Tampico
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Coordinates: 22 ° 13 ′ N , 97 ° 51 ′ W Tampico on the map of Tamaulipas
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| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Tamaulipas | |
| Municipio | Tampico | |
| City foundation | April 13, 1823 | |
| Residents | 3,441,698 (2015) | |
| - in the metropolitan area | 859.419 | |
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| height | 10 m | |
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Tampico is a port city in the extreme south of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas with 297,284 inhabitants (as of 2010), located a few kilometers from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico . Tampico is surrounded by swamps and lagoons. The word Tampico comes from the Huasteco language. Tam means “place” and Piko means “water dogs” or “otters” (they lived there in pre-Columbian times). The city of Tampico is the administrative seat and the only major settlement of the Municipio Tampico and the seat of the Diocese of Tampico .
history
In 1532 Fray Andres de Olmos, a Franciscan , offered the Huaxteks his protection. On April 26, 1554, a monastery was built by the friar with the approval of the royal governor Luis Velasco. It was named San Luis de Tampico in honor of the governor .
After being destroyed by pirates in 1683 , it was not repopulated until 1823 on the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna . In 1829 Santa Anna defeated a Spanish unit here. Tampico was occupied by the French during the Mexican-American War (1846-48) and 1862.
In 1870 General Porfirio Díaz inaugurated the first pier, and the customs building was built in 1896. Tampico was a secondary port until 1901, after the development of oil fields in the area it became the most important oil port in the world in the early 20th century. Tampico is still the most modern port in Mexico today.
The city gave its name to the plant fiber (tampico) fiber produced from Mexican agaves .
The arrest of American sailors on April 9, 1914 led to the Tampico incident and, as a result, to the occupation of Veracruz and finally to the abdication of Mexican President Victoriano Huerta .
sons and daughters of the town
- Omar Arellano Nuño (* 1967), football player and coach
- Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta (1895–1972), Mexican media entrepreneur
- Alicja Bachleda-Curuś (* 1983), Polish actress and singer
- Linda Christian (1923–2011), actress
- Lolita de la Colina (* 1948), singer-songwriter
- Ernesto Cortázar (1897–1953), composer, actor, director and screenwriter
- Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada (1919–2008), Archbishop and Cardinal
- Julio Gómez (* 1994), football player
- Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez (1922–2018), Archbishop of San Luis Potosí
- Rocío Verdejo (* 20th century), actress
- Martín Zúñiga (* 1970), football goalkeeper
Climate table
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Tampico
Source: CONAGUA ; wetterkontor.de
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