Edinburg is a city in and the county seat of Hidalgo County, Texas. The population was 100,243 at the 2020 census. It is part of the McAllen, Pharr, Edinburg metropolitan area. The economy include peach and melon production, food-processing plants, cabinetry, oilfield equipment, concrete products, agricultural chemicals, and corrugated boxes. In the 1970s tourism increased significantly.

Weslaco is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas. As of the 2020 census the population was 41,103. It is at the southern tip of Texas in the Rio Grande Valley near the Mexican border, across the Rio Grande from the city of Nuevo Progreso, Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas. Weslaco is a dynamic growing city with easy transportation, plenty of shops, restaurants, and cultural arts.