Tamaulipas
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.
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] | |
| 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 | |
| ISO 3166 code | MX-TAM |
| HDI |  0.850 high Ranked 10th |
| 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] | |
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
eedit- ↑ "Las Diputaciones Provinciales" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 15.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "Senadores por Tamaulipas LXI Legislatura". Senado de la Republica. Retrieved 7 Apryle 2011.
- ↑ "Listado de Diputados por Grupo Parlamentario del Estado de Tamaulipas". Camara de Diputados. Archived frae the original on 20 Julie 2011. Retrieved 7 Apryle 2011.
- ↑ "Resumen". Cuentame INEGI. Archived frae the original on 11 Mey 2013. Retrieved 7 Apryle 2011.
- ↑ "Relieve". Cuentame INEGI. Archived frae the original on 18 Juin 2010. Retrieved 7 Apryle 2011.
- ↑ a b "Mexico en Cifras". INEGI. Retrieved 7 Apryle 2011.
- ↑ "Reporte: Jueves 3 de Junio del 2010. Cierre del peso mexicano". www.pesomexicano.com.mx. Archived frae the original on 8 Juin 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
- ↑ "Tamaulipas" (PDF). SRE. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 21 Apryle 2011. Retrieved 7 Apryle 2011.
- ↑ "Historia". Gobierno del Estado de Tamaulipas. Archived frae the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 7 Apryle 2011.