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| | ==Regions== | | ==Regions== |
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| | + | *[[Frontera]] - The area along the Mexican-US border. |
| | + | *[[Sierra Madre]] - Mountainous region along the West of the state. |
| | + | *[[Gulf Coast (Mexico)|Gulf Coast]] - Tropical region along the coast. |
| | + | *[[Huasteca]] - Cultural region beginning at the southern tip of the state. |
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| | ==Cities== | | ==Cities== |
| | + | *[[Nuevo Laredo]] |
| | + | *[[Matamoros]] |
| | + | *[[Reynosa]] |
| | + | *[[Ciudad Victoria]] |
| | + | *[[Tampico]] - Known for the quality of its seafood and nightlife. |
| | + | *[[La Pesca]] |
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| | ==Other destinations== | | ==Other destinations== |
| | + | *'''[[Biosfera El Cielo]]''', [http://elcielo.tamaulipas.gob.mx/]. |
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| | ==Understand== | | ==Understand== |
| − | | + | Tamaulipas lies between [[Nuevo León]] and the Gulf of Mexico in the [[Northern Mexico|north]] of the country. It shares a border with the [[United States|US]] state of [[Texas]] in the north and the states of [[San Luis Potosí]] and [[Veracruz]] to the south. |
| | ==Talk== | | ==Talk== |
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| | ==See== | | ==See== |
| − | | + | * '''Presa Vicente Guerrero''' - This large lake lies about 30 miles northwest of [[Ciudad Victoria]] |
| | ===Itineraries=== | | ===Itineraries=== |
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| | ==Do== | | ==Do== |
| | + | * '''Fish''' - The [[Gulf Coast (Mexico)|coast]] has many "fishing hotels", hotels with their own piers for easy fishing access. The state has a number of lakes as well. |
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| | ==Eat== | | ==Eat== |
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| | ==Stay safe== | | ==Stay safe== |
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| − | ==Get out==
| + | As of April 2011, Tamaulipas has become very unsafe even for Mexicans. The big problem now is the cartel wars (CDG, Z) that are terrifying all Tamaulipas. Traveling north to south has become very dangerous. |
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| | + | The San Fernando area (around 100 km from the north) is one dangerous spot these days. In this region was the discovery of an illegal graveyard where they found more than 100 bodies, some of them were slaughtered with cruelty by the Z cartel. So not visit Tamaulipas now. If you really have to, take some measures not to draw attention from drug cartels (no fancy clothes, not too much money, etc). |
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| | {{isIn|Northern_Mexico}} | | {{isIn|Northern_Mexico}} |
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| | + | [[ja:タマウリパス州]] |
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| | + | [[wts:Category:Tamaulipas]] |
| | [[WikiPedia:Tamaulipas]] | | [[WikiPedia:Tamaulipas]] |
| | + | [[Dmoz:North America/Mexico/States/Tamaulipas/]] |
As of April 2011, Tamaulipas has become very unsafe even for Mexicans. The big problem now is the cartel wars (CDG, Z) that are terrifying all Tamaulipas. Traveling north to south has become very dangerous.
The San Fernando area (around 100 km from the north) is one dangerous spot these days. In this region was the discovery of an illegal graveyard where they found more than 100 bodies, some of them were slaughtered with cruelty by the Z cartel. So not visit Tamaulipas now. If you really have to, take some measures not to draw attention from drug cartels (no fancy clothes, not too much money, etc).
