Matamoros

Matamoros


Matamoros is in the northeast of Mexico, in Tamaulipas state, near the mouth of the Rio Grande and accross the border from Brownsville, Texas. Matamoros has rail and highway links with the United States. It is an international trading center and a busy point of entry to Mexico. The city is the center of an agricultural region that has become increasingly industrialized. Foreign-owned manufacturing plants, known as maquiladoras, proliferated in the area and constitute a dominant part of the economy.

Matamoros was founded in 1700 as San Juan de los Esteros. The city was renamed in 1851 in honor of Mariano Matamoros, who was the leader for Mexican independence. He defended the city heroically against numerous U.S. adventurers during the 19th century, but the city finally fell to the forces of Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War in 1846.

Accommodation and restaurants are available in town. Matamoros is 740 km north of Mexico City.


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