Editing Ciudad Victoria

{{Short description|Capital of the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico}}
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| leader_title           = [[Municipal President]]<br />(2021- 2024)
| leader_name            = [[Eduardo Abraham Gattas Báez]] <br />(2021–present) [[Morena (political party)|MORENA]]
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'''Ciudad Victoria''' ({{IPA|es|sjuˈðað βiɣˈtoɾja|-|CiudadVictoria.ogg}}) (English: ''Victoria City'') is the seat of the [[Victoria Municipality, Tamaulipas|Municipality of Victoria]], and the capital of the Mexican [[List of states of Mexico|state]] of [[Tamaulipas]]. It is located in the [[Northern Mexico|northeast of Mexico]] at the foot of the [[Sierra Madre Oriental]]. It borders the municipality of [[Güémez Municipality|Güémez]] to the north, [[Llera, Tamaulipas|Llera]] to the south, [[Casas, Tamaulipas|Casas]] Municipality to the east, and the municipality of [[Jaumave, Tamaulipas|Jaumave]] to the west.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://seduma.tamaulipas.gob.mx/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/programa_maestro_imagen_urbana.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822025707/http://seduma.tamaulipas.gob.mx/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/programa_maestro_imagen_urbana.pdf |url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-08-22 |title=Secretaría de Desarrollo Urbano y Medio Ambiente de Tamaulipas (Seduma). Programa Maestro Imagen Urbana de Ciudad Victoria |language=es |date=2014-08-22 |access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref> The city is located {{Cvt|246|km|}} from [[Monterrey]] and {{Cvt|319|km|}} from the [[Mexico–United States border|US - Mexico border]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.calcularruta.com/de-frontera-a-ciudad-victoria.html|title=Como llegar de Frontera a Ciudad Victoria - Calcular Ruta|website=www.calcularruta.com|language=es|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref> Ciudad Victoria is named after the first [[List of heads of state of Mexico|president of Mexico]], [[Guadalupe Victoria]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ciudadvictoria.gob.mx/ciudad.php|title=Ciudad Victoria Government|website=Ciudad Victoria Government|access-date=2018-01-25|archive-date=2018-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815225245/http://www.ciudadvictoria.gob.mx/ciudad.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1825 Ciudad Victoria became the state capital.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/ciudad-victoria.-la-antigua-villa-de-santa-maria-de-aguayo-tamaulipas.html|title=Ciudad Victoria. La antigua Villa de Santa María de Aguayo {{!}} México Desconocido|date=2010-08-31|work=México Desconocido|access-date=2018-01-25|language=es-ES}}</ref> It is home to higher education institutions such as the [[Autonomous University of Tamaulipas]]<ref name="La UAT">{{Cite web|url=http://www.uat.edu.mx/paginas/universidad/la-uat.aspx|title=La UAT|website=www.uat.edu.mx|language=es-ES|access-date=2018-01-25|archive-date=2018-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126012425/http://www.uat.edu.mx/paginas/universidad/la-uat.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Technological Institute of Ciudad Victoria.<ref name="itvictoria.edu.mx">{{Cite web|url=http://www.itvictoria.edu.mx/conocenos/historia.html|title=.:: Instituto Tecnológico de Cd. Victoria ::.|website=www.itvictoria.edu.mx|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref> [[Ciudad Victoria International Airport|General Pedro José Méndez International Airport]] is located on the outskirts of the city. As a state [[Bureaucracy|bureaucratic]] centre, it is the seat of the three political powers and has sites of [[Tourism|tourist]] and [[Culture|cultural]] interest.

== Pre-foundation ==
[[File:Map of the Viceroyalty of New Spain.svg|thumb|277x277px|[[Viceroyalty of New Spain]]]]
[[New Spain|The Viceroy of New Spain]], [[List of viceroys of New Spain|Juan Francisco Güémez and Horcasitas]] on Saturday, September 3, 1746, founded a [[colony]] in the ''Seno Mexicano'' (West coast of the [[Gulf of Mexico]]), dismembering the [[New Kingdom of León]]. Two years later, on Wednesday December 25, 1748, [[José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda|José de Escandon and Helguera]] founded [[Llera, Tamaulipas|Villa de Llera]], part of the Late Colonization of [[Nuevo Santander|New Santander]], named after [[Santander, Spain|Santander]], the capital of [[Cantabria]], Spain.<ref name=":0" /> Villa de Santa María del Agua de Agüayo was founded on October 6, 1750.<ref name=":0" />

==History==
[[File:Montaje de Victoria.jpg|left|thumb|267x267px|Montage of places in Ciudad Victoria]]
Villa de Santa María de Aguayo was named after the wife of the first Count of [[Count of Revilla Gigedo|Revillagigedo]] Don [[Juan Francisco de Güemes, 1st Count of Revillagigedo|Juan Francisco de Güémez y Horcasitas]], named Doña Antonia Cepherina Pacheco de Padilla, a native of [[San Miguel de Aguayo, Cantabria|Aguayo]], Province of [[Santander, Spain|Santander]], Spain.<ref name=":0" />{{Clarify|reason=Which one is the native of Aguayo, husband or wife?|date=March 2018}}

The settlement was founded by José de Escandon and Helguera, [[County of Sierra Gorda|Count of Sierra Gorda]], during his second campaign of the Pacification and Colonization Plan of the coast of the Mexican Seno, later called [[Nuevo Santander|New Santander]], today [[Tamaulipas]].<ref name=":0" /> The [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish settlement]] open to the plain to the [[Northern Mexico|East]] and surrounded to the west by the [[Sierra Madre Oriental]], a strategic location that also received breezes from the north and east.<ref name=":0" /> The town was administered by Captain D. Juan de Astigárraga, who drew up and carried out the first irrigation works. His work led to an increase in agriculture and, subsequently, a rapid rise in population.<ref name=":0" />

In [[Religion|religious]] matters, the settlement was under the command of a [[Franciscans|Franciscan]] named Antonio Javier de Aréchaga, who was also in charge of the mission of [[Philip the Apostle|San Felipe]], which was founded with 150 [[Indigenous peoples of Mexico|indigenous]] people. That [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Catholic missions|mission]] progressed more than those previously founded, because in the lands that were designated, they were opened by local [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]].<ref name=":0" />

Captain Astigárraga died three years after the Villa de Agüayo was founded, and Escandon then conferred the appointment of captain to replace him in the command, Don Miguel de Córdoba.<ref name=":0" />

Under the administration of the new captain, the Villa de Agüayo continued to progress, and when its statistics were formed in 1757, the settlement had in its farmhouse and estates located in its demarcation more than 1000 inhabitants who had 8600 heads of cattle and horses, and 4100 of smaller cattle.<ref name=":0" />

The [[Nobility|noble]] and [[Military rank|military]] of [[Belgium|Belgian]] descent, José de Craywinckel, when he visited the settlement, proposed to the Viceroy the reactivation of the Olazarán mine, which was abandoned in the Boca de Caballeros, since this measure would tend to give the settlement greater impetus in its prosperity, creating new interests and attracting new [[Monterrey|neighbours]] by this means, it being possible to expect that Villa de Aguayo would soon become one of the main populations of the new colony.<ref name=":0" />

The nobleman also proposed to the [[Viceroy]] at that time, to undertake a campaign against rebellious Native Americans of the Síghue, who had their [[ranchería]]s by the ravines and valleys of the [[Sierra Madre Oriental|Sierra Madre]] and in defines of their land harassed the shepherds and estates of the demarcation of Aguayo, arriving in his raids to join with the [[Janambre]] people in the attacks they undertook against the nearby Spanish settlements of [[Jaumave, Tamaulipas|Jaumave]] and [[Llera, Tamaulipas|Llera]].<ref name=":0" />

By this date some masonry houses were begun to be built in Aguayo, the materials for the construction of a Catholic church were gathered and large sugarcane [[plantation]]s were established in the surrounding lands. The neighbourhood of this town also carried out the salt trade that was going to be collected from the [[Saltern|saltworks]] of San Fernando and la Marina, with the villages of the interior of Charcas and the southern part of the [[New Kingdom of León]].<ref name=":0" />

The Spanish settlement of Villa de Aguayo was distributed in perfect [[Grid plan|grid]] form, and in its second settlement a few leagues east of its foundation, changing by the constant claim of the Native American tribes of Janambres and Pisones. The settlement was from the beginning the geographical central node communicating with all the settlements of New Santander.<ref name=":0" />

As was the Spanish provision, land was designated for the construction of the Catholic Church, the Public Square, the seat of the Captaincy of the Civil - Military and [[Trade]] Authority, spaces that over time are known as the Historical Centre, formerly known as Plaza "Hidalgo", "Plaza de Armas" or "Plaza de Catedral". The settlement was dispersed and composed of 58 families with 409 people.<ref name=":0" />

The river that crossed the settlement is the so-called San Marcos, which has an irrigation ditch, whose abundance of water gave the population all the irrigation it needs for the subsistence of its inhabitants, irrigation of plots and other sowing of [[Maize|corn]], fostering also the cultivation of the [[Sugarcane|cane]]. The quality of the land was adequate for all fruits typical of the [[Northern Mexico|region]] and facilitated the breeding and conservation of [[livestock]].<ref name=":0" />

Its location was one of the most advantageous in favour of the [[Treasury|Royal Treasury]], both for being the first transit of the colony, and because its [[crop]]s and livestock promise great movement, evidencing its growth at the beginning of its founding, which was 11 families.<ref name=":0" />

=== Colonial period ===
[[File:José de Escandón.jpg|thumb|[[José de Escandón]] y Helguera, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda]]
Unlike the modes of settlement that were commonly raised during the [[New Spain|vice-regal period in New Spain]], which followed a [[missionary]] and [[Présidial|presidial]] structure, the new populations designed by [[José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda|José de Escandon]] had marked differences in the [[Culture|cultural]], [[social]], [[Politics|political]] and [[Economy|economic spheres]].<ref name=":0" />

The new populations that Escandon developed in the territory that is now known as Tamaulipas, called in the eighteenth-century New Santander, are based on ideas that have as a reference a way of exercising control over the [[Land development|development]] of the city and the territory, through its [[Production (economics)|economic production]]. The direct consequences of this form of [[urban design]] marked in New Spain the opening to a new way of consolidating a border territory.<ref name=":0" />

[[José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda|José de Escandon y Helguera]], developed cattle [[ranching]] extensively and in a limited way [[agriculture]], since for the most part "temporary" was practiced, and [[commerce]] also developed. The colonized territory was integrated and populated up to the [[Rio Grande]], configuring the map of what is now Tamaulipas.<ref name=":0" />

In addition, Escandon proposed the strategic location arrangements between each new population, a day away, which would facilitate that in cases of reoccurrence of attacks by the natives, could support each other. These are the characteristics that made the colonization of the New Santander transcendent; Although the reality did not always reflect the initial spirit of colonization, the model developed by José de Escandon proposed a new form of territorial occupation that had not been seen until the 18th century in New Spain.<ref name=":0" />
[[File:Casa Filizola.jpg|left|thumb|Casa de los Hermanos Filizola, restored to inhabit the Pinacoteca Tamaulipas, Ciudad Victoria, Mexico]]

=== Post-colonial period ===
After the [[Mexican War of Independence|Mexican Independence]]  New Santander was renamed "Tamaulipas<ref name=":0" />", and the [[Congress of Tamaulipas|State Congress]] decrees on April 20, 1825, to elevate the Villa de Aguayo to the category of "City",<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.raullongoria.net/santander.htm|title=NUEVO SANTANDER|website=www.raullongoria.net|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref> seat of the [[Separation of powers|Three Powers]] and [[Tamaulipas|Capital of the State]], approving the name of Victoria, in honour of the [[List of heads of state of Mexico|first President of Mexico]], [[Guadalupe Victoria]]. "The Capitality Decree, Title of City and Name" is published by mandate of the [[Congress of Tamaulipas|First Congress]], signed and sealed by Enrique Camilo Suárez, Vice [[Governor of Tamaulipas]].<ref name=":0" />

In this Capital, the [[Governor of Tamaulipas|Governor of the State]], Lucas Fernández, on May 4 issued a decree to reject the invasion by order of the [[Spanish Empire|Spanish monarchy]]. The attempt of reconquest by the [[Spanish Empire|Spanish vanguard army]] commanded by General [[Isidro Barradas|Brigadier Isidro Barradas]], was frustrated on September 11, 1829, in [[Tampico]], Tamaulipas; At the head of the national forces were the Generals: [[Felipe de la Garza Cisneros]], [[Governor of Tamaulipas|Manuel Mier and Terán]] and [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]]. [[Battle of Tampico (1863)]] was one of the few battles against a [[Interventionism (politics)|foreign intervention]] in Mexico where the [[Spanish Empire|invaders]] have surrendered against the [[Mexican Armed Forces|Mexican forces]].<ref name=":0" />
[[File:Básilica y plaza.jpg|thumb|Sale of flags in the month of September in the Plaza Juarez of Ciudad Victoria]]
In 1846, in the [[Mexican–American War]], Ciudad Victoria was occupied on December 25 by troops from the United States and was liberated at the end of the war.<ref name=":6"/> In 1898, [[President of Mexico|President]] [[Porfirio Díaz]] sponsored the operation of the urban animal-drawn [[Rail transport|railroad]] that ran down Hidalgo Street to the Train Station, and a branch to the Hacienda de Tamatán, properties of Colonel Manuel González Jr. and that same year the Paseo Méndez was founded, inspired by [[Paris]]ian street [[Champs-Élysées]].

=== 20th century ===
[[File:Frontview torre cristal.jpg|thumb|264x264px|Government complex built at the end of the 20th century]]
The city began its industrial transformation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with the administration of Guadalupe [[Governor of Tamaulipas|Mainero Juárez]] which attracted [[investment]]s and [[improvement]]s to the city.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Calendario Cívico de Ciudad Victoria|publisher=Gobierno Local de Ciudad Victoria}}</ref>

On September 15, 1910, the monument to the Heroes of [[Mexican War of Independence|Independence]] was inaugurated, in the "Plaza Colón" in front of the railway station "La Recoletta". In 1917 he was shot in the wall of the Municipal [[Cemetery|Pantheon]], General [[Governor of Tamaulipas|Alberto Carrera Torres]], having been tried by an [[wikt:illegal|illegal]] [[Council of war|War Council]] and buried in the [[Cemetery|French Pantheon]], and in 1923 General César López de Lara took the [[governor]]ship of the state of Tamaulipas.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Gral. Alberto Carrera Torres|last=Lopez Anaya|first=Miguel|date=1987|publisher=Gobierno del Estado de Tamaulipas, Dirección General de Educación y Cultura|isbn=9684230559|location=Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas|language=es|oclc = 22334339}}</ref>

The Victorense Casino AC, formerly known as the social and mutualist centre of the city, was founded in 1929.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.casinovictorense.com.mx/historia.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728014008/http://www.casinovictorense.com.mx/historia.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-07-28|title=Casino Victorense|website=Casino Victorense A.C.}}</ref> The urban and [[Architecture|architectural]] structure of the city is defined in its buildings, buildings of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The creation of the [[Mexican Federal Highway 85|Federal Highway 85]] and other [[road]] works connect the [[Mexico City|capital]] with the Mexico–U.S. border and the [[Valley of Mexico|centre]] of the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dgst.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/Viales_2011/28_TAMAULIPAS.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316132725/http://dgst.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/Viales_2011/28_TAMAULIPAS.pdf |title=Tamaulipas. Red Federal Libre |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-03-16 |date=2012-03-16 |access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref> In 1939 [[Governor of Tamaulipas|Eng. Marte R. Gómez]] inaugurated the Olympic-type [[Stadium]] that nowadays bears his name and where the team plays [[Correcaminos UAT|Correcaminos Football Club]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mexlist.com/estaciones/victoria02.html|title=Estaciones Mexicanas de Ferrocarril - Cd. Victoria TAMPS|website=www.mexlist.com|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref> In 1941 the "El Petaqueño" Airport, now called [[Ciudad Victoria International Airport|General Pedro José Méndez International Airport]], began operations.<ref name="cfcorrecaminos.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cfcorrecaminos.com/secciones/estadio-marte-r-gomez/|title=Remodelación del Estadio "MRG" - CF Correcaminos Oficial|website=www.cfcorrecaminos.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-25|archive-date=2016-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024023826/http://www.cfcorrecaminos.com/secciones/estadio-marte-r-gomez/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1951 the new [[Government Palace (Peru)|Government Palace]] was inaugurated, built in the building where the Old [[Theatre]] "Casino" or "Juárez" was, the new "Juárez" theatre was inaugurated in 1957; The government tower known as "Crystal Tower" exists in the capital since 1980.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Archivos de Gobierno de Tamaulipas|url=http://poarchivo.tamaulipas.gob.mx/periodicos/SUMARIOS%20ED_ANTERIORES/Sumarios_1980.pdf|journal=Archivos de Gobierno de Tamaulipas|access-date=2018-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130101453/http://poarchivo.tamaulipas.gob.mx/periodicos/SUMARIOS%20ED_ANTERIORES/Sumarios_1980.pdf|archive-date=2012-11-30|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== 21st century ===
[[File:Torre Bicentenario frente.jpg|left|thumb|281x281px|Government complex built in 2010]]
The early morning of July 1, 2010, the city was hit by [[Hurricane Alex (2010)|Hurricane Alex]] whose eye passed only a few kilometres between Ciudad Victoria, causing destruction in [[Lighting|public lighting]], [[billboard]]s, [[traffic light]]s and an infinity of trees, as well as suspension of [[Energy system|energy services]] [[electricity]] and [[drinking water]] for more than 24 hours.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.contralinea.com.mx/archivo-revista/index.php/2011/06/03/tamaulipas-rural-devastado-por-huracan-y-negligencia/|title=Tamaulipas rural, devastado por huracán y negligencia — Contralínea|date=2011-06-03|work=Contralínea|access-date=2018-01-25|language=es-ES}}</ref>

In 2010, the Governmental Complex "Bicentennial Park" came into operation, which today concentrates most of the [[government]] [[wikt:apparatus|apparatus]] of the state of Tamaulipas. In 2016, the restoration of the old Casa Filizola, now the Pinacoteca Tamaulipas<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mexicoescultura.com/recinto/67416/pinacoteca-tamaulipas-antigua-casa-filizola.html|title=Pinacoteca Tamaulipas. Antigua Casa Filizola|website=www.mexicoescultura.com|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref> and the main railway station of the capital, began.<ref name=":2" />

== Coat of arms ==
The [[coat of arms]] was created on December 18, 1971, at the initiative of Professor Vidal Martínez.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://inafed.gob.mx/work/enciclopedia/EMM28tamaulipas/municipios/28041a.html|title=Tamaulipas - Victoria|website=inafed.gob.mx|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref> The coat of arms has the following characteristics: On the side the map of the state that represents that Victoria is the [[capital city|capital]], the [[balance (device for weighing)|balance]], the [[sword]] and the [[parchment]] represent the [[Separation of powers|three powers]]; the book symbolizes [[education]] and the [[torch]] the light of [[freedom]], the date is the historical antecedent of the foundation, the landscape symbolizes the [[Geography|geographic]] environment of the [[Aridoamerica|region]] upon the arrival of the [[Spaniards|founders]], [[Agave fourcroydes|henequen]] plants represent agricultural production.<ref name=":3" />

== Politics ==
[[File:Escudo de Ciudad Victoria.svg|left|thumb|125px|Ciudad Victoria coat of arms]]
The municipality was recognized as the official capital of the [[States of Mexico|state]] of Tamaulipas, and named Ciudad Victoria in 1825, and the head of the municipality of Victoria is finally assigned the seat of the [[Congress of Tamaulipas|Legislative]], [[Governor of Tamaulipas|Executive]] and [[Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation|Judicial]] [[Separation of powers|powers]].<ref name=":0" />

In state matter, the seat of the organisms and dependencies of the [[Tamaulipas|government of the state]] and the official residence of the [[Governor of Tamaulipas|governor of the state]] are in Ciudad Victoria.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ciudadvictoria.gob.mx/transparencia/docs/leyes/interno-ayuntamiento.pdf|title=Local Laws of Ciudad Victoria}}</ref> The current governor is [[Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca]], of the [[National Action Party (Mexico)|National Action Party]], for the 2016-2022 administration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tamaulipas.gob.mx/gobierno/gobernador/|title=Gobierno del Estado de Tamaulipas|website=www.tamaulipas.gob.mx|date=October 2016|language=es-ES|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref>

 [[File:Ayuntamiento Cd Victoria.jpg|thumb|227x227px|Building of the City Council of Ciudad Victoria]]
The municipality is administered by the Ciudad Victoria City Council, comprised by the [[Municipal president|Municipal President]], being the holder [[María del Pilar Gómez Leal]], of the [[National Action Party (Mexico)|National Action Party]] as Substitute Municipal President of Victoria for the administration 2018-2021 since October 2, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=H. Congreso del Estado de Tamaulipas|url=http://www.congresotamaulipas.gob.mx/SalaPrensa/Boletines/boletin.asp?IdBoletin=3528|access-date=2020-10-03|website=www.congresotamaulipas.gob.mx}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elmercurio.com.mx/la-ciudad/invita-xico-a-que-todos-los-victorenses-a-tomen-protesta|title=Invita Xico a que todos los victorenses a tomen protesta - El Mercurio de Tamaulipas|date=2018-09-30|work=El Mercurio de Tamaulipas|access-date=2018-10-01|language=es-MX}}</ref>

It consists of two [[syndic]]s, fourteen [[council]] members and delegates. Among the tasks of the municipal administration are: The Municipal Statistical Register, [[Civil defense|civil protection]], [[Health care|health]], [[Alcohol law|alcoholic beverages regulations]], [[Drinking water|drinking water services]], [[drainage]] and [[sewerage]], as well as [[public safety]], traffic and roads.<ref name=":4" />

According to the [[National Electoral Institute]] (INE) and the State Electoral Institute of Tamaulipas (IEETAM), the [[Voting|voter]] [[Politics of Mexico|registry]] is: 252,852 inhabitants,<ref name="Estadisticas">{{Cite web|url=http://listanominal.ife.org.mx/ubicamodulo/PHP/index.php|title=Estadisticas|website=listanominal.ife.org.mx|access-date=2018-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329085317/http://listanominal.ife.org.mx/ubicamodulo/PHP/index.php|archive-date=2018-03-29|url-status=dead}}</ref> belongs to the 15th electoral district of the state<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ietam.org.mx/portal/GeoDistritos.aspx|title=Instituto Electoral de Tamaulipas}}</ref> and fifth federally of the state of [[Tamaulipas]].<ref name="Estadisticas"/>

== Demography ==

=== Population ===
[[File:Torre Basílica.jpg|thumb|237x237px|Cathedral of Our Lady of Refuge, Ciudad Victoria]]
According to the [[National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Mexico)|National Institute of Statistics and Geography]] (INEGI), in the [[Population]] and [[Housing]] Count conducted in 2010, Ciudad Victoria had until that year a population of 446,029 inhabitants of which: 264,801 are women and 157,152 are men.<ref name="Consulta interactiva de datos">{{Cite web|url=http://www.inegi.org.mx/lib/olap/consulta/general_ver4/MDXQueryDatos.asp#Regreso&c=27770|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214064625/http://www.inegi.org.mx/lib/olap/consulta/general_ver4/MDXQueryDatos.asp#Regreso&c=27770|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-12-14|title=Consulta interactiva de datos|date=2013-12-14|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref> The municipality of Victoria concentrates 94.7% of the population in its [[Municipalities of Mexico|municipal]] seat, the rest is considered rural<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ciudadvictoria.gob.mx/transparencia/docs/plan-municipal-de-desarrollo/PLAN%20MUNICIPAL%20DE%20DESARROLLO%202013-2016.pdf|title=Ciudad Victoria Government Demography}}</ref> and has experienced a [[Economic growth|growth rate]] of 2.04%.<ref name=":5" />

In 2010, CONAPO estimated, based on INEGI, a level of [[Social exclusion|marginalization]] of 36.7% as very low, 25% low level and from 1.3% to 0.3% with levels between high and very [[Marginalization|high marginalization]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://conapo.gob.mx/work/models/CONAPO/indices_margina/marginacion_urbana/AnexoA_2/Mapas/49_Ciudad_Victoria.pdf|title=CONAPO|website=CONAPO}}</ref>
[[File:Zona marginada colonias populares Ciudad Victoria.jpg|left|thumb|182x182px|Marginalized area of Ciudad Victoria]]
According to the INEGI [[Intercensal estimate|intercensal]] survey, in 2015, 52% of the population of Ciudad Victoria were women and the [[population density]] was 211 people per square kilometre.<ref name=":5" />

Ciudad Victoria has one of the [[List of cities by murder rate|highest per capita murder rates in the world]].<ref>{{cite web |title=50 of the most dangerous cities in the world: Tijuana, Caracas, Cape Town |url=https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/travel/news/2019/07/24/most-dangerous-cities-world-tijuana-caracas-cape-town/1813211001/ |website=www.usatoday.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== Religion ===
As for religion, 90% of its population declares itself [[Catholic Church|Christian Catholic]], while 5% [[Protestantism|Christian Protestants]], 2% [[Judaism|Jews]], and 3% other religion or none being the most Catholic city of State. On December 12, various parties and events are held in the [[Sanctuary]] in honour of the [[Our Lady of Guadalupe|Virgin of Guadalupe]], the celebration includes dances of [[matachines]], [[Folklore|folk]] [[verbena]] and [[Pyrotechnics|pyrotechnic]] games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://expreso.press/2015/12/07/en-los-30s-una-odisea-ir-al-santuario-a-ver-la-virgen/|title=En los 30's..una odisea ir al Santuario a ver la Virgen {{!}} Expreso - Expreso|last=Expreso|website=expreso.press|date=7 December 2015|language=es|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref><ref name="Consulta interactiva de datos"/>

== Education ==
Ciudad Victoria has a wide range of [[Education in Mexico|educational institutions]], from preschool to graduate level. The level of [[Literacy|illiteracy]] has dropped and the level of education at the top level is 3.7% of the population.<ref name=":5" />

In the city there are 57 special education schools; [[Education in Mexico|basic education]] includes 46 pre-school schools, 168 pre-schools, 175 primary schools, 55 secondary schools; the upper middle level has 46 baccalaureates and 3 middle level professionals. There are 37 [[higher education]] institutions, including educational training centres such as ITACE and several special education schools.<ref name="sirvoes.sep.gob.mx">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sirvoes.sep.gob.mx/sirvoes/ServletInstProg|title=Sistema de Reconocimientos de Validez Oficial de Estudios|website=www.sirvoes.sep.gob.mx|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref>
[[File:Lasallistas xvi.png|thumb|Gymnasium of La Salle University]]
The BPCE library "Marte R. Gómez" is the most well-known [[library]] in the centre of the city. The state capital has several libraries, among which are: The Adaberto J. Arguelles Municipal Public Library and Ernesto Higuera, the Public Library Tamaulipas Municipal Cultural Centre, the Municipal Public Library Youth Coexistence Centre 2, the Municipal Public Library of Ciudad Victoria, the Municipal Public Library FOVISSSTE-SEP, in addition to the Municipal Public Library Tamaulipas Regional History Museum and the Paul Harris Municipal Public Library.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wikimapia.org/5004159/ITACE-VICTORIA|title=ITACE VICTORIA - Wikimapia|website=wikimapia.org|language=en|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tamaulipas.gob.mx/educacion/areas/subsecretaria-de-educacion-basica/bibliotecas-en-region-centro/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114171350/http://www.tamaulipas.gob.mx/educacion/areas/subsecretaria-de-educacion-basica/bibliotecas-en-region-centro/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-11-14|title=Secretaría de Educación|date=2016-11-14|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref>

=== Higher education ===

The city is the main headquarters of the [[Autonomous University of Tamaulipas]] (UAT), founded in 1950, a public institution with more than 40,000 students in upper secondary, higher and postgraduate levels.<ref name="La UAT"/>

The Technological Institute of Ciudad Victoria (ITCV) was the first [[Institute of technology|technological institution]] in the centre of the state, began its activities in 1975. It has more than 3,113 students, offers [[Undergraduate education|undergraduate]], [[engineering]] and [[Postgraduate education|postgraduate]] careers.<ref name="itvictoria.edu.mx"/>

[[Universidad La Salle|La Salle Victoria University]] (ULSA) is a private Catholic institution with students in the upper and upper secondary levels; It covers fields of engineering, science and [[humanities]] and has a [[health]] [[campus]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ulsavictoria.edu.mx/?page_id=437|title=Historia - ULSA – Universidad La Salle Victoria|website=www.ulsavictoria.edu.mx|language=es|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref>

In 2007, the [[Polytechnic University of Victoria]] (UPV) was inaugurated, part of the [[Technology|Technological]] and [[Institute of technology|Polytechnic]] Universities of Mexico, located within the TECNOTAM Scientific and [[Science park|Technological Park]]. It offers engineering, [[Postgraduate education|postgraduate]] and [[distance education]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.upvictoria.edu.mx/|title=Universidad Politécnica|website=www.upvictoria.edu.mx|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://transparencia.tamaulipas.gob.mx/informacion-publica/entidades/universidad-politecnica-de-victoria/|title=Información Pública del Estado de Tamaulipas {{!}} Gobierno del Estado de Tamaulipas|website=transparencia.tamaulipas.gob.mx|language=es-ES|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref>

The Centre for Research and Advanced Studies ([[CINVESTAV]]) of the [[Instituto Politécnico Nacional|National Polytechnic Institute]] has an Information [[Laboratory|Technology laboratory]] in its Tamaulipas unit, within the [[Tecnocampus|TECNOTAM]] Park.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tamps.cinvestav.mx/|title=Maestría en computación, doctorado en computación e investigación.|website=www.tamps.cinvestav.mx|language=es|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref>

Among the schools of teacher training has: The Benemérita Normalized Federalized School of Tamaulipas (BENFT), the Normal School of Tamaulipas (ESNT) and the Normal School of Educators (ENFE).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dgespe.sep.gob.mx/rs/ens/directorio/escuelas/228|title=:: DGESPE :: Escuelas Normales :: Directorio Escuelas Normales ::Benemérita Escuela Normal Federalizada De Tamaulipas Directorio|website=www.dgespe.sep.gob.mx|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref>

Other institutions of higher education are: The University of the Valley of Mexico (UVM), the Vizacaya University of the Americas, are universities in the private sector. There are also the Institute of Sciences and Higher Studies of Tamaulipas (ICEST), the National Pedagogical University (Mexico) (UPN), the University of North Tamaulipas (UNT), the Centre for University Studies (CEU).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.universidaduvm.mx/campus-ciudad-victoria/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905153727/http://www.universidaduvm.mx/campus-ciudad-victoria/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-09-05|title=Campus Victoria {{!}} UVM|date=2016-09-05|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref>

The Miguel Aleman University is a [[Private school|private institution]] of [[University|superior]] and middle level that was established in the state capital in September 2005 after twenty-five years since its founding in 1981, of [[Philanthropy|philanthropic]] and [[Humanitarianism|humanitarian]] principles offering university studies in accounting, economic areas, social, and educational.<ref name="sirvoes.sep.gob.mx"/>

== Infrastructure and transport ==
[[File:Victoria City avenue.jpg|left|thumb|239x239px|Avenue in Ciudad Victoria]]
There are 32 [[Bus route|urban routes]] that circulate in the city and nearby [[ejido]]s in the surroundings, being [[Minibus|mini-buses]] and buses the most used [[public transport]], a [[Taxicab|taxi service]],  and [[Student transport|school transport]] of the main universities, and the [[Ciudad Victoria International Airport|Pedro J. Méndez Airport]], located at the outskirts of the city. Almost 59% of the urban roads have some type of [[Pavement (material)|paving]], where the downtown sector of the city covers 95% of the roads.<ref name=":5" />

The city has a [[bus station]] and terminals of several companies. The usual destinations of the bus station are [[Monterrey]], [[Tampico]], [[Altamira, Tamaulipas|Altamira]], [[Veracruz|North of Veracruz]], [[Tamazunchale]], Valles, [[Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan area|Reynosa]], [[Saltillo]], [[Matamoros, Tamaulipas|Matamoros]], [[Ciudad Mante|Mante]] and [[Soto la Marina, Tamaulipas|Soto la Marina]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.autobusesycamioneras.com/central-de-autobuses-de-ciudad-victoria.html|title=Central de Autobuses de Ciudad Victoria Camionera en Tamaulipas|work=Autobuses y Camioneras|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref>

The main avenues and most of the traffic are Av. Alberto Carrera Torres, [[Francisco I. Madero]] Ave., [[Emilio Portes Gil]] Boulevard, Blvr. [[Adolfo López Mateos]], Av. Rotaria, Av. Carlos Adrián Aviles, Calzada Gral. Luis Caballero, Práxedis Balboa Boulevard, as well as the road to [[Soto la Marina, Tamaulipas|Soto la Marina]]. The federal highways Mexico 81 and Mexico 80 connect with [[Altamira, Tamaulipas|Altamira]], [[Tampico]] and [[Ciudad Madero|Madero]]. The city also has [[pedestrian bridges]], six bridges for cars that cross the San Marcos River and a road hump to the west of the city.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://cdvictoria.mx/noticias/2015/06/14/inauguraron-puente-de-la-moderna/|title=Inauguraron puente de la moderna » Cd Victoria|date=2015-06-14|work=Cd Victoria|access-date=2018-01-25|language=es-ES|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114231959/http://cdvictoria.mx/noticias/2015/06/14/inauguraron-puente-de-la-moderna/|archive-date=2016-11-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>

There is an airport serving the city, [[Ciudad Victoria International Airport]], which, as of 2021, was being served by [[Aeromar]] on the passenger airline side and [[Aeronaves TSM]] on the [[cargo airline]] side.

== Local media ==
The city has [[Telegraphy|telegraph offices]] (which provide [[bank]]ing services, collection of third parties, [[Telegraphy|telegram]] services, [[Electronic funds transfer|money transfer]] services) and [[post office]]s to send and receive [[parcel (package)|parcel]]s, [[letter (message)|letter]]s and [[postcard]]s, these are operated by the Mexican Post Office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.telecomm.net.mx/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewlink&link_id=1379&Itemid=202|title=Ciudad Victoria|last=Operaciones|website=www.telecomm.net.mx|access-date=2018-01-25|archive-date=2018-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126012704/http://www.telecomm.net.mx/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewlink&link_id=1379&Itemid=202|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In Ciudad Victoria, the analogue blackout was made on December 31, 2015. The open [[digital terrestrial television]] signals offered are: XHCTVI-TDT [[Imagen Televisión|Imagen Television]], XHCVT-TDT [[Azteca Uno]] and [[XHTVM-TDT|ADN 40]], XHCVI-TDT [[Nueve (Mexican TV network)|Nueve]], XHCDT-TDT [[Azteca 7]], XHTK-TDT [[Las Estrellas]], XHUT-TDT [[Canal 5 (Mexico)|Canal 5]] and XHVTU-TDT that includes the signals of [[Multimedios Televisión|Multimedios Television]], [[Milenio Televisión]], TeleRitmo and [[52MX]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/86024_160803180027_433.pdf|title=Registro Público de Concesiones|date=2016-10-22|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref>

The [[AM broadcasting|AM]] and [[FM broadcasting|FM]] radio stations in the city include: XEVIC-AM and XHVIC-FM [[Radio Tamaulipas]], owned by the [[Tamaulipas|State Government]]; XHUNI-FM Radio [[Autonomous University of Tamaulipas|UAT]], operated by the [[Autonomous University of Tamaulipas]]; XHLRS-FM La Lupe; XETAM-AM and FM Romantica, XHHP-FM the hottest, XHGW-FM [[Imagen Radio]], XHVIR-FM The Cotorra, XHRPV-FM The Victoria V, XHBJ-FM [[Exa FM]].

The written or printed press is covered by some local and regional media such as: The Journal of Ciudad Victoria, which registered an average circulation of 14,270 daily copies in 2014. The “Mercurio” of Tamaulipas, a [[newspaper]] that sold an average circulation in 2014 of 19,615 daily copies and 21,286 copies.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sic.conaculta.gob.mx/ficha.php?table=impresos&table_id=377&estado_id=28&municipio_id=41|title=El Mercurio de Tamaulipas|work=Secretaría de Cultura/Sistema de Información Cultural|access-date=2018-01-25|language=es-ES}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sic.conaculta.gob.mx/ficha.php?table=impresos&table_id=248&estado_id=28&municipio_id=41|title=El Diario de Ciudad Victoria|work=Secretaría de Cultura/Sistema de Información Cultural|access-date=2018-01-25|language=es-ES}}</ref>

== Culture ==
Ciudad Victoria has several tourist spots such as [[museum]]s, [[zoo]]logical parks, green and natural areas.

=== "Tamatán" Zoo ===
[[File:View of park recreative.jpg|thumb|Recreative zone inside Sporting Unit Siglo XXI in Ciudad Victoria]]
A zoo that has areas dedicated to the species of the animal world. With a variety of species and even educational talks, it is an important part of tourism in the capital, a zoo designed to encourage [[Conservation status|conservation]] and [[Nature reserve|respect for nature]]. Organized in 5 regions, it presents the different species in open spaces. Surrounded by a naturalistic environment, with [[vegetation]], rocks and waterfalls.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tamaulipas.gob.mx/tamaulipas/victoria/|title=Gobierno del Estado de Tamaulipas|website=www.tamaulipas.gob.mx|date=28 September 2016|language=es-ES|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref>

=== 21st Century Cultural and Recreational Park ===
It has an area dedicated to games for children, a [[Football pitch|football field]], several [[swimming pool]]s. In this space is the [[Planetarium]] and the Tamux [[Museum]], as well as the [[Botanical garden|Botanical Garden]] and a green area known as the [[Urban forestry|Urban Forest]] for walking and jogging.<ref name=":6" />

=== Tamatán Recreational Park ===
The park offers various [[Outdoor recreation|outdoor activities]]. A space of green areas and bodies of water, playgrounds and restaurant; located in lands of the ex-[[hacienda]] Tamatán.<ref name=":6" />
[[File:Museo historia regionsl Tamaulipas.jpg|thumb|Regional History Museum]]

=== Los Troncones Ecological Park ===
Located in the [[foothills]] of the Sierra Madre Oriental, in the [[Ejido]] La Libertad, it is a tourist and [[Ecology|ecological]] centre. It is a recreational park surrounded by vegetation with a [[stream]], waterfalls and [[flora]] and [[fauna]]. It is equipped with [[Grilling|grills]], [[garden]]s and children's games.<ref name=":6" />

=== Dr. Ramiro Iglesias Leal Planetarium ===
In 1992, the [[Planetarium]] of Ciudad Victoria was inaugurated, one of the scientific and technological spreading centres in the North and Northeast of the [[Mexico|Federal Republic]]; projects [[Documentary film|documentaries]] and [[Science|scientific talks]] to the public. He was assigned the name "Dr. Ramiro Iglesias Leal ", Tamaulipas [[scientist]], from January 30, 1998.<ref name=":6" />

=== Tamaulipas Cultural Centre ===
It is a [[Culture|cultural]] space that houses a [[public library]], the Amalia G. de Castillo Ledon [[theatre]], a [[Movie theater|cinema]] and several [[auditorium]]s for exhibitions and presentations of cultural and artistic activities such as dance, music presentations, sculpture, painting, literature and theatre.<ref name=":6" />

=== Museum of Natural History of Tamaulipas TAMUX ===
[[File:Centro tamux.jpg|thumb|TAMUX]]
The Museum of Natural History of Tamaulipas, also known as "TAMUX", began activities in February 2004, dedicated to scientific dissemination, nature, space and promoting culture in favour of [[biodiversity]]. When the museum was founded, the planetarium of Ciudad Victoria "Dr. Ramiro Iglesias Leal ", in operation since 1992, became part of it. The name of the museum, "TAMUX", is a [[Huastec language|Huastec]] word that means "meeting point". In addition to the thematic rooms, it has been the venue for the presentation of scientific conferences and videos; room for temporary exhibitions, for plastic and scientific exhibitions; and an open-air theatre (acoustic shell).<ref name=":6" />

=== Regional Museum of History of Tamaulipas ===
The construction of the Former Vicentino Asylum, today Tamaulipas Regional Museum of History, was initiated at the end of the 19th century when Governor of the State of Tamaulipas Lic. Guadalupe Mainero, at the request of Mr. Filemón Fierro Terán, Third [[Bishop]] of the Diocese of Tamaulipas. As of February 12, 2003, this museum began operations offering visitors a sample of the state's cultural heritage. It has hosted many national and international exhibitions.<ref name=":6" />

=== House of Art ===
[[File:Casa del arte cd vic.jpg|thumb|House of Art]]
The House of Art began its construction in 1911, where it was installed what was the Normal School for Teachers attached and kindergarten. In 1962 the Institute of Youth and Women was created, in 1974 it was called the Tamaulipas Institute of Fine Arts.

In 1980 it takes the name of Tamaulipas Institute for Culture and the Arts. In 2011, it became an administrative unit under the ITCA, providing [[Academic major|courses]] and [[workshop]]s for various cultural [[discipline (academia)|discipline]]s that allow students to develop [[Art|artistic skills]], promote and disseminate cultural activities in the community. Now the disciplines of music, dance, plastic arts and literature and theatre are taught.<ref name=":6" />

=== Juarez Theatre ===
A [[theatre]] that houses the Institute of Historical Research under the administration of the [[Autonomous University of Tamaulipas]]. It was inaugurated on January 5, 1957, by President [[Adolfo Ruiz Cortines]] as Governor Horacio Terán Zumaya. The building encloses a mural by the [[Tampico]] painter Alfonso Xavier Peña.<ref name=":6" />

=== Tamaulipas International Festival ===
During the month of October, the state of Tamaulipas celebrates the Tamaulipas International Festival in each of its municipalities. In this festival musical and cultural events are held, such as concerts by artists such as: opera, plays, etc.<ref name=":6" />

=== Cultural events ===
The city has a family and cultural space called Libre 17, which corresponds to the closing on Sundays of Avenida Francisco I. Madero street in the centre of the city, where local families and tourists can walk on foot, bicycle, and witness musical and cultural events.<ref name=":6" />

=== Bicentennial Park ===
[[File:Panoramica Parque Bicentenario.jpg|thumb|Bicentennial Park]]
The park is an area that concentrates the offices of the government of the state, the fairground that consists of the land of the fair, the centre of spectacles and the Polyforum.<ref name=":6" />

=== Tamaulipas Fair ===
It is a cultural event held annually in the capital, where in addition to the classic mechanical games, it has the presence of stands of all municipalities of the state of Tamaulipas, exhibiting their culture and cuisine and usually have a state of the federation guest; It has events such as concerts held by national artists.

The centre of spectacles that is inside the fairground of the Bicentennial Park, was inaugurated on November 14, 2008. And there have been several artists, bands and national groups.<ref name=":6" />

=== Polyforum Dr Rodolfo Torre Cantu ===
[[File:Polyforum Victoria.jpg|thumb|218x218px|[[Polyforum Dr. Rodolfo Torre Cantú]]]]
It is a convention centre that was originally called "Polyforum Victoria", and it is in the Bicentennial Park and was inaugurated in December 2009; its interior can be divided into several independent rooms and has the capacity to comfortably accommodate 5,000 people with 12 250m² of construction with a main hall of 5000m².<ref name=":6" />

== Public services ==

=== Drinking water and drainage ===
The Municipal Commission for [[Drinking water|Drinking Water]] and [[Sewerage]] of Ciudad Victoria (COMAPA), is a [[public body]] of the [[Municipalities of Mexico|Municipal Administration]] that provides [[Public service|services]] to the city; among its attributions are those of: planning, programming, studying, projecting, budgeting, constructing, rehabilitating, expanding, operating, managing, conserving and improving potable water and sewage systems, as well as the treatment of [[wastewater]] and the rejection of According to COMAPA, there is 90.90% of domestic use (residential houses and residential areas), 7.32% of commercial use (businesses and self-service stores), 1.38% of public use (green areas, plazas, etc.) and a 0.40% for industrial use, with an installed treatment capacity of 1,100 litres per second, and an annual treatment volume of 25, 179, 604 cubic meters.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=http://comapavictoria.gob.mx/|title=COMAPA Victoria Portal - Comapa|website=COMAPA Victoria Portal|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref>

=== Electric infrastructure ===
The state capital has 97.50% of its population with access to [[Electricity generation|electricity]], being almost on par with the national average in the area. The street lighting network comprises a total of 29, 100 luminaries (as of October 2016) of which only 10, 800 are in operation, the rest are out of service. The service oversees the [[Comisión Federal de Electricidad|Federal Electricity Commission]] (CFE) Gulf Centre Division.<ref name=":7" />

=== Hygiene ===
The collection of [[garbage]] in the capital is covered by several routes that cover the city, it is a service provided by the municipality, there are no concession services, it is estimated that the total average garbage generated per day is 370 tons (to October 2016), despite this, the daily collection capacity is 200 tons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://conoceturuta.com/index.php?map=true|title=VICTORIA : CIUDAD VIVA|website=conoceturuta.com|language=es-MX|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref>

=== Health ===
Health coverage is covered by state institutions, Popular Insurance and Mexican Social Security Institute. It is the second city in the state in medical care by inhabitants, and the population that does not have immediate access to health services is 11.8%. The state of Tamaulipas has health services, both public and private, among which are:
[[File:Hospital General de Ciudad Victoria.jpg|left|thumb|291x291px|Dr. Norberto Treviño Zapata General Hospital]]
General Victoria Hospital. Provides health services in the downtown area of Tamaulipas and medical care around Sanitary Jurisdiction No. 1; Children's Hospital of Ciudad Victoria; Victoria Civil Hospital; High Specialty Regional Hospital of Ciudad Victoria; which provides professional, surgical and nursing services in several specialties; La Salle Hospital Ciudad Victoria; North Medical Clinic; Clinic Hospital of the [[Mexican Social Security Institute|Institute of Security and Social Services of State Workers]]; General Hospital of Zone No. 1 (IMSS) Medical Educational Unit of "[[Adolfo López Mateos]]"; Family Medicine Unit No. 67 (IMSS) San Luisito.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.eldiariodevictoria.com/2016/09/10/60280/|title=Inauguran Hospital Victoria La Salle - El Diario de Ciudad Victoria|date=2016-09-10|work=El Diario de Ciudad Victoria|access-date=2018-01-25|language=es-ES}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hospitalgeneral.tamaulipas.gob.mx/menu/hg.htm|title=General Victoria Hospital|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812225647/http://hospitalgeneral.tamaulipas.gob.mx/menu/hg.htm|archive-date=2016-08-12|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Sports ===
[[File:Av Carrera y Estadio.jpg|thumb|[[Estadio Marte R. Gómez|Marte R. Gomez Stadium]]]]
In Ciudad Victoria there is a varied sporting activity; In the field of professional [[association football|football]], the team of the [[Correcaminos UAT|Correcaminos]] of the [[Autonomous University of Tamaulipas]] stands out and carries out its official matches at the [[Estadio Marte R. Gómez|Marte R. Gómez Stadium]], located in the city centre, with a capacity to house 13,500 people and the University Stadium Eugenio Alvizo Porras, located in the Victoria University Centre of the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas.

In the sports unit [[Adolfo Ruiz Cortines|Adolfo Ruiz Cortinez]] there are facilities for practicing football, [[volleyball]] and indoor [[gym]]nasium for [[basketball]]. This sports complex also houses a [[Baseball park|baseball stadium]].

The Sports Centre of Ciudad Victoria, with the name of "Américo Villareal Guerra", is a sports centre that has spaces for [[gymnastics]], [[fencing]], [[Powerlifting|weightlifting]], [[Diving (sport)|diving]], [[swimming (sport)|swimming]], [[Sport of athletics|athletics]], [[boxing]], [[judo]], [[archery]] and [[basketball]], and It is focused to be used mainly by high performance athletes with the intention of representing the state of Tamaulipas in national sporting events.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://reportetamaulipas.com/finaliza-la-disciplina-de-atletismo-en-el-polideportivo-victoria/|title=Finaliza la disciplina de Atletismo en el Polideportivo Victoria - Reporte Tamaulipas|date=2015-03-01|work=Reporte Tamaulipas|access-date=2018-01-25|language=es-MX}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hoytamaulipas.net/notas/23747/Recorren-el-Polideportivo-de-Ciudad-Victoria.html|title=Recorren el Polideportivo de Ciudad Victoria|website=www.hoytamaulipas.net|language=es|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.posta.com.mx/tamaulipas/inauguran-parque-de-beisbol-en-tamaulipas|title=Inauguran parque de beisbol en Tamaulipas|date=2016-08-04|work=POSTA|access-date=2018-01-25|language=es|archive-date=2018-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125193656/http://www.posta.com.mx/tamaulipas/inauguran-parque-de-beisbol-en-tamaulipas|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="cfcorrecaminos.com"/>

=== Gastronomy ===
[[File:GORDITA.jpg|left|thumb|179x179px|[[Gordita]]]]
The [[gastronomy]] of Ciudad Victoria is composed of three main elements: meat, corn and [[seafood]]; In addition to grilled meat, [[dried meat]] and [[chorizo]]. One of the most typical foods of the city are the [[gordita]]s, these consist of small thick corn [[Corn tortilla|tortillas]] stuffed with shredded meat, [[nopal]]es, [[scrambled eggs]], [[bean]]s, among other [[ingredient]]s. It also has many restaurants focused on typical [[Mexican cuisine|Mexican food]], the well-known "[[taquito]]."

[[Dessert]]s of the region are made with [[walnut]], [[sweet potato]], [[cocadas]] with [[pineapple]] and walnut, among others. Also [[Candied fruit|crystallized fruits]] and gorditas sweetened with [[Panela|piloncillo]].<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tamaulipas.gob.mx/tamaulipas/tradiciones-y-costumbres/gastronomia/|title=Gobierno del Estado de Tamaulipas|website=www.tamaulipas.gob.mx|language=es-ES|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref>

== Geography ==
[[File:Panoramica sierra madre oriental.jpg|center|thumb|1285x1285px|Panoramic from a viewpoint on a hill of the [[Sierra Madre Oriental]] in the Military Field of the 77th Infantry Battalion in Ciudad Victoria]]
Victoria is located {{convert|316|m}} above sea level and at coordinates {{Coord|23|44|N|99|8|W|display=inline}} just north of the [[Tropic of Cancer]]. The city is in a valley between two mountain ranges: the Sierra Madre Oriental to the west and the [[Sierra de Tamaulipas]] to the east.

=== Climate ===
Ciudad Victoria has a climate on the border of [[humid subtropical climate|humid subtropical]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Cfa''/''Cwa'') and [[semi-arid climate#Hot semi-arid climates|hot semi-arid]] (''BSh''). Its weather is characterised by short warm winters and long hot to sweltering summers. Temperatures rarely drop below {{convert|0|°C}} — the lowest recorded temperature was {{convert|-6|°C|1}} and the hottest was {{convert|48.5|°C}}, one of the highest temperatures ever recorded in Mexico. The average annual rainfall is {{convert|740|mm|in|disp=or}}, of which five-sixths ({{convert|617|mm|in|1|disp=or}}) falls between May and October, although there is a drying trend in the months of July and August. The moderate elevation adds to overall rainfall pattern, which is also influenced by exceptionally heavy rains brought by occasional [[North Atlantic tropical cyclone]]s.

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|location = Ciudad Victoria
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan record high C = 37.1
|Feb record high C = 39.2
|Mar record high C = 42.5
|Apr record high C = 45.5
|May record high C = 47.5
|Jun record high C = 48.5
|Jul record high C = 42.0
|Aug record high C = 42.0
|Sep record high C = 41.8
|Oct record high C = 40.0
|Nov record high C = 38.0
|Dec record high C = 39.0
|year record high C = 48.5
|Jan high C = 22.7
|Feb high C = 25.2
|Mar high C = 29.0
|Apr high C = 32.2
|May high C = 34.0
|Jun high C = 35.2
|Jul high C = 35.0
|Aug high C = 35.2
|Sep high C = 32.7
|Oct high C = 29.8
|Nov high C = 26.4
|Dec high C = 23.4
|year high C = 30.1
|Jan mean C = 16.4
|Feb mean C = 18.2
|Mar mean C = 21.8
|Apr mean C = 25.0
|May mean C = 27.0
|Jun mean C = 28.3
|Jul mean C = 28.2
|Aug mean C = 28.3
|Sep mean C = 26.5
|Oct mean C = 23.7
|Nov mean C = 20.3
|Dec mean C = 17.2
|year mean C = 23.4
|Jan low C = 10.0
|Feb low C = 11.3
|Mar low C = 14.5
|Apr low C = 17.8
|May low C = 20.1
|Jun low C = 21.5
|Jul low C = 21.5
|Aug low C = 21.4
|Sep low C = 20.3
|Oct low C = 17.6
|Nov low C = 14.1
|Dec low C = 10.9
|year low C = 16.8
|Jan record low C = -1.0
|Feb record low C = -3.0
|Mar record low C = 1.0
|Apr record low C = 4.0
|May record low C = 10.5
|Jun record low C = 12.5
|Jul record low C = 8.0
|Aug record low C = 10.5
|Sep record low C = 6.0
|Oct record low C = 6.7
|Nov record low C = 1.0
|Dec record low C = -6.0
|year record low C = -6.0
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 18.9
|Feb rain mm = 13.9
|Mar rain mm = 22.3
|Apr rain mm = 26.8
|May rain mm = 78.5
|Jun rain mm = 125.1
|Jul rain mm = 74.3
|Aug rain mm = 95.5
|Sep rain mm = 173.1
|Oct rain mm = 70.9
|Nov rain mm = 20.5
|Dec rain mm = 18.3
|year rain mm = 738.1
|unit rain days = 0.1 mm
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|Feb rain days = 2.7
|Mar rain days = 2.7
|Apr rain days = 3.5
|May rain days = 6.0
|Jun rain days = 6.7
|Jul rain days = 4.2
|Aug rain days = 5.4
|Sep rain days = 8.1
|Oct rain days = 4.8
|Nov rain days = 2.7
|Dec rain days = 2.8
|year rain days = 52.4
|Jan humidity = 73
|Feb humidity = 69
|Mar humidity = 67
|Apr humidity = 68
|May humidity = 72
|Jun humidity = 70
|Jul humidity = 67
|Aug humidity = 68
|Sep humidity = 73
|Oct humidity = 75
|Nov humidity = 76
|Dec humidity = 75
|year humidity = 71
|Jan sun = 203
|Feb sun = 185
|Mar sun = 226
|Apr sun = 226
|May sun = 218
|Jun sun = 216
|Jul sun = 244
|Aug sun = 256
|Sep sun = 243
|Oct sun = 230
|Nov sun = 216
|Dec sun = 220
|year sun = 2683
|source 1 = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional<ref name = SMN1>{{cite web
| url = http://smn.cna.gob.mx/climatologia/Normales5110/NORMAL28116.TXT
| title = NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1951-2010
| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico National
| language = es
| access-date = April 18, 2013
| archive-date = March 3, 2016
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| url-status = dead
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| url = http://smn.cna.gob.mx/climatologia/Max-Extr/00028/00028127.TXT
| title = Extreme Temperatures and Precipitation for Ciudad Victoria (SMN) 1942–1960
| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico National
| language = es
| access-date = December 3, 2013
| archive-date = December 6, 2013
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| url-status = dead
}}</ref><ref name= SMN2>{{cite web
| url = http://smn.cna.gob.mx/observatorios/historica/victoria.pdf
| title = NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1981-2000
| access-date = April 18, 2013
| publisher = Comision Nacional Del Agua
| language = es
| archive-date = March 3, 2016
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221307/http://smn.cna.gob.mx/observatorios/historica/victoria.pdf
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|date=July 2012}}

== Sister cities ==
The strategic alliances that are built with cities in the country and the United States contribute to the economic development of the capital, including twinning of the following:
* [[Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan area|Matamoros]], Mexico
* [[Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan area|Reynosa]], Mexico
* [[Tampico]], Mexico
* [[Nuevo Laredo]], Mexico
* [[Ciudad Mante]], Mexico
* [[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo León]]
* [[Chilpancingo]], [[Guerrero]]
* [[McAllen, Texas|McAllen]], [[Texas]]  (2008)
* [[San Luis Potosí City|San Luis Potosí]], [[San Luis Potosí]] (2010)
* [[Mazatlán]], [[Sinaloa]]  (2014)

== Notable people ==
* [[Emilio Portes Gil]], former governor of the state of Tamaulipas and [[President of Mexico|former president of Mexico]]
* Emilio Martínez Manatou, doctor and politician, former governor of the State of Tamaulipas
* [[Arleth Terán]], Mexican television actress
* [[Carlos Peña (Mexican footballer)|Carlos Peña]] Rodríguez, professional football player
* [[Alan Pulido|Alan Pulido Izaguirre]], professional football player
* [[Óscar Mascorro|Oscar Mascorro]], professional footballer
* [[José Sulaimán]], businessman and [[Boxing|boxer]]
* [[Rosemary Barkett]], [[United States federal judge|Federal Judge of the United States of America Court of Appeals]] for the Eleventh Circuit
* [[Rodolfo Torre Cantú|Rodolfo Torre Cantu]], doctor and Mexican politician, former candidate for Governor of Tamaulipas.
* [[Ismael Valdez]], Major League Baseball player, TV Personality and local entrepreneur.

==References==
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==Further reading==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110517163702/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_tamaulipas Tamaulipas Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México]

==External links==
{{Portal|Mexico}}
*{{in lang|es}} [https://archive.today/20121220184547/http://ditae.uat.edu.mx/ Dirección de Tecnología]
*{{in lang|es}} [http://www.itvictoria.edu.mx Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Victoria] 
*{{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20080126155040/http://portal.uat.edu.mx/portal/index.htm Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas]

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