Heroica Matamoros - Citizendia

Heroica Matamoros (commonly known as Matamoros) is a city in the northeast of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states of Mexico, it is located in the northeast The Mexican state of Tamaulipas is divided into 43 municipalities ( Spanish: Municipios. Matamoros is a municipality located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Areas using UTC−6 Single zone countries Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Daylight saving time ( DST UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks General Servando Canales International Airport is an international Airport located in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, near the U Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states of Mexico, it is located in the northeast It is located at 25°52′N, 97°30′W, across the Rio Grande from the Brownsville, Texas. Brownsville is a city in and the County seat of Cameron County, Texas, United States. In the 2005 census the city of Matamoros had a population of 422,711.

Heroica Matamoros is about 621 miles away from Mexico City and 354 miles from Houston, Texas. Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico The city was renamed for Independence War hero Mariano Matamoros in the early 19th century. The Mexican War of Independence (1810 - 1821 was an armed conflict between the people of Mexico and Spanish colonial authorities which started on September 16 1810 Mariano Matamoros y Guridi ( August 14, 1770 &ndash February 3, 1814) was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary The city also holds the "H" for "Heroic" or "Heroica" before the name because the city was defended from invaders trying to take over it over.

Gallery

The Great Gate into Mexico Monument

Matamoros Catholic Cathedral

Olympic Culture Center

Bagdad Beach in Matamoros Municipality

References

Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática

External links

Heroica Matamoros official website (Spanish)
Fort Casamata Museum (Spanish)

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