Tamaulipas Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas lies betweenNuevo Leónand the Gulf of Mexico in thenorthof the country. It shares a border with theUSstate ofTexasin the north and the states ofSan Luis PotosíandVeracruzto the south. Northern Tamaulipas shares its economic culture with that of Texas, and is primarily characterized by agriculture and strong growth in all industrial sectors. This region is home to many of the maquiladoras- factories owned by foreign companies but worked by Mexicans, primarily by women. Southern Tamaulipas' economy is based primarily on the petrochemical industries. There are petrochemical production plants around Altamira as well as a principal Gulf coast container port, refinery facilities in Ciudad Madero and many oil-industry support service companies in Tampico, as well as a major general and
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