Tamaulipas

Tamaulipas is a state in the northeast of Mexico.

Tamaulipas borders on the Mexican states of Veracruz to the south, San Luis Potosí to the southwest, and Nuevo León to the west. To the east Tamaulipas fronts the Gulf of Mexico; to the north Tamaulipas borders Texas, USA. According to the 2000 census, Tamaulipas had a population of some 2,750,000 people.

The capital of Tamaulipas is Ciudad Victoria. Also in Tamaulipas are the cities of Ciudad Madero, Matamoros, Miramar, Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa, Río Bravo, and Tampico.

Table of contents

1 History 2 Municipalities 3 External links

History

Then name of the state is derived from Tamaholipa which is a Huastec term. Tam signifies "place where". Scholars which have studied the word have not come to an agreement but it is commonly accepted that Tamaholipa means "place of high hills"

The first permanent Spanish settlement in the area was Tampico in 1554. What is now Tamaulipas was first incorporated as a separate province of New Spain in 1746 with the name Nuevo Santander.

Municipalities

The state is subdivided into 43 municipalities.

1. Abasolo (Abasolo)
2. Aldama (Aldama)
3. Altamira (Altamira)
4. Antiguo Morelos (Antiguo Morelos)
5. Burgos (Burgos)
6. Bustamante (Bustamante)
7. Camargo (Ciudad Camargo)
8. Casas (Casas)
9. Ciudad Madero (Ciudad Madero)
10. Cruillas (Cruillas)
11. El Mante (Ciudad Mante)
12. Gómez Farías (Gómez Farías)
13. González (González)
14. Güemez (Güemez)
15. Guerrero (Nueva Ciudad Guerrero)
16. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (Ciudad Gustavo Díaz Ordaz)
17. Hidalgo (Hidalgo)
18. Jaumave (Jaumave)
19. Jiménez (Santander Jiménez)
20. Llera (Llera de Canales)
21. Mainero (Villa Mainero)
22. Matamoros (Matamoros)
23. Méndez (Méndez)
24. Mier (Mier)
25. Miguel Alemán (Ciudad Miguel Alemán)
26. Miquihuana (Miquihuana)
27. Nuevo Laredo (Nuevo Laredo)
28. Nuevo Morelos (Nuevo Morelos)
29. Ocampo (Ocampo)
30. Padilla (Nueva Villa de Padilla)
31. Palmillas (Palmillas)
32. Reynosa (Reynosa)
33. Río Bravo (Río Bravo)
34. San Carlos (San Carlos)
35. San Fernando (San Fernando)
36. San Nicolás (San Nicolás)
37. Soto la Marina (Soto la Marina)
38. Tampico (Tampico)
39. Tula (Tula)
40. Valle Hermoso (Valle Hermoso)
41. Victoria (Ciudad Victoria)
42. Villagrán (Villagrán)
43. Xicoténcatl (Xicoténcatl)

• Tamaulipas state government (in Spanish)
• University of Tamaulipas