Matamoros

Summary

Matamoros is a city^[1]. Matamoros ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (415 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Matamoros is located in Matamoros^[3].
• Matamoros is in the country of Mexico^[4].
• Matamoros is on the body of water Rio Grande^[5].
• Matamoros's image is recorded as Plaza matamoros.jpg^[6].
• Matamoros's image is recorded as Matamoros Portada.jpg^[7].
• Matamoros's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Matamoros's instance of is recorded as border city^[9].
• Matamoros's instance of is recorded as big city^[10].
• Matamoros's coat of arms image is recorded as Heroica Matamoros.png^[11].
• Matamoros's twinned administrative body is recorded as Brownsville^[12].
• Matamoros's twinned administrative body is recorded as Xalapa^[13].
• Matamoros's twinned administrative body is recorded as Victoria de Durango^[14].
• Matamoros's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 145144648537774718529^[15].
• Matamoros's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 123566510^[16].
• Matamoros's postal code is recorded as 87300^[17].
• Matamoros's part of is recorded as Mexico–United States border^[18].
• Matamoros's Commons category is recorded as Matamoros, Tamaulipas^[19].
• Matamoros's located in time zone is recorded as Central Time Zone^[20].
• Matamoros's local dialing code is recorded as 868^[21].
• +1774-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Matamoros^[22].
• Matamoros's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 25.879722222222, 'lon': -97.504166666667}^[23].
• Matamoros's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01byl2^[24].
• Matamoros's official website is recorded as http://www.matamoros.gob.mx/^[25].
• Matamoros's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Matamoros, Tamaulipas^[26].
• Matamoros's page banner is recorded as Matamoros banner.jpg^[27].

Body

Geography

Matamoros is in the country of Mexico^[4]. Matamoros is located in Matamoros^[3]. Matamoros is on the body of water Rio Grande^[5]. Matamoros's part of is recorded as Mexico–United States border^[18].

Physical Characteristics

Matamoros's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+9'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+541979'}^[29] and {'amount': '+449815'}^[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8], border city^[9], and big city^[10].

History and Context

+1774-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Matamoros^[22].

Why It Matters

Matamoros ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (415 views/month).^[2] Matamoros has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] Matamoros is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]