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.
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Tamaulipas
Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas |
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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)
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| Anthem: Himno de Tamaulipas |
 State o Tamaulipas athin Mexico |
| Coordinates: 24°17′14″N 98°33′48″W |
| Caipital | Ciudad Victoria |
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| Lairgest Ceety | Reynosa |
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| Admission | 7 Februar 1824[1] |
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| Order | 14t |
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| Govrenment |
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| • Govrenor | Egidio Torre Cantú |
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| • Senators[2] | Julián Sacramento
Nelly González
Amira Gómez Tueme |
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| • Deputies[3] |
Federal Deputies
- • Vacant
- • Carlos Flores Rico
- • Laura García Dávila
- • Javier Gil Ortiz
- • Alejandro Guevara
- • Mercedes Guillén
- • Baltazar Hinojosa
- • Cruz López Aguilar
- • Edgardo Melhem
- • José Francisco Rábago
- • Felipe Solís Acero
- • Cristabell Zamora
- • Norma Leticia Salazar
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| Area |
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| • Total | 80175 km2 (30,956 sq mi) |
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| | Ranked 6t |
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| Highest elevation | 3280 m (10,760 ft) |
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| Population |
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| • Total | 3,268,554 |
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| • Rank | 13t |
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| • Density | 41/km2 (110/sq mi) |
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| • Density rank | 21st |
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| Demonym(s) | Tamaulipeco (a) |
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| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
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| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
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| Postal code | 87-89 |
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| Aurie code |
Aurie codes 1 an 2
- • 482
- • 831
- • 832
- • 833
- • 834
- • 835
- • 836
- • 841
- • 867
- • 868
- • 891
- • 894
- • 897
- • 899
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| ISO 3166 code | MX-TAM |
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| HDI | 0.850 high Ranked 10th |
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| GDP | US$ 20,789,236.56 th[a] |
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| Website | Offeecial Wabsteid |
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^ 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]
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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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