Tamaulipas is one of Mexico’s 32 states. It has a territory of 80,329 square kilometers, being this the sixth largest state with 4.1% of the country’s total landmass. Tamaulipas is divided into 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria.

The total population is 3,637,270 and is bordered by the United States to the north and by the states of Veracruz and San Luis Potosi to the southeast and Nuevo Leon to the west. It is bordered by the Gulf of Mexico to the east.

Tamaulipas ranks N. 13 among the Mexican states in terms of population.

Total: 3,684,902

Men: 48.8%
Women: 51.2%

Urban Population: 70%
Rural Population: 30%

The state has a warm sub-humid climate in 58% of the state, 38% has a 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% has a warm humid climate located towards the southwest.

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

• Warm sub-humid 58%
• Dry and semi-dry 38%
• Temperate sub-humid 2%
• Warm humid 2%

The state surface is part of the provinces of Sierra Madre Oriental, Great Plains of North America and Northern Gulf Coastal Plain. Due to the action of the marine currents at the edge of 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, predominantly formed by sedimentary rocks (formed on beaches, rivers and oceans and where sand and mud accumulates), some intrusive igneous rocks (formed below the Earth's surface) and metamorphic rocks (which have undergone changes due to pressure and high temperatures). In these elevations, the highest is represented by the Peña Nevada hill with 3 510 meters above sea level.