edit

Matamoros, Tamaulipas

Matamoros, formally Heroica Matamoros, is a city in the northeast of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is located at 25°52′N 97°30′W / 25.867°N 97.5°W, across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas in the United States. In the 2005 census the city of Matamoros had a population of 422,711.

Matamoros is about 621 miles away from Mexico City and 354 miles from Houston, Texas, USA. The city, known originally as "Villa del Refugio", was renamed for Independence War hero Mariano Matamoros in the early 19th century. During the Texas revolution, Colonel James Fannin was going to attack Matamoros, but was ambushed, he surrendered, was brought to Goliad, and then was one of many killed in the massacre. The city also holds the "H" for "Heroic" or "Heroica" before the name because the city was defended from invaders trying to take it over.

Contents

Gallery

The Great Gate into Mexico Monument

Matamoros Catholic Cathedral

Olympic Culture Center

Bagdad Beach in Matamoros Municipality

Street in Matamoros

Notable people from Matamoros

References

External links

Mexico portal
v
State of Tamaulipas
Ciudad Victoria (capital)
Municipalities

Abasolo • Aldama • Altamira • Antiguo Morelos • Burgos • Bustamante • Camargo • Casas • Ciudad Madero • Cruillas • Gómez Farías • González • Güemez • Guerrero • Gustavo Díaz Ordaz • Hidalgo • Juamave • Jiménez • Llera • Mainero • El Mante • Matamoros • Méndez • Mier • Miguel Alemán • Miquihuana • Nuevo Laredo • Nuevo Morelos • Ocampo • Padilla • Palmillas • Reynosa • Río Bravo • San Carlos • San Fernando • San Nicolás • Soto la Marina • Tampico • Tula • Valle Hermoso • Victoria • Villagrán • Xicoténcatl
Major Cities

Altamira • Ciudad Madero • Ciudad Mante • Ciudad Victoria • Heroica Matamoros • Miramar • Nuevo Laredo • Reynosa • Río Bravo • Tampico • Valle Hermoso
v Heroic Cities of Mexico
Alvarado (Veracruz) • Atlixco (Puebla) • Caborca (Sonora) • Cananea (Sonora) • Cárdenas (Tabasco) • Chiapa de Corzo (Chiapas) • Córdoba (Veracruz) • Cosoleacaque (Veracruz) • Cuautla (Morelos) • Ejutla de Crespo (Oaxaca) • Guaymas (Sonora) • Huajuapan de León (Oaxaca) • Huamantla (Tlaxcala) • Juchitán de Zaragoza (Oaxaca) • Matamoros (Tamaulipas) • Nogales (Sonora) • Puebla (Puebla) • Tenango del Valle (México) • Tlapacoyan (Veracruz) • Tlaxiaco (Oaxaca) • Valladolid (Yucatán) • Veracruz (Veracruz) • Ures (Sonora) • Zitácuaro (Michoacán)

Categories: Populated places in Tamaulipas | Mexico • United States border crossings | Heroica Matamoros | Populated places established in 1826

The above information uses material from Wikipedia and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Some facts may not have been fully verified for accuracy. [Disclaimers]
This page was last archived by our server on Mon Nov 15 16:56:56 2010.
Displaying this page or its contents does not use any Wikimedia Foundation's resources.
The owners of this site proudly support the Wikimedia Foundation.