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General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport

General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport or Tampico International Airport is an international airport located at Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is named after General Francisco Javier Mina, a leader in Mexico's War of Independence. It handles national and international air traffic of the metropolitan area of Tampico, Ciudad Madero and Altamira.

Located at 22.2964, -97.8658 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Airports in Tamaulipas, USAAF Air Transport Command Airfields - Central America, Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces

Estadio Tamaulipas

The Estadio Tamaulipas is a football (soccer) stadium named after the state where the stadium is located. This facility has a capacity of near 25,000 seats and was built in 1966. It is located at the east coast of Mexico in the limit of the cities of Tampico and Ciudad Madero Tamaulipas; The midfield of the stadium is divided by the political limit of the two municipalities, the north half of the stadium belongs to Tampico and the south to Ciudad Madero.

Located at 22.28, -97.8507 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Football venues in Mexico, Sport venues in Tamaulipas

Miramar, Tamaulipas

Miramar is a city near the southeastern tip of the state of Tamaulipas in Mexico. It is the largest city in the municipality of Altamira and third largest of the Tampico Metropolitan Area. The city had a 2010 census population of 118,614, the seventh-largest community in the state, having passed Río Bravo since the previous census.

Located at 22.3375, -97.8694 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Populated places in Tamaulipas

Tamaulipas Institute of Higher Education

The Tamaulipas Institute of Higher Education (Spanish: Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Tamaulipas), or IEST for its acronym in Spanish, is a private university in Altamira, Tamaulipas, Mexico founded in 1974. It is one of the most recognized universities along with ITESM Campus Tampico in the southern area of the state of Tamaulipas.

Located at 22.324, -97.8797 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Private universities and colleges in Mexico, Roman Catholic universities and colleges in Mexico, Universities and colleges in Tamaulipas, Educational institutions established in 1974, Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration, Regnum Christi, Legion of Christ, Anahuac universities

Autonomous University of Tamaulipas

The Autonomous University of Tamaulipas is a Mexican public university based in Victoria, Tamaulipas. Throughout the larger cities of Reynosa, Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, and Tampico and smaller cities of Ciudad Mante and Valle Hermoso are UAT campuses that offer undergraduate studies. Each of the various university faculties offer graduate studies leading to the Master's or Doctorate Degree.

Located at 22.2762, -97.863 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Public universities and colleges in Mexico, Universities and colleges in Tamaulipas, Educational institutions established in 1950, 1950 establishments in Mexico

Altamira, Tamaulipas

Altamira is a city near the southeastern tip of the state of Tamaulipas in Mexico. It is the second largest city in the municipality of Altamira. The city is part of the Tampico Metropolitan Area. According to the INEGI 2010 census, the city has a population of 59,536 the tenth largest in the state.

Located at 22.3375, -97.8694 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Populated places in Tamaulipas

Altamira prison brawl

The Altamira prison brawl was a deadly fight that occurred on 4 January 2012 in Altamira, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Officials from the state of Tamaulipas confirmed that 31 people were killed, with another thirteen injured. The fight started after a drug gang burst into a section of the prison where they were banned from, attacking their rival gang housed there, triggering the fight. During the altercation, the inmates used several kinds of white arms to kill their opponents.

Located at 22.3333, -97.8667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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2012 in Mexico, Mexican Drug War, Massacres in Mexico, Mass murder in 2012, Prison uprisings, Organized crime events in Mexico, History of Tamaulipas