"Tamaulipas es uno de los estados, que junto con la Ciudad de México, conforman las treinta y dos entidades federativas de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Limita con Nuevo León por el poniente, con el golfo de México hacia el levante, con Veracruz y San Luis Potosí hacia el mediodía, y al septentrión conlleva una luenga frontera con el estado estadounidense de Texas. De acuerdo con el último Conteo de Población y Vivienda 2010, Tamaulipas tiene una masa demográfica de 3.268.554 moradores. Se particiona en 43 municipios. Su capital es Ciudad Victoria. Otras poblaciones importantes son Tampico, Reynosa, Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, Ciudad Madero, Altamira, Río Bravo, Ciudad Mante, Xicoténcatl y Valle Hermoso."
"Tamaulipas (Spanish pronunciation: [tamaulipas] ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the first President of Mexico. It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Veracruz to the southeast, San Luis Potosí to the southwest and Nuevo León to the west. To the north, it has a 370 km (230 mi) stretch of the U.S.Mexico border along the state of Texas. The name Tamaulipas is derived from Tamaholipa, a Huastec term in which the tam- prefix signifies "place (where)". There is no scholarly agreement on the meaning of holipa, but "high hills" is a common interpretation. Another explanation of the state name is that it is derived from Ta ma ho'lipam ("place where the Lipan prey"). In addition to the capital city, Ciudad Victoria, the state's largest cities include Reynosa, Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, and Tampico."