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Tamaulipas
Estado Libre y Soberano de 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 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 / 24.28722; -98.56333
Caipital Ciudad Victoria
Lairgest Ceety Reynosa
Admission 7 Februar 1824[1]
Order 14t
Govrenment
 - Govrenor Egidio Torre Cantú PRI
 - Senators[2] Julián Sacramento PAN
Nelly González PAN
Amira Gómez Tueme PRI
 - Deputies[3]
Aurie[4]
 - Tot 80,175 km2 (30,955.7 sq mi)
  Ranked 6t
Heichest elevation[5] 3,280 m (10,761 ft)
Indwallers (2010)[6]
 - Tot 3,268,554
 - Rank 13t
 Densitie 40.8/km2 (105.6/sq mi)
 - Densitie rank 21st
Demonym Tamaulipeco (a)
Time zone CST (UTC−6)
 - Simmer (DST) CDT (UTC−5)
Postal code 87-89
Aurie code
ISO 3166 code MX-TAM
HDI Increase 0.850 high Ranked 10th
GDP US$ 20,789,236.56 th[a]
Wabsteid 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 (Spainyie 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.

References [edit]

  1. "Las Diputaciones Provinciales", p. 15. (in Spanish)
  2. Senadores por Tamaulipas LXI Legislatura. Senado de la Republica. Retrieved on 7 Apryle 2011. .
  3. Listado de Diputados por Grupo Parlamentario del Estado de Tamaulipas. Camara de Diputados. Retrieved on 7 Apryle 2011. .
  4. Resumen. Cuentame INEGI. Retrieved on 7 Apryle 2011. .
  5. Relieve. Cuentame INEGI. Retrieved on 7 Apryle 2011. .
  6. 6.0 6.1 Mexico en Cifras. INEGI. Retrieved on 7 Apryle 2011. .
  7. Reporte: Jueves 3 de Junio del 2010. Cierre del peso mexicano.. www.pesomexicano.com.mx. Retrieved on 10 August 2010. .
  8. Tamaulipas. SRE. Retrieved on 7 Apryle 2011. .
  9. Historia. Gobierno del Estado de Tamaulipas. Retrieved on 7 Apryle 2011. .

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