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Tamaulipas is a state in the northeast of Mexico.
Tamaulipas borders on the Mexican states of Veracruz to the south, San Luis Potosí to the southwest, and Nuevo León to the west. To the east Tamaulipas fronts the Gulf of Mexico; to the north Tamaulipas borders Texas, USAThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in. According to the 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri census, Tamaulipas had a population of some 2,750,000 people.
The capital of Tamaulipas is Cd. VictoriaCiudad Victoria is the capital city of the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Ciudad Victoria is located at 23. In 2003 the estimated population was about 261,000 people.. Also in Tamaulipas are the cities of Altamira , Cd. Madero , Cd. Mante , Matamoros , Nuevo Laredo , Reynosa , and Tampico.
Then name of the state is derived from Tamaholipa which is a HuastecThe Huastec also rendered as Huaxtec and Huastecos are an indigenous people of Mexico, historically based in the Mexican states of Hidalgo, Veracruz, San Luis Potosi and Tamaulipas concentrated along the route of the Panuco river and along the coast of th term, where the tam- prefix signifies "place where". As yet, there is no scholarly agreement on the meaning of holipa, but "high hills" is a common interpretation (however, a native population of Tamaulipas, now extinct, was referred to as the "Olives" during the early colonial period, which is a likely Spanish transformation on holipa).
The first permanent SpanishThe Kingdom of Spain is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it borders France and the tiny principality of Andorra. It inc settlement in the area was Tampico in 1554Events February 12 After claiming the throne of England the previous year, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason alongside her husband. March 17 Princess Elizabeth imprisoned in The Tower April 12 Mary of Guise becomes Regent of Scotland July 23 25 Weddi. What is now Tamaulipas was first incorporated as a separate province of New SpainFlag of New Spain New Spain (in the Spanish language Nueva Espana was the name given to the Spanish colonial territory in North America from c. 1525 to 1821. The Capital of New Spain was Mexico City. New Spain was ruled by a Viceroy appointed by the King in 1746 with the name Nuevo Santander.