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Tamaulipas

State

Tamaulipas is a state in northeastern Mexico bordering Texas along the Rio Grande and fronting the Gulf of Mexico. Its capital is Ciudad Victoria, while Reynosa and Matamoros are among its largest border cities.

Facts
Population
3,527,735 1
Area (sq km)
80,249 1
Admission Year
1824 1
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Mexico, Countries

Has Capital

Source GeoNames: Ciudad Victoria - GeoNames
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Source Tamaulipas jackrabbit (Wikipedia)Range, tamaulipas
Quote, Range, tamaulipas
from the coastal plain of southern Tamaulipas south to extreme north Veracruz

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Source Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus (Wikipedia)Distribution, states
Quote, Distribution, states
It is endemic to Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas states
Sources
1. Tamaulipas (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    80249
  • Infobox: population_total
    3,527,735
  • Infobox: established_date
    February 7, 1824
  • Part Of: Mexico, Lead paragraph
    of Tamaulipas, is a state in Mexico;
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Wikidata: Tamaulipas
Wikidata Q80007, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
GeoNames: Ciudad Victoria - GeoNames
GeoNamesHas Capital: Ciudad Victoria, cities500 record 3530580, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 28)
Quote, Has Capital: Ciudad Victoria, cities500 record 3530580, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 28)
23.74061 -99.14364 P PPLA MX 28 041 332100 316 America/Monterrey
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