Matamoros
Matamoros municipal palace
Nickname(s): "The Gateway City" & "The City Under Seven Flags"citation needed
Location Matamoros within Tamaulipas
Location of Tamaulipas within mexico
Coordinates: 25°52′47″N 97°30′15″W / 25.87972, -97.50417
Country	Mexico
State	Tamaulipas
Municipality	Matamoros Municipality
Settled	1826
Government
- Type	Presidente Municipal
- Presidente Municipal	Erick Silva Santos
Elevation	10 m (33 ft)
Population
- Total	422,711
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CST (UTC-5)
Codigo Postal	87300
Area code(s)	+52-868
Airport	General Servando Canales International Airport
Website: matamoros.gob.mx

Matamoros, formally Heroic 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, -97.5, across the Rio Grande from the U.S. state of Texas. 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 was renamed for Independence War hero Mariano Matamoros in the early 19th century. 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.

Gallery

The Great Gate into Mexico Monument

Matamoros Catholic Cathedral

Olympic Culture Center

Bagdad Beach in Matamoros Municipality

Notable people from Matamoros

• Rigo Tovar, Singer. (1946 - 2005)

References

• Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
• [1] Rigo Tovar Biography

External links

• Heroica Matamoros official website (Spanish)
• Fort Casamata Museum (Spanish)
• Matamoros:. The Gateway to Mexico (Spanish)
• International Annual Autum Festival (Spanish)

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