Ciudad Victoria

Ciudad Victoria
Ciudad Victoria
City
	Ciudad Victoria
	Coat of arms
	Ciudad Victoria Ciudad Victoria
	Coordinates: 23°44′20″N 99°08′35″W / 23.73889°N 99.14306°W
Country	Mexico
State	Tamaulipas
Foundation	October 6, 1750
Founded as	Villa de Santa María de Aguayo
Founded by	José de Escandón y Helguera
Government
• Municipal President; (2021- 2024)	Eduardo Abraham Gattas Báez ; (2021–present) MORENA
Area
• City	188 km2 (73 sq mi)
Elevation	316 m (1,037 ft)
Population (2022)
• City	432,100
• Density	2,300/km2 (6,000/sq mi)
• Metro	349,688
Demonym	Victorense
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Website	www.ciudadvictoria.gob.mx

Ciudad Victoria (Spanish pronunciation: [sjuˈðað βiɣˈtoɾja] ^ⓘ) (English: Victoria City) is the seat of the Municipality of Victoria, and the capital of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is located in the northeast of Mexico at the foot of the Sierra Madre Oriental. It borders the municipality of Güémez to the north, Llera to the south, Casas Municipality to the east, and the municipality of Jaumave to the west.^[1] The city is located 246 km (153 mi) from Monterrey and 319 km (198 mi) from the US - Mexico border.^[2] Ciudad Victoria is named after the first president of Mexico, Guadalupe Victoria.^[3]

In 1825 Ciudad Victoria became the state capital.^[4] It is home to higher education institutions such as the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas^[5] and the Technological Institute of Ciudad Victoria.^[6] General Pedro José Méndez International Airport is located on the outskirts of the city. As a state bureaucratic centre, it is the seat of the three political powers and has sites of tourist and cultural interest.

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