Last modified: 2003-01-25 by juan manuel gabino villascán
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by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, July 06, 2001. See: Coat of arms on white background: unofficial flags |
| Official name: | Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas / Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas |
| Short-form names: | Estado de Tamaulipas; Tamaulipas |
| Location: | North of Mexico. It neighbors the Mexican States of Nuevo León (W), San Luis Potosí (SW), and Veracruz (S); and United States of América (N) -Texas and New Mexico-; and the Gulf of Mexico (E) |
| Area: | 79,829 km2 |
| Municipalities: | 43 |
| Population: | 2'500,000 inhabitants |
| Capital: | Ciudad Victoria (Pop.: 153,000) |
| Statehood: | October 3, 1824 |
| Arms adopted: | Unknown date. |
INEGI and SEP
Reported by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, October 06, 2001.
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Description of the arms:
On field argent, corn and cotton plants in sinople. On gules, two bulls
and a goat in natural colors. On azur, a mountain, at its sinester side
a sown field and an oil field in sinople. The arms of the Count of Sierra
Gorda near the top.
The figures of this coat of amrs are mainly for the the economic activities
of the State. The first quarter is for agriculture; livestook is represented in
the second quarter; the lower part a Tamaulipas landscape headed by the "Cerro
de Bernal" (Bernal Hill) and the economic activities put together. The Count's
arms honors his work.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, May 06, 2001