DEL RIO, a city of south-western Texas, U.S.A., on the Rio Grande, i7om. W. of San Antonio; a port of entry and the county seat of Val Verde county. It is on Federal highway 90 and the Southern Pacific railway. Across the Rio Grande is the quaint Mexican town of Villa Acuna. The population was 10,589 in 1920, of whom 4,374 were natives of Mexico, and was 11,693 in 193o by the Federal census. Del Rio is the trading centre and ship ping point for a large and productive region. Annual shipments of wool and mohair amount to over 7,000,00o pounds. Three miles east is a tank farm with a storage capacity of 2,00o,000bbl. of oil. The city was founded in 1872. It has a commission form of government.