Matamoros is a municipality located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Its municipal seat is the city of Matamoros.
Towns and villages
The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:2010 census tables: INEGI Name 2010 Census Population Matamoros 449,815 Ramírez 3,743 El Control 3,136 Las Higuerillas 2,129 CEFERESO Número 3 2,082 Santa Adelaida 1,754 Estación Sandoval 1,146 El Galaneño 1,057 Total Municipality 489,193
Adjacent municipalities and counties
San Fernando Municipality - south Río Bravo Municipality - southwest and northwest Valle Hermoso Municipality - west Hidalgo County, Texas - north Cameron County, Texas - north
Government Mayors and municipal presidents RulerTermOfficeNotesAnastasio de Ayala1797–1799MayorJosé Cayetano Girón1800IntendantJoséf de Gosearcochea1801IntendantVicente López de Heredia 1803IntendantJosé María Balli 1804IntendantVicente López de Herrera 1805IntendantJosé de Jesús Solís 1806–1807IntendantMatías Morales 1808IntendantJosé Domingo de la Garza 1809–1810IntendantJosé de Jesús Solís 1811–1812IntendantJosé Marcelino Longoria 1813IntendantFelipe Roque de la Portilla 1814IntendantBlas María de la Garza 1815IntendantJosé Domingo de la Garza 1816IntendantMatías Morales 1817IntendantRamón García 1818IntendantJosé Girón Girón 1819IntendantJosé de Jesús Solís 1820IntendantJuan José Chapa 1820IntendantPedro José García 1821IntendantDomingo de la Garza 1822IntendantAndrés Saldaña 1823IntendantJuan B. García 1824IntendantJosé María Girón 1825IntendantJosé María Villarreal 1826PrefectAndrés Saldaña 1827PrefectMatías García 1828PrefectDomingo de la Garza 1829PrefectManuel Galán 1830PrefectJosé María Villarreal 1831PrefectJosé María Girón 1832PrefectJosé Espiridión de la Rosa 1833PrefectJuan Longoria y Serna 1834PrefectFrancisco García Treviño 1835PrefectJuan Nepomuceno Molano 1836PrefectJosé María Tovar 1837PrefectConstantino de Tavarna 1838PrefectJorge López de Lara 1839PrefectPedro de la Garza Treviño 1840PrefectFrancisco Valdez 1841PrefectVictoriano T. Canales 1842PrefectJuan Longoria y Serna 1843PrefectFrancisco Lojero 1844PrefectMariano Treviño Garza 1845PrefectJosé María Girón 1846–1847PrefectFrancisco Valdez 1848PrefectVictoriano T. Canales 1849PrefectPedro José de la Garz 1850PrefectMacedonio Capistrán 1851PrefectRafael Quintero 1852PrefectAlbino López 1853PrefectAntonio Longoria Guerra 1854PrefectJosé María Cavazos 1855–1856PrefectAlbino López 1857PrefectLeocadio Muñoz1858PrefectAntonio Longoria1859PrefectMatías Longoria 1860PrefectJosé María Cavazos 1861–1862PrefectRafael Quintero 1863PrefectAgapito Longoria1864PrefectManuel Reyes Apresa 1865–1866PrefectFelipe Márquez 1867Political chiefJuan Treviño Canales 1868Political chiefPedro Hinojosa 1869–1870Political chiefFrancisco F. Farías 1871Political chiefAgustín Menchaca 1872–1873Political chiefJuan N. Cortinas 1874–1875Political chiefBaltazar Fuentes 1876Political chiefJusto de la Garza 1877Political chiefMaximiliano Chapa 1878Political chiefRomán de los Santos Coy 1879Political chiefFelipe Salazar 1880Political chiefPedro Porras 1881Political chiefTomás Márquez 1882–1883Political chiefTomás Hinojosa 1884–1885Political chiefPedro Barrón 1886Political chiefMelquiades Torres 1887–1888Political chiefAndrés González 1889Political chiefCipriano Villanueva 1890Political chiefAlfredo M. Passament 1891Political chiefRafael Solís 1892–1893Political chiefMiguel Barragán 1894Political chiefAntonio Cavazos 1895Political chiefJorge Stroder 1896Political chiefRafael Solís 1897Political chiefCipriano Villanueva 1898Political chiefRafael Solís 1898–1905Political chiefMarcelino Rougier 1906Political chiefRafael Solís1907Political chiefProcopia Guerra 1908–1909Political chiefFructuoso Dávila 1910–1911Political chiefAlfredo Pumarejo 1912Political chiefCasimiro Sada1913Political chiefArmando Chapa Gómez 1914–1915Political chiefAlejandro López 1916Political chiefRafael González 1917Municipal presidentLeónides Guerra 1918–1919Municipal presidentSalvador Cárdenas 1920Municipal presidentMiguel Elizondo 1920Municipal presidentJuan José de la Garza 1920Municipal presidentMiguel Elizondo 1921Municipal presidentMriano García Schreck 1921Municipal presidentMiguel Elizondo 1922Municipal presidentConrado Gutiérrez 1923Municipal presidentLuis R. Rendón 1924Municipal presidentPrudencio Ruiz 1925Municipal presidentJesús María Cárdenas 1926Municipal presidentValentín Ramírez 1927Municipal presidentAlfonso C. López 1927Municipal presidentAntonio Martínez 1928Municipal president Municipal presidentTermPolitical partyNotesGuillermo Schears1929–1930PNR Roberto F. García1931–1932PNR Primitivo Schears1933–1934PNR Rafael Munguía1935PNR Roberto F. García1936PNR Ladislao Cárdenas1937–1938PNR Francisco Zárate1938–1940PRM Antonio de León 1941–1942PRM Ladislao Cárdenas 1943–1945PRM Ramiro T. Hernández 1946PRI Tomás Saro1947PRI Leónides Guerra 1947–1948PRI Ernesto L. Elizondo 1949–1951PRI Juan B. García 1952PRI Acting municipal presidentLuis Ramírez de Alba 1953–1954PRI Augusto G. Cárdenas 1955–1957PRI Miguel Treviño Emparam 1958–1960PRI Virgilio Garza Ruiz 1961–1962PRI Isidro González Saldaña 01-01-1963–31-12-1965PRI Enrique Siller Flores 01-01-1966–31-12-1968PRI Óscar Guerra Elizondo 01-01-1969–31-12-1971PRI Sergio Martínez Calderoni 01-01-1972–31-12-1974PRI Guillermo Guajardo González 01-01-1975–31-12-1977PRI Antonio Cavazos Garza 01-01-1978–31-12-1980PRI Jorge Cárdenas González 01-01-1981–31-12–1983PARM Jesús Roberto Guerra Velazco 01-01-1984–31-12-1986PRI Fernando Montemayor Lozano 01-01-1987–31-12-1989PRI Jorge Cárdenas González01-01-1990–31-12-1992PRI Tomás Yarrington Ruvalcaba01-01-1993–31-12-1995 PRI Antonio Ramón Sampayo Ortiz01-01-1996–31-12-1998PAN Homar Zamorano Ayala01-01-1999–31-12-2001PRI Mario Praxedis Zolezzi García01-01-2002–31-12-2004PRI Baltazar Manuel Hinojosa Ochoa01-01-2005–31-12-2007PRI Érick Agustín Silva Santos 01-01-2008–31-12-2010PRI Panal Víctor Alfonso Sánchez Garza01-01-2011–2013PRI PVEM Panal Leticia Salazar Vázquez2013–2016PAN Jesús Juan de la Garza Díaz del Guante2016–2018PRI PVEM Panal Mario Alberto López Hernández2018–2021PT Morena PES Coalition "Together We Will Make History"Mario Alberto López Hernández2021–2024PT Morena He was reelected on 06-06-2021. Applied for a leave.Rubén Sauceda Lumbreras2024PT Morena Acting municipal presidentJosé Alberto Granados Favila2024–PVEM PT Morena Coalition "Sigamos Haciendo Historia" (Let's Keep Making History)
References
External links Gobierno Municipal de Matamoros Official website