Tamaulipas
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State of Tamaulipas | |||
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Location within Mexico | |||
Country | |||
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Capital | Victoria | ||
Municipalities | 43 | ||
Largest City | Tampico | ||
Government | |||
- Governor | Eugenio Hernández Flores (PRI) | ||
- Federal Deputies | PAN:5 PRI:3 |
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- Federal Senators | PAN:2 PRI:1 |
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Area Ranked 7th |
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- City | 79,384 km² (30,650.3 sq mi) | ||
Population (2005) | |||
- City | 3,024,238 (Ranked 13th) | ||
- Demonym | Tamaulipeco | ||
Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | ||
- Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | ||
HDI (2004) | 0.8111 - high Ranked 11th |
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ISO 3166-2 | MX-TAM | ||
Postal abbr. | Tamps. | ||
Website: Tamaulipas state government |
Tamaulipas is a state in the northeast of Mexico. About 3,025,000 people live there. Its capital is called Ciudad Victoria.
Political divisions of Mexico | |
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States | Aguascalientes • Baja California • Baja California Sur • Campeche • Chiapas • Chihuahua • Coahuila • Colima • Durango • Guanajuato • Guerrero • Hidalgo • Jalisco • Mexico (state) • Michoacán • Morelos • Nayarit • Nuevo Leon • Oaxaco • Puebla • Querétaro • Quintana Roo • San Luis Potosí • Sinaloa • Sonora • Tabasco • Tamaulipas • Tlaxcala • Veracruz • Yucatán • Zacatecas |
National capital | Mexico City |