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'''Ciudad Madero''' is a coastal city, located in southeast [[Tamaulipas]] in the [[Gulf of Mexico]], It is the seventh most populous city in the state, with a census-estimated 2015 population of 209,175 within an area of 18.0 square miles (46.6 km<sup>2</sup>) the city is the third-largest in the [[Tampico metropolitan area]], It is also an important center of oil refining in Mexico. |
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'''Madero''', formally '''Ciudad Madero''', is a city and its coextensive [[municipalities of Mexico|municipality]] in the [[States of Mexico|state]] of [[Tamaulipas]], [[Mexico]]. The city is located at 22.27°N, 97.83°W in the extreme southeastern part of the state, on the [[Gulf of Mexico]], just north and east of [[Tampico]] but still on the banks of the [[Río Pánuco]], and forms part of the conurbation that includes the municipalities of [[Tampico]] and [[Altamira, Tamaulipas|Altamira]] in Tamaulipas, as well as [[Pánuco, Veracruz|Pánuco]] and [[Pueblo Viejo, Veracruz|Pueblo Viejo]] in the state of [[Veracruz]], across the river to the south. Ciudad Madero is named after [[President of Mexico|Mexican president]] and hero [[Francisco I. Madero]]. According to the 2005 [[National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Data Processing|INEGI]] census, the population of Ciudad Madero was 193,045, and its area was 46.6 km² (17.99 sq mi). It is the sixth-largest city in the state in population. |
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Ciudad Madero has a beach named "Playa Miramar", which, in recent years, has been expanding its services with new hotels and restaurants. Near the beach there is a lighthouse, named "Faro de Ciudad Madero" - although this has been replaced by a red beacon light atop a small tower, to guide approaching ships in to the channel of the Río Pánuco. However, in October 2006, the Ciudad Madero Planning Commission signaled its intention to build a new lighthouse because of the cultural and tourist values it would provide. |
Ciudad Madero has a beach named "Playa Miramar", which, in recent years, has been expanding its services with new hotels and restaurants. Near the beach there is a lighthouse, named "Faro de Ciudad Madero" - although this has been replaced by a red beacon light atop a small tower, to guide approaching ships in to the channel of the Río Pánuco. However, in October 2006, the Ciudad Madero Planning Commission signaled its intention to build a new lighthouse because of the cultural and tourist values it would provide. |
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Revision as of 21:37, 30 August 2017
Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas | |
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| Ciudad Madero | |
 Top Left: Downtown, Miramar Beach Breakwater, Francisco I. Madero Refinery, Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Church, Tamaulipas Stadium. | |
 Flag Coat of arms | |
  Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas | |
| Coordinates: 22°15′N 97°50′W / 22.250°N 97.833°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Tamaulipas |
| Municipality | Ciudad Madero |
| Foundation | May 1, 1924 |
| Founded by | Doña Cecilia Villarreal |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Andrés Zorrilla Moreno Template:PAN party |
| Area | |
• Total | 46.6 km2 (18.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 209,175 |
| • Demonym | Maderense |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Ciudad Madero is a coastal city, located in southeast Tamaulipas in the Gulf of Mexico, It is the seventh most populous city in the state, with a census-estimated 2015 population of 209,175 within an area of 18.0 square miles (46.6 km2) the city is the third-largest in the Tampico metropolitan area, It is also an important center of oil refining in Mexico.
Ciudad Madero has a beach named "Playa Miramar", which, in recent years, has been expanding its services with new hotels and restaurants. Near the beach there is a lighthouse, named "Faro de Ciudad Madero" - although this has been replaced by a red beacon light atop a small tower, to guide approaching ships in to the channel of the Río Pánuco. However, in October 2006, the Ciudad Madero Planning Commission signaled its intention to build a new lighthouse because of the cultural and tourist values it would provide.
The citizens of Tampico often consider that Ciudad Madero is merely a rump of their own municipality - this leads to much local jesting and civic pride. In fact, although the two cities are politically and administratively independent, they are physically conjoined and form a part of a larger conurbation. The Tampico metropolitan area had a 2005 census population of 803,196 inhabitants.
References
- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- Tamaulipas Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
External links
- Ayuntamiento de Ciudad Madero Official website
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