Ciudad Madero

City in Tamaulipas, Mexico

Coat of arms

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Ciudad Madero is a coastal city located on the Gulf of Mexico in the southeast of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is the seventh most populous city in the state, with a census-estimated 2015 population of 209,175 within an area of 18.0 square miles (46.6 km²) the city is the third-largest in the Tampico metropolitan area. It is also an important center for oil refining.

Buildings

Ciudad Madero has a beach named "Playa Miramar", which, in recent years, has been expanding its services with new hotels and restaurants. Near the beach there is a lighthouse, named "Faro de Ciudad Madero" - although this has been replaced by a red beacon light atop a small tower, to guide approaching ships in to the channel of the Río Pánuco. However, in October 2006, the Ciudad Madero Planning Commission signaled its intention to build a new lighthouse because of the cultural and tourist values it would provide.

At the Santa Cruz Church [fr] the roof collapsed during a baptism ceremony on 1 October 2023. Ten people were killed and over 60 were injured.^[1]

References

^ "Mexico church roof collapses during baptism killing at least 10 people". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2023-10-03.

Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
Tamaulipas Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México