Padilla Municipality is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Mexican
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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 ...
. After the flood at the
Vicente Guerrero Dam in 1970, the seat was moved from Padilla to the town of
Nuevo Padilla.
Padilla is known for being the place where the Mexican liberator and Emperor
Agustín de Iturbide
Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Arámburu (; 27 September 178319 July 1824), commonly known as Agustín de Iturbide and later by his regnal name Agustín I, was the first Emperor of Mexico from 1822 until his abdication in 1823. An offi ...
was executed by a firing squad. It is also the place where
Manuel de Mier y Terán
José Manuel Rafael Simeón de Mier y Terán (February 18, 1789 — July 3, 1832), generally known as Manuel de Mier y Terán, was a noted military and political figure during the Mexican War of Independence and during the era of the First Rep ...
, a Mexican general, took his life with a sword. The town was established on 6 January 1749 by
José de Escandón, then a Spanish Indian-fighter in
New Spain
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and the founder and first governor of the colony of
Nuevo Santander
Nuevo Santander (New Santander) was a region of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, covering the modern Mexican state of Tamaulipas and extending into modern-day southern Texas in the United States.
Nuevo Santander was named after Santander, Cantabri ...
. The town was named after Maria Padilla, the wife of
Juan Francisco de Güemes, the viceroy of New Spain. At the time of its establishment, more than 40 people from
Hidalgo
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Places
Mexico
:''Most, if not all, named for Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811)''
* Hidalgo (state), in central Mexico
* Hidalgo, Coah ...
,
Linares, and
Río Blanco resided in the area. As of 2010, the municipality of Padilla has a population of 14,020.
The
Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) reported that a
blackout
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Loss of lighting or communication
* Power outage, a loss of electric power
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* Blackout (fabric), a t ...
that affected 12 states of the country and more than 10 million users on December 28,
2020
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, was caused by a fire in of grasslands in Padilla. However, the Tamaulipas State Civil Protection Coordination rejected the document presented by the CFE, saying the document was falsified.
References
External links
*
Gobierno Municipal de Padilla
Municipalities of Tamaulipas
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