Tamaulipas

a state of NE Mexico, on the Gulf of Mexico. Capital: Ciudad Victoria. Pop.: 2 747 114 (2000). Area: 79 829 sq. km (30 822 sq. miles)

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Tamaulipas

a state in northeastern Mexico. Area, 79,800 sq km. Population, 1.712 million (1974). Its capital is Ciudad Victoria. Tamaulipas occupies the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental. Oil is drilled and refined near Tampico, and natural gas is extracted in the vicinity of Reynosa. In the river valleys, including the valley of the Río Bravo del Norte (Rio Grande), there is irrigation farming of cotton, sugarcane, and citrus fruits. Transhumant livestock raising is practiced in the foothills.

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The host-seeking female mosquitoes were collected through human landing method in the municipalities sideward the main road ("carretera nacional" as in Spanish) from the metropolitan zone of Monterrey, NL and Tampico, Tamaulipas in northeastern Mexico and all the localities were geo-referenced.

Aedes albopictus in northeast Mexico: an update on adult distribution and first report of parasitism by Ascogregarina taiwanensis

But, he assured, the vector (aphid coffee) that emits the virus hasn't been detected in the Tamaulipas citrus area; whereas, in the southeast of the country, it has been detected in the states of Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Plates, and Yucatan.

Pests threaten 40,000 hectares of citrus production

mexicana for Tamaulipas. Previously, the northernmost locality of a specimen in eastern Mexico was the municipality of Tamazunchale, San Luis Potosi (Hall, 1981).

Specimens of the collared anteater (Tamandua mexicana) from Tamaulipas, Mexico

When detained, Armando Morales Uscanga had a rifle and almost $3,000 in cash, the statement said, adding that he told soldiers he had participated in kidnapping passengers on March 24 and 29 in the township of San Fernando, Tamaulipas.

16 more bodies found in Mexican pits, total now 88

The bullet-riddled bodies of 72 Central and South Americans reportedly slain by drug traffickers in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas shine a light on the dark truth known to undocumented migrants: The illegal trek north through Mexico is treacherous, and those who undertake it put themselves at the mercy of vicious predators.

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Electoral officials said they would go ahead with the vote in Tamaulipas state despite the murder on Monday of Rodolfo Torre, candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI.

Mexico opposition seeks candidate after murder