mi (0.36 km )
- Elevation
- 213 ft (65 m)
- Density
- 1,959.2/sq mi (756.44/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 48-63020
- Website
- www .cityofroma .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Named after
- Rome
- Official name
- Roma
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Starr County
- Population
- 11561
- Area
- 10.869108
- Elevation
- 65
- Shares border with
- Mexico
- Official website
- www.cityofroma.net
- Image
- 08a - ROMA , TX (3) (16632080606).jpg
- Households
- 3045
- Dialing code
- 706
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Encyclopedic overview
Roma is a city in Starr County, Texas, United States. Its population was 11,561 at the 2020 census. The city is located along the Rio Grande, across from Ciudad Miguel Alemán in Tamaulipas, Mexico. The city is also popularly known as Roma-Los Saenz, since the incorporated city also took the area known as Los Saenz. It serves as a port of entry from Mexico into the U.S. via the Roma–Ciudad Miguel Alemán International Bridge.
Sights
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.