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Tamaulipas | |
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| Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas Libre y Soberano Estado de Tamaulipas (Spanish) | |
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| Anthem: Himno de Tamaulipas | |
.svg) State of Tamaulipas within Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 24°17′N 98°34′W / 24.283°N 98.567°W | |
| Country | México |
| Capital | Ciudad Victoria |
| Largest city | Reynosa |
| Largest metro | Greater Tampico |
| Admission | February 7, 1824[1] |
| Order | 14th |
| Government | |
| • Governor |  Américo Villarreal Anaya |
| • Senators[2] | Maria Guadalupe Covarrubias Cervantes José Ramón Gómez Leal Ismael García Cabeza de Vaca |
| • Deputies[3] | |
| Area | |
• Total | 80,249 km2 (30,984 sq mi) |
| Ranked 6th | |
| Highest elevation | 3,280 m (10,760 ft) |
| Population (2020)[6] | |
• Total | 3,527,735 |
| • Rank | 14th |
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 21st |
| Demonym | Tamaulipeco (a) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | MXN 842 billion (US$41.9 billion) (2022) |
| • Per capita | (US$11,674) (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Postal code | 87–89 |
| Area code | |
| ISO 3166 code | MX-TAM |
| HDI |  0.793 high Ranked 9th of 32 |
| Website | tamaulipas.gob.mx |
Tamaulipas (Spanish pronunciation: [tamawˈlipas] ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 43 municipalities.
It is located in northeast Mexico and is bordered by the states of Nuevo León to the west, San Luis Potosí to the southwest, and Veracruz to the southeast. To the north, it has a 370 km (230 mi) stretch of the U.S.–Mexico border with the state of Texas, and to the east it is bordered by the Gulf of Mexico.[8] In addition to the capital city, Ciudad Victoria, the state's largest cities include Reynosa, Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, Tampico, and Mante.
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