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TAMAULIPAS

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TAMAULIPAS , a See also:

northern Gulf-See also:coast See also:state of See also:Mexico, bounded N. by See also:Texas, U.S.A., E. by the Gulf of Mexico, S.E. by See also:Vera Cruz, S. by See also:San Luis See also:Potosi, W. by Nuevo See also:Leon, and N,W. by See also:Coahuila. See also:Area 32,128 sq. m. Pop. (1900) 218,948. The central and See also:southern parts of the state are mountainous, but there are extensive fertile plains in the N. sloping gently N.E. toward the Rio Grande, and the coastal See also:zone is sandy, much broken by lagoons and uninhabited. Except in the N. this coastal zone is only 5 to 7 M. wide, but the foothills region back of this is usually well wooded and fertile, and the See also:low alluvial See also:river valleys penetrate deeply into the sierras. There are four navigable See also:rivers in the state—the Rio Grande del Norte, or Rio See also:Bravo, which forms the boundary See also:line with the See also:United States, the Conchas or Presas, the See also:Soto da Marina, and the Tamesi. The Panuco forms the southern boundary for a See also:short distance. A See also:peculiar feature of the See also:hydrography of Tamaulipas is the See also:series of coastal lagoons formed by the See also:building of new beaches across the indentations of the coast. The largest of these is the See also:Laguna de la Madre, 125 M. See also:long, which receives the See also:waters of the Rio Conchas, and is separated in places from the Gulf by only a narrow See also:ridge of See also:sand See also:dunes. The See also:climate is hot, humid and malarial on the coast, but is pleasant on the more elevated lands of the interior. On the plains bordering the Rio Grande frosts are frequent.

The rainfall is abundant, especially on the See also:

mountain slopes of the See also:south. The See also:principal See also:industry is See also:agriculture. See also:Sugar, cereals, See also:tobacco, See also:cotton and See also:coffee are produced, and probably See also:fruit may be raised successfully. Stock-raising receives some See also:attention and hides and cattleare exported. The preparation of ixtle fibre for export is be-coming an important industry. See also:Copper is See also:mined and extensive deposits of See also:petroleum and See also:asphalt are being exploited. Railway communication is provided by the Mexican See also:National which crosses the northern end of the state, the Belgian line from See also:Monterrey to See also:Tampico, and a See also:branch of the Mexican Central from San Luis Potosi to Tampico. The See also:capital of Tamaulipas is See also:Ciudad See also:Victoria (pop. in 1900, Io,o86), a small sierra See also:town on the Monterrey and Tampico railway about 120 M. from Tampico. Its public buildings are See also:good and it has the improvements of a See also:modern town. It has a See also:fine climate, a good See also:trade, and is a summer resort for residents of the coast. The See also:city is near the Rio See also:Santander, and was once called Nuevo Santander. Among other towns in the state may be mentioned: See also:Matamoros (q.v.), on the Rio Grande; Tampico (q.v.), on the Panuco, the principal See also:port of the state; See also:Tula (6935 in 1900) ; Jaumave (about 10,000 in 1900, chiefly See also:Indians), 38 m.

S.W. of Ciudad Victoria, in the See also:

heart of a prominent ixtle-producing region; Mier (7114 in 1895), on the Rio Grande, 95 M. E.N.E. of Monterrey; San See also:Carlos (6871 in 1895), 57 M. N.E. of the capital; See also:Camargo (6815 in 1895), on the San Juan near the Rio Grande, once the old See also:Spanish See also:mission of San Augustin See also:Laredo; and Reynosa. (6137 in 1895), 54 M. W.N.W. of Matamoros.

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