Tamaulipas Facts
Tamaulipas Facts
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Interesting Tamaulipas Facts: |
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Tamaulipas has a hot, dry climate, which is partly due to the Tropic of Cancer passing through the southern portion of the state. |
Tamaulipas became the fourteenth United Mexican State on February 7, 1824 |
Tamaulipas was part of the Republic of the Rio Grande in 1840. |
After NAFTA became law in 1993, many factories known as maquiladoras opened on the Mexican side of the border in Tamaulipas. Almost overnight many of the medium sized towns on the border grew into large, sprawling metropolises. |
Tamaulipas has notable cultural and economic differences from north to south. The north is much more agriculturally based economically, while the economy of the south is more varied, with oil production playing a large role. Northern Tamaulipas is much poorer and is the location of the majority of the crime. |
Ciudad Victoria is the capital of Tamaulipas. It is located in the central part of the state and has just over 300,000 people in its metro area. Reynosa is the largest city in the state with more than 600,000 people but with a metro area of more than twice that. Reynosa is located just across the Rio Grande from McAllen, Texas and is considered part of that city's metro area. |
The name "Tamaulipas" is derived from a word in the Haustec Indian language, although there is scholarly disagreement over the meaning. |
The mean annual temperature of Tamaulipas is 74°F. |
Although cartel crime has devastated the state's tourism industry, there are some nice beaches and resorts in Tamaulipas, including Playa Miramar, and Playa Costa Azul. |
The Sierra Madre Oriental mountain chains cuts through eastern Tamaulipas. The state also has the isolated Sierra de Tamaulipas chain. The small chain, which is only about seventy miles long and forty miles wide, is located in southeastern Tamaulipas. |
Located between the Sierra Madre Oriental and the Sierra de Tamaulipas chains is another, isolated mountain chain known as the Sierra de San Carlos. |
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