Tamaulipas

The state of Tamaulipas is located in the Northern Gulf Coastal Plain

The state of Tamaulipas is located in the Northern Gulf Coastal Plain.

It has 43 municipalities, 8,826 villages and a population of 2,753,222 (1,359,874 male and 1,393,348 female).

Ciudad Victoria is its capital, located at 320 meters over sea level.

GEOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

GEOGRAPHIC POSITION	North 27°40', South 22°12' Lat North; East 97°08', West 100°08' East Long.
LAND SIZE AS A PERCENTAGE	4.1% of the country's area.
BORDERING STATES	Tamaulipas borders on the north with the state of Nuevo León and the United States of America; East with United States of America and the Gulf of Mexico; to the south with the Gulf of Mexico and the states of Veracruz-Llave and San Luis Potosí; West with the states of San Luis Potosí and Nuevo León.
LENGTH OF THE COASTLINE	320 km
MAIN ELEVATIONS	Sierra El Pedregoso 3,280 Sierra Los Borregos 3,240 Sierra La Gloria 3,220 Cerro El Nacimiento 3,180
HYDROLOGICAL REGIONS	Bravo-Conchos San Fernando-Soto La Marina Pánuco El Salado
AGRICULTURE AND VEGETATION	Agricultural 18.06 % Grazing land 7.80 % Jungle 21.31% Forest 6.42 % Brush 31.48% Mezquite 9.26% Chaparral 0.29% Other 5.38%
MAIN TYPES OF CLIMATE		Warm sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer (7.15%) Semi-warm humid with abundant rainfall in the Summer (1.66%) Semi-warm sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer (34.96%) Semi-warm sub-humid with scarce rains year around (16.34%) Temperate sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer (1.34%) Semi-dry very warm and warm (23.45%) Semi-dry semi-warm (2.40%) Semi-dry temperate (1.16%) Dry very warm and warm (7.40%) Dry semi-warm (3.62%) Dry temperate (0.01%)

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