Tamaulipas Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas | |
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Motto(s): Aunque Rústicos, Estas Armas Cuya Luz Ha Venido De Esta Cruz y Son De Linaje y Casa De Escandón (Even Rustic, These Airms Whose Licht Haes Come Frae This Cross; An Are Lineage An Hoose O Escandon) | |
Anthem: Himno de Tamaulipas | |
![]() State o Tamaulipas athin Mexico | |
Coordinates: 24°17′14″N 98°33′48″W / 24.28722°N 98.56333°W | |
Caipital | Ciudad Victoria |
Lairgest Ceety | Reynosa |
Admission | 7 Februar 1824[1] |
Order | 14t |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Egidio Torre Cantú ![]() |
• Senators[2] | Julián Sacramento ![]() Nelly González ![]() Amira Gómez Tueme ![]() |
• Deputies[3] | Federal Deputies
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Area | |
• Total | 80175 km2 (30,956 sq mi) |
Ranked 6t | |
Highest elevation | 3280 m (10,760 ft) |
Population (2010)[6] | |
• Total | 3,268,554 |
• Rank | 13t |
• Density | 41/km2 (110/sq mi) |
• Density rank | 21st |
Demonym(s) | Tamaulipeco (a) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Postal code | 87-89 |
Aurie code | Aurie codes 1 an 2
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ISO 3166 code | MX-TAM |
HDI | ![]() |
GDP | US$ 20,789,236.56 th[a] |
Website | Offeecial Wabsteid |
^ a. The state's GDP wis $266,102,228 thoosan o pesos in 2008,[6] amount corresponding to $20,789,236.56 thoosan o dollars, being a dollar wirth 12.80 pesos (value o 3 Juin 2010).[7] |
Tamaulipas (Spaingie pronunciation: [tamauˈlipas]) offeecially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas (Scots: Free an Sovereign State o Tamaulipas) is ane o the 31 states which, wi the Federal Destrict, comprise the 32 Federal Entities o Mexico. It is dividit in 43 municipalities an its caipital ceety is Ciudad Victoria. The caipital ceety wis namit efter Guadalupe Victoria, the first Preses o Mexico.
It is locatit in Northeastren Mexico. It is bordered bi the states o Veracruz tae the sootheast, San Luis Potosí tae the soothwast an Nuevo León tae the wast. Tae the north, it haes a 370 km (142.9 mi) stretch o the U.S.-Mexico border alang the state o Texas.[8]
The name Tamaulipas is derivit frae Tamaholipa, a Huastec term in which the tam- prefix signifies "place whaur." As yet, there is nae scholarly greement on the meanin o holipa, but "heich hills" is a common interpretation.[9]
In addition tae the caipital ceety, Ciudad Victoria, the state's lairgest ceeties include Reynosa, Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, an Tampico.
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Ciudad Victoria (caipital) | ||
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