Miramar is a city near the southeastern tip of the
state
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of
Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas, is a state in Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 43 municipalities.
It is located in nor ...
in
Mexico
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. It is the largest city in the
municipality
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of
Altamira
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and third largest of the
Tampico Metropolitan Area
The Tampico metropolitan area is the third most populous metropolitan area in the state of Tamaulipas, in the country of Mexico. Its in-state metropolitan area of Tamaulipas includes the municipalities of Tampico, Ciudad Madero, Altamira. On the ...
. It has 161,820 inhabitants according to the official 2020
INEGI
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count, making it the largest locality in the municipality. It is the seventh-largest community in the state, having passed
Río Bravo
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since the previous census.
Geography
The city of Miramar is located in the south of the state of Tamaulipas, within the municipality of Altamira. Its coordinates are 22°21′03″N 97°52′57″W, and it has an average elevation of 11 meters above sea level. It is entirely conurbated with the cities of
Tampico
Tampico is a city and port in the southeastern part of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is located on the north bank of the Pánuco River, about inland from the Gulf of Mexico, and directly north of the state of Veracruz. Tampico is the fif ...
and
Ciudad Madero
Ciudad Madero is a coastal city located on the Gulf of Mexico in the southeastern part of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Lying within the metropolitan area of Tampico, it is the seventh most populous city in the state, with a census-estimated ...
to the south and with the city of Altamira to the north. On its outskirts, to the west is the Miralta Lagoon, and to the east are the Miramar Lagoon and the "El Gringo" Lagoon.
Climate
Miramar, like the entire municipality of Altamira, has a tropical subhumid climate. It has an average annual temperature of 24.5 °C and an average precipitation of 976.3 millimeters.
Demographics
According to the 2020 census, Miramar has 161,810 inhabitants, with 79,789 men and 82,031 women. It covers an area of 33.0 km² and has a population density of 4,907 people per square kilometer.
The city is the 7th most populous city in Tamaulipas and the 91st most populous city in Mexico. The city has experienced one of the largest demographic growths in the state of Tamaulipas due to its physical conurbation with the city of Tampico. As Tampico lacks additional municipal space, it has extended its limits and influence over the city of Miramar, which, being located in the vast territory of the municipality of Altamira, receives all the new population arriving in the Tampico Metropolitan Area. This has resulted in Miramar growing from a rural population of fewer than 2,000 inhabitants in the 1980s to one of the main urban centers in the state, with a population nearing 200,000 inhabitants. It is expected that in the coming decades, it will become the most populous city in the Tampico Metropolitan Area. Miramar has a fertility rate of 1.84 children per woman; the average level of schooling is 10.12 years; and 3.94 percent of the population is indigenous.
See also
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List of cities in Mexico
This is a list of the Top 100 cities in Mexico by fixed population, according to the 2020 Censo General de Población y Vivienda, Mexican National Census.
According to Mexico's National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), a localit ...
Populated places in Tamaulipas
References
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