Ciudad Madero

Ciudad Madero is a coastal city, located in southeast Tamaulipas in the Gulf of Mexico. 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 of oil refining in Mexico.

Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas
City
Ciudad Madero
Top Left: Downtown, Miramar Beach Breakwater, Francisco I. Madero Refinery, Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Church, Tamaulipas Stadium.
Coat of arms
Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas
Coordinates: 22°15′N 97°50′W
Country Mexico
State Tamaulipas
MunicipalityCiudad Madero
FoundationMay 1, 1924
Founded byDoña Cecilia Villarreal
Government
  MayorAdrian Oseguera Kernion
MRN
Area
  Total46.6 km2 (18.0 sq mi)
Elevation
8 m (26 ft)
Population
 (2015)
  Total209,175
  Demonym
Maderense
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)

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 Near the beach there is a lighthouse, named "Faro de Ciudad Madero" - although this has been replaced by a red beacon light atop a small tower, to guide approaching ships in to the channel of the Río Pánuco.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.

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