21 Facts About Matamoros Tamaulipas

Matamoros Tamaulipas is a major historical site, the site of several battles and events of the Mexican War of Independence, the Mexican Revolution, the Texas Revolution, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, and the French Intervention that allowed the city to earn its title of "Undefeated, Loyal, and Heroic".

Matamoros Tamaulipas has a semiarid climate, with mild winters and hot, humid summers.

Nevertheless, the actual founding of Matamoros Tamaulipas began in 1686, when Captain Alonso de Leon explored the area and concluded that the Rio Grande was an excellent route for navigation, and that the area of Matamoros Tamaulipas was an ideal spot for cattle raising.

In 1851, the city of Matamoros Tamaulipas was again heroic for defending against attacks by troops under Jose Maria Jesus Carbajal, many of whom were recruited from within Texas, who sought to establish a federal republic against the centralist government of Mexico City.

Future of the city radically changed after Matamoros Tamaulipas declared itself an international free trade zone in 1858.

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The Port of Matamoros Tamaulipas, known as the Port of Bagdad, was during the American Civil War one of the leading commercial ports of the world.

The Matamoros Tamaulipas Expedition was launched to attack Matamoros Tamaulipas and defeat the forces of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.

At the beginning of the American Civil War, the city of Matamoros Tamaulipas was simply a sleepy little border town across the Rio Grande from Brownsville.

Matamoros Tamaulipas is to the rebellion west of the Mississippi what New York is to the United States—its great commercial and financial center, feeding and clothing the rebellion, arming and equipping, furnishing it materials of war and a specie basis of circulation that has almost displaced Confederate paper.

The English-speaking population in the area by 1864 was so great that Matamoros Tamaulipas even had a newspaper printed in English—it was called the Matamoros Tamaulipas Morning Call.

Nevertheless, after the collapse of the Confederacy, "gloom, despondency, and despair" became evident in Matamoros Tamaulipas—markets shut down, business almost ceased to exist, and ships were rarely seen.

Consequently, in the years to come, Matamoros Tamaulipas enjoyed another golden era during The Cotton Age, from 1948 to 1962.

Since the 1970s, and especially during the 1990s, after the initiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, foreign investment has multiplied in Matamoros Tamaulipas, resulting in an enormous population growth, prominently from other Mexican states, like San Luis Potosi and Veracruz.

Economy of Matamoros Tamaulipas depends primarily on its proximity to the United States, due to the importance of the strong presence of foreign investment in the area.

Matamoros Tamaulipas is home to more than 122 maquiladoras dedicated in its majority to export to the United States.

Rural area of Matamoros Tamaulipas encompasses 97 communities, with more than 36,096 inhabitants in these small agrarian sectors.

The terrain in Matamoros Tamaulipas categorized in two factions: gley soil, land that is only used for grazing by livestock, and arable land, used solely for growing crops.

Municipality of Matamoros Tamaulipas is within the Rio Grande river basin, and by means of irrigation, the agricultural sector flourishes in production.

Central 'plaza' in Matamoros Tamaulipas is home to the Presidential Offices, the Cathedral of Nuestra Senora Villa del Refugio, and of the Casino Matamorense, along with other historical buildings.

City of Matamoros Tamaulipas has a warm humid subtropical climate, with mild winters, and hot, humid summers.

Matamoros Tamaulipas is the only border city in the US -Mexico border that has four international bridges.