Tampico

Tampico
City
Plaza de la Libertad in Tampico
Seal
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Coordinates: 22°15′19″N 97°52′07″W / 22.25528°N 97.86861°W / 22.25528; -97.86861
Country	Mexico
State	Tamaulipas
Founded	April 13, 1823
Government
• Mayor	Jesús Antonio Nader Nasrallah (PAN)
Area
• City	92.73 km2 (35.80 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population  (2015)
• City	314,418[1]
• Density	4,338/km2 (11,240/sq mi)
• Metro	929,174[1]
• Demonym	Tampican (Spanish: Tampiqueño)
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
• Year	2023
• Total	$23.4 billion[2]
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
Website	www.tampico.gob.mx

Tampico is a city and port in the southeastern part of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is located on the north bank of the Pánuco River, about 10 kilometers (6 mi) inland from the Gulf of Mexico, and directly north of the state of Veracruz. Tampico is the fifth-largest city in Tamaulipas, with a population of 314,418 in the city proper and 929,174 in the metropolitan area.

During the period of Mexico's first oil boom in the early 20th century, the city was the "chief oil-exporting port of the Americas" and the second-busiest in the world, yielding great profits that were invested in the city's famous architecture, often compared to that of Venice and New Orleans.^[3] The first oil well in Mexico was drilled near Tampico in 1901 at Ébano.

The city is also a major exporter of silver, copper, and lumber, as well as wool, hemp, and other agricultural products. Containerized cargo is mainly handled by the neighboring ocean port of Altamira.