This is Tampico
The municipality of Tampico is located at the south eastern tip of the State of Tamaulipas, over the left margin of the Pánuco River only 10 Km away from its mouth to the Gulf of Mexico. With a territorial extension of 91.73 Km2, Tampico borders to the north with the municipality of Altamira (1,663 Km2) and to the east with Cd. Madero (46.60 Km2). The three of them together form what we know as the Metropolitan Zone in which they share business, educational and cultural activities as well as some services. To the south it borders with the State of Veracruz joined together by the Tampico Bridge and to the west with San Luis Potosí.
The climate is tropical and subsumid. Its average temperature is 24ºC with a maximum of 37ºC during the months of July and August and lowest average temperatures of 9.7ºC during winter. The annual precipitation is between 788.6 and 1,044.10 mm3 being July the rainiest month.
According to the national census, Tampico has 303,934 inhabitants (145,475 men and 158,449 women) that together with the 193,045 of Cd. Madero and the 162,628 of Altamira they sum to 659,449 inhabitants in the Metropolitan Zone. having a population in its influx zone (southern Huasteca of Tamaulipas, north of Veracruz and western San Luis Potosí) superior to the 2 million inhabitants.
The region is surrounded by a great river and lagoon system that cover more that 74,000 acres that make it one of the most important hydraulic basins in the country, which guarantees the availability of water throughout the zone where there already exist 5 supplying plants with a delivery capacity of 2,200 litters/second that provide service to 150,000 users from which 10,500 are industries and commerces.
The electric energy services are provided by the Gulf-Center Division of the CFE (Federal Committee of Electricity) in Tampico. On August the 4th of the year 2005, two new electrical power plants with combined cycle were inaugurated in the Industrial Port of Altamira of the Spanish company Iberdola, known as Combined Cycle Altamira III and IV that have an installed power of 1.036 megawatts. Inside the Portuary Industrial Complex, the company Aguila América is located which supplies the national system with 450 megawatts.
The Metropolitan Zone is an important door for exterior commerce since it is the only place in the country that has two ports at such short distance. The activity of the ports of Altamira and Tampico, added to the industries located in the Industrial Corridor of Tampico and Altamira, extend a hinterland region to cities such as Monterrey NL, San Luis Potosí SLP and Guadalajara JAL.
Tampico is a commercial city by tradition. Here you will find big commercial national and international warehouses as well as supply stores. In this city, two of the most important consortiums in the northeast of the country were born: Grupo Tampico, a pioneer in the soft drink industry in Mexico which installed its first bottling plant of Coca-Cola in the country and Grupo Continental that is considered one of the 10 most important Coca-Cola bottling plants in the world since it has the biggest franchise in the world equivalent to 14.5%.
The productivity investment in industry, portuary activity and commerce have generated an intense movement that has brought along the arrival of many business travelers as well as tourists that come to enjoy the beach, rivers, lagoons and parks.
The Metropolitan Zone is the most attractive region in the state for tourism, since it has 3500 hotel rooms in every category and covers the tourist demands registered. During the last years, the federal, state and municipal authorities have made the zone more attractive by developing many projects that will support the touristic sector such as the ones developed by the Fideicomiso del Centro Histórico (a trust for de Historical Downtown) that include the restoration of many buildings with a hereditary value, the construction of the Espacio Cultural Metropolitano (Metropolitan Cultural Space) where the competition Nuestra Belleza 2006 (Miss Mexico 2006) will take place, the project for the Cortadura Canal as well as the Master Plan for Touristic Development of Miramar Beach that takes place in Cd. Madero and includes the construction of hotels, housing estates and condominiums that are being built with a millionaire investment.
 Also, today’s municipal administration is working very hard to make reality the construction of a convention and exposition center with high quality international standards. It will have a 3,000 m2 area and a 9,000 m2 surface for expositions with an investment of 250 million pesos. There will also be a shopping mall and an aquarium in the adjacent terrains.
The health sector is another important issue for the region, which has been a considerable source of employment, and income for the zone. There are 12 public and private hospitals with the best technological advances and a prestigious medical corps. One of the main private hospitals is Bene Hospital with moderns installations such as a tomography room, operating and intensive care rooms that considered some of the best of the country. Other private hospitals include: Hospital Médica Salve of the Universidad del Noreste, Hospital Alijadores and Clínica Hospital CEMAIN and the Hospital Ángeles that is being built this year with a millionaire investment. Some public health institutions are: Hospital PEMEX, IMSS, ISSSTE, Hospital General Carlos Canseco, Hospital Naval and Hospital Militar as well as several specialized clinics, laboratories with high technology and other firms with advanced equipment for diagnosis and treatment.
All the investments that have been realized in the past few years in either branch, commercial, industrial, tourism, health or portuary reflect the advantages the Metropolitan zone has to offer thanks to its excellent geographic location, the opportune supplying of services and the availability of flat terrains, together with the quality of its workers and high educational l evel of its graduates from its multiple universities. Also, its working environment and the support that the municipal authorities offer help the economical development of this zone. For all of the above and the warmth of its people we can assure you that Tampico is a city full of possibilities and advantages to invest and to live. That is whay we tell you “This is Tampico, a great city with the taste of the province.”
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Communications
The cities of Tampico, Madero and Altamira are strategically communicated by air and land, keeping up with its speedy tourist, commercial and industrial growth... >>
Infraesctructura Portuaria
The Metropolitan Zone of Tampico, Madero and Altamira is the only place in the country and one of the few in the world that has two of the most modern and efficient ports at such short distance which works as a door to exterior commerce..>>
Industry
During the last decades, the Metropolitan Zone has triggered the development of many industries, principally the petrochemical branch... >>
Commerce and Services
Since its foundation in 1823, Tampico has had an important commercial tradition. It has been a primary entrance for exterior commerce that has... >>
Agriculture,Cattle, and Fishing
The southern zone of Tamaulipas belongs to what is known as La Huasteca, a region rich in natural resources and includes the..>>
Education
La educación en la Zona Metropolitana se ha consolidado a lo largo de los años en los que se han establecido aquí excelentes escuelas... >>
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