Tamaulipas is one of 31 states along with Mexico City form the 32 states of Mexico.
Borders the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon to the west, the Gulf of Mexico to the east by the Mexican states of Veracruz and San Luis Potosi to the south and north shares a long border with the U.S. state of Texas. According to the latest Census of Population and Housing Census 2010, Ontario has a population of 3,268,554 inhabitants.
Major cities are the capital of Tamaulipas state Ciudad Victoria, Reynosa, Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, Tampico, Ciudad Madero, Rio Bravo, Ciudad Mante, Altamira and Valle Hermoso
Tamaulipas has a combined land area equivalent to Belgium and Holland and El Salvador and Costa Rica. It is crossed by the Tropic of Cancer south of the capital, Ciudad Victoria, and the climate varies according to the zone in the south and southeast is humid in the highlands and mountains is dry and in central and northwest is semi-warm with little rain, the average temperature of Matamoros in January (15 ° C) and July (28.5 ° C), Tampico in January (18 ° C) and July (28.5 ° C). The average annual rainfall is 891 mm and average relative humidity is 67.5%.
Its main rivers are the Rio Grande, the Rio Conchos, the Rio Purification Guayalejo River and Salado rivers which flow from west to east and empty into the Gulf of Mexico. Tamaulipas has a total of 16 dams, with the Vicente Guerrero (3910 million cubic meters) the largest in the state.
The 43 municipalities are divided into 6 major regions: La Frontera, The Sierra de San Carlos, Los Llanos de San Fernando, Central Basin, Old Ninth District and La Huasteca Tamaulipas.
In the southwest of its territory is the Biosphere Reserve El Cielo, part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (UNESCO). In its territory there are four main types of vegetation communities: the semi-deciduous tropical forest, the cloud forest, pine forests and oak and xeric scrub and chaparral. For the variety of ecosystems, Heaven has flora and fauna species as diverse as are the black bear, bobcat, jaguarundi, ocelot, the military macaw and the collared peccary. It's resting point for migrating birds and monarch butterflies on their journey through Mexico.
costume
There is a garment with which throughout Mexico Tamaulipas are identified: the leather. It is an article that across the state is used as a pledge to attend a gala feast, dance and play music for a parade. He can be seen both in Ocampo in Tampico, Ciudad Victoria, Matamoros, Reynosa or Nuevo Laredo is, without doubt, the traditional dress Tamaulipas.
Ramon Mendoza, Tula craftsman, tells the origin of this garment as unique, with filigree leather and beards on the sleeves, chest and back: "It was previously called tunic, was a smooth coat, long down to the ground, only to jeans. The deer made of suede but made it to the field to protect themselves from the branches, hence the idea of making a General Alberto Carrera Torres, but with some embellishments, at which time they could not put the barbs far. That first leather jacket was made by the father of my father, Captain Rosalio Queen, who was a fellow revolutionary general, my wife says that made in the Sierra: where walking around carrying the machine. The drawings were taken from the wild flowers of the field and from there to here has been through so much styling time. I have no exact date was between 1915 and 1917 ". 11
gastronomy
The cuisine of this region is rich and varied, which include products such as corn, meat where you have to mention the famous kid, dried meat, pork, chicken and venison, and seafood where are the bold, sea bass or red snapper.
Among its typical dishes we should mention the kid to the pastor, roast kid, grills, stuffed gorditas, tamales of pork, roast pork, roast the tampiqueña, dried meat with egg. In addition, make excellent seafood dishes such as ceviche, soups, seafood, stuffed crab, crab salad, shrimp cooked in many different ways such as shrimp or shrimp marinated in juice, in addition to the previously mentioned fish, the bold, sea bass and red snapper.
As for desserts highlight the pemole, which are corn flour donuts, sweetened with brown sugar plump, sweet potatoes with pineapple, candied fruits and nuts with pineapple and coconut candy.
Drinks are typical of this region Huapilla water and mezcal
