Tamaulipas
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Tamaulipas Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas |
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| Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas | |||
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| Motto: Aunque rústicos, estas armas cuya luz ha venido de esta cruz y son de linaje y casa de Escandón (Even Rustic, These Arms Whose Light Has Come From This Cross; And Are Lineage And House Of Escandon) |
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| Anthem: Himno de Tamaulipas | |||
.svg) State of Tamaulipas within Mexico |
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| Coordinates: 24°17′N 98°34′W / 24.283°N 98.567°WCoordinates: 24°17′N 98°34′W / 24.283°N 98.567°W | |||
| Capital | Ciudad Victoria | ||
| Largest city | Reynosa | ||
| Largest metro | Reynosa | ||
| Admission | February 7, 1824 | ||
| Order | 14th | ||
| Government | |||
| • Governor |
Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca (.svg){kind=small} ) |
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| • Senators |
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| • Deputies | |||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 80,249 km2 (30,984 sq mi) | ||
| Ranked 6th | |||
| Highest elevation | 3,280 m (10,760 ft) | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 3,441,698 | ||
| • Rank | 13th | ||
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) | ||
| • Density rank | 21st | ||
| Demonym(s) | Tamaulipeco (a) | ||
| Time zone | CST (UTC−6) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−5) | ||
| Postal code | 87–89 | ||
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| ISO 3166 code | MX-TAM | ||
| HDI |
 0.760 high Ranked 10th
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| GDP | US$ 20,789,236.56 th | ||
| Website | Official Web Site | ||
| ^ a. The state's GDP was $266,102,228 thousand of pesos in 2008, amount corresponding to $20,789,236.56 thousand of dollars, being a dollar worth 12.80 pesos (value of June 3, 2010). | |||
Tamaulipas (Spanish pronunciation: [tamauˈlipas]), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the first President of Mexico.
It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Veracruz to the southeast, San Luis Potosí to the southwest and Nuevo León to the west. To the north, it has a 370 km (230 mi) stretch of the U.S.–Mexico border along the state of Texas.
The name Tamaulipas is derived from Tamaholipa, a Huastec term in which the tam- prefix signifies "place (where)". There is no scholarly agreement on the meaning of holipa, but "high hills" is a common interpretation. Another explanation of the state name is that it is derived from Ta ma ho'lipam ("place where the Lipan prey").
In addition to the capital city, Ciudad Victoria, the state's largest cities include Reynosa, Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, and Tampico.
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