Tamaulipas

Tamaulipas
Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas
Libre y Soberano Estado de Tamaulipas (Spanish)
Coat of arms of Tamaulipas
Anthem: Himno de Tamaulipas
State of Tamaulipas within Mexico
State of Tamaulipas within Mexico
Coordinates: 24°17′N 98°34′W / 24.283°N 98.567°W / 24.283; -98.567
CapitalCiudad Victoria
Largest cityReynosa
Largest metroTampico
AdmissionFebruary 7, 1824[1]
Order14th
Government
 • Governor Américo Villarreal Anaya
 • Senators[2] Maria Guadalupe Covarrubias Cervantes
José Ramón Gómez Leal
Ismael García Cabeza de Vaca
 • Deputies[3]
Area
 • Total80,249 km2 (30,984 sq mi)
 Ranked 6th
Highest elevation3,280 m (10,760 ft)
Population
 (2020)[6]
 • Total3,527,735
 • Rank14th
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
  • Rank21st
DemonymTamaulipeco (a)
GDP
 • TotalMXN 842 billion
(US$41.9 billion) (2022)
 • Per capita(US$11,674) (2022)
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal code
87–89
Area code
Area codes 1 and 2
ISO 3166 codeMX-TAM
HDIIncrease 0.792 high Ranked 10th
WebsiteOfficial Web Site

Tamaulipas (Spanish pronunciation: [tamawˈlipas] ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 43 municipalities.

It is located in northeast Mexico and is bordered by the states of Nuevo León to the west, San Luis Potosí to the southwest, and Veracruz to the southeast. To the north, it has a 370 km (230 mi) stretch of the U.S.–Mexico border with the state of Texas, and to the east it is bordered by the Gulf of Mexico.[8] In addition to the capital city, Ciudad Victoria, the state's largest cities include Reynosa, Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, Tampico, and Mante.

  1. ^ "Las Diputaciones Provinciales" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-06-07.
  2. ^ "Senadores por Tamaulipas LXI Legislatura". Senado de la Republica. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
  3. ^ "Listado de Diputados por Grupo Parlamentario del Estado de Tamaulipas". Camara de Diputados. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
  4. ^ "Resumen". Cuentame INEGI. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
  5. ^ "Relieve". Cuentame INEGI. Archived from the original on June 18, 2010. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
  6. ^ "México en cifras". January 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  7. ^ Citibanamex (June 13, 2023). "Indicadores Regionales de Actividad Económica 2023" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  8. ^ "Tamaulipas" (PDF). SRE. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 21, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2011.

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