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Key facts
- Capital
- Ciudad Victoria
- Largest city
- Reynosa (691,557)
- Population
- 3,611,225 (2025)
- Area
- 80,271 km² (30,993 sq mi)
- Municipalities of Tamaulipas
- 43
- Most populous municipality
- Reynosa (730,799)
- Largest municipality by area
- San Fernando, 6,923 km² (2,673 sq mi)
About Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas has 43 municipalities and about 3,611,225 people (2025) on 80,271 km² (30,993 sq mi). The capital is Ciudad Victoria; the largest city is Reynosa, with 691,557 people (2020). It borders Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz and United States.
Reynosa is the most populous municipality (730,799 people) and San Nicolás the least (830); San Fernando is the largest by area (6,923 km²) and Ciudad Madero the smallest (49 km²).
Largest cities in Tamaulipas
The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 49 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.
| # | City | Municipality | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reynosa | Reynosa | 691,557 |
| 2 | Matamoros | Matamoros | 510,739 |
| 3 | Nuevo Laredo | Nuevo Laredo | 416,055 |
| 4 | Ciudad Victoria | Victoria | 332,100 |
| 5 | Tampico | Tampico | 297,373 |
| 6 | Ciudad Madero | Ciudad Madero | 205,933 |
| 7 | Miramar | Altamira | 161,820 |
| 8 | Ciudad Río Bravo | Río Bravo | 111,314 |
| 9 | Altamira | Altamira | 79,824 |
| 10 | Ciudad Mante | El Mante | 79,515 |
| 11 | Valle Hermoso | Valle Hermoso | 48,172 |
| 12 | San Fernando | San Fernando | 28,215 |
| 13 | Ciudad Miguel Alemán | Miguel Alemán | 18,592 |
| 14 | Aldama | Aldama | 14,334 |
| 15 | Estación Manuel (Úrsulo Galván) | González | 12,095 |
| 16 | Ciudad Gustavo Díaz Ordaz | Gustavo Díaz Ordaz | 12,067 |
| 17 | Soto la Marina | Soto la Marina | 11,311 |
| 18 | González | González | 10,993 |
| 19 | Ciudad Tula | Tula | 10,977 |
| 20 | Xicoténcatl | Xicoténcatl | 10,327 |
| 21 | Nuevo Progreso | Río Bravo | 10,272 |
| 22 | Ciudad Camargo | Camargo | 9,373 |
| 23 | El Campanario y Oradel | Nuevo Laredo | 7,775 |
| 24 | Jaumave | Jaumave | 6,286 |
| 25 | Estación Santa Engracia | Hidalgo | 6,121 |
Populations are INEGI's Encuesta Intercensal 2025 estimates for 15 October 2025 of the people living in private dwellings; the 43 municipalities add up to the state's 3,611,225. The state's total on the Mexico map, 3,620,715, also counts the 9,490 people INEGI estimates in collective dwellings and without a dwelling, which it publishes only for the whole state. Towns are INEGI's localities with their 2020 Census population: every municipal seat and every other locality of 5,000 people or more.
Municipalities of Tamaulipas
All 43 municipalities. Select one to show it on the map.
| Abasolo | 8,527 | 1,859 | |
| Aldama | 26,795 | 3,822 | |
| Altamira | 272,734 | 1,661 | |
| Antiguo Morelos | 7,646 | 582 | |
| Burgos | 4,318 | 1,905 | |
| Bustamante | 7,876 | 1,450 | |
| Ciudad Camargo | 16,586 | 930 | |
| Casas | 3,732 | 3,014 | |
| Ciudad Madero | 197,097 | 49 | |
| Cruillas | 1,509 | 1,889 | |
| Ciudad Mante | 112,508 | 1,637 | |
| Gómez Farías | 8,298 | 730 | |
| González | 41,732 | 3,243 | |
| Güémez | 15,048 | 1,209 | |
| Nueva Ciudad Guerrero | 2,953 | 2,442 | |
| Ciudad Gustavo Díaz Ordaz | 14,951 | 432 | |
| Hidalgo | 16,470 | 2,136 | |
| Jaumave | 15,838 | 2,663 | |
| Santander Jiménez | 6,187 | 1,670 | |
| Llera de Canales | 14,377 | 2,569 | |
| Villa Mainero | 1,824 | 364 | |
| Matamoros | 586,882 | 4,643 | |
| Méndez | 3,708 | 2,533 | |
| Mier | 3,656 | 923 | |
| Ciudad Miguel Alemán | 24,815 | 639 | |
| Miquihuana | 3,350 | 885 | |
| Nuevo Laredo | 451,305 | 1,224 | |
| Nuevo Morelos | 3,648 | 303 | |
| Ocampo | 12,861 | 1,477 | |
| Nueva Villa de Padilla | 13,322 | 1,359 | |
| Palmillas | 1,718 | 480 | |
| Reynosa | 730,799 | 3,147 | |
| Ciudad Río Bravo | 138,636 | 1,584 | |
| San Carlos | 7,234 | 2,915 | |
| San Fernando | 49,777 | 6,923 | |
| San Nicolás | 830 | 545 | |
| Soto la Marina | 23,861 | 6,721 | |
| Tampico | 287,030 | 115 | |
| Ciudad Tula | 30,746 | 3,076 | |
| Valle Hermoso | 57,374 | 900 | |
| Ciudad Victoria | 355,734 | 1,464 | |
| Villagrán | 5,630 | 1,288 | |
| Xicoténcatl | 21,303 | 871 |
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Sources
- Municipalities and states: INEGI (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía), Marco Geoestadístico of the Encuesta Intercensal 2025; areas measured from these boundaries.
- Populations: INEGI, Encuesta Intercensal 2025, population in private dwellings by municipality at 15 October 2025 (main results by locality, open data); the state's total population: INEGI, Encuesta Intercensal 2025.
- Towns and municipal seats: INEGI, Catálogo Único de Claves de Áreas Geoestadísticas Estatales, Municipales y Localidades (AGEEML), with each locality's population in the Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020.
- Federal highways: INEGI, Red Nacional de Caminos 2025 (with the SICT and the Mexican Institute of Transportation).
- Rivers: INEGI, Red Hidrográfica Digital de México 1:250 000, edition 1.0; lakes and reservoirs: INEGI, Red Hidrográfica 1:50 000, edition 2.0.
- United States: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.