Demographic Profile

Tamaulipas is located northeast of Mexico. It borders to the north with the state of Texas, United States; to the south with the mexican entities of Veracruz and San Luis Potosí; to the west with Nuevo León and to the east with the Gulf of Mexico.

With more than 14,000 kilometers of road network and 937 kilometers of railways, which are ideal for the transport of raw materials and finished products; as well as three high sea ports, one in Tampico, one in Altamira and another in Matamoros, position Tamaulipas as the third national place for cargo movement.

Tamaulipas is home to a total population of 3,527,735 inhabitants. Within this demographic, women represent 50.8% of the population, surpassing men who make up 49.2%.

The population is concentrated in several key municipalities, with Reynosa leading the way with 704,767 inhabitants, closely followed by Matamoros with 541,979 inhabitants, and Nuevo Laredo with 425,058 inhabitants.

Tamaulipas stands out for its diverse population, particularly in these most populous municipalities. The concentration of the population in these areas facilitates the provision of services and the creation of job opportunities, which in turn drives the state's economic growth and development.

The 58% of the state has subhumid warm climate, 38% presents dry and semi-dry climate in the center, north and southwest of the state; 2% is temperate sub-humid in the southwest region, and the remaining 2% presents warm humid climate located to the southwest.

The average annual temperature is around 23.5 ° C, the average maximum temperature is 22 ° C and occurs in the months of June to August, the average minimum temperature is 10 ° C and occurs in the month of January.

• Dry and semi-dry 38%
• Warm subhumid 58%
• Temperate subhumid 2%
• Warm wet 2%

Relief

The state surface is part of the provinces: Sierra Madre Oriental, Great Plains of North America and Coastal Plain of the North Gulf. Due to the action of marine currents along the sea, a series of beaches have been formed that have separated and formed bodies of water, such as the Laguna Madre.

In the west and on the international border there is an extension of hills, interrupted in the central part by the Chiquita mountain range.

There are mountain ranges in the southwest, formed predominantly by sedimentary rocks (formed on beaches, rivers and oceans and where sand and mud accumulate), some igneous intrusive rocks (formed below the surface of the Earth) and metamorphic rocks ( they have undergone changes due to pressure and high temperatures); in these elevations, the greater one is represented by the hill Peña Nevada with 3 510 msnm.

• Great Plains or North America
• Coastal Plains Northern Gulf
• Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range