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45-655: In 1825 Ciudad Victoria became the state capital. It is home to higher education institutions such as the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas and the Technological Institute of Ciudad Victoria. General Pedro José Méndez International Airport is located on the outskirts of the city. As a state bureaucratic centre, it is the seat of the three political powers and has sites of tourist and cultural interest. The Viceroy of New Spain , Juan Francisco Güémez and Horcasitas on Saturday, September 3, 1746, founded

90-647: 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 Escandon and Helguera founded Villa de Llera , part of the Late Colonization of New Santander , named after Santander , the capital of Cantabria , Spain. Villa de Santa María del Agua de Agüayo was founded on October 6, 1750. Villa de Santa María de Aguayo

135-819: A new form of territorial occupation that had not been seen until the 18th century in New Spain. After the Mexican Independence New Santander was renamed "Tamaulipas", and the State Congress decrees on April 20, 1825, to elevate the Villa de Aguayo to the category of "City", seat of the Three Powers and Capital of the State , approving the name of Victoria, in honour of the first President of Mexico , Guadalupe Victoria . "The Capitality Decree, Title of City and Name"

180-691: 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 . In 2007, the Polytechnic University of Victoria (UPV) was inaugurated, part of the Technological and Polytechnic Universities of Mexico, located within the TECNOTAM Scientific and Technological Park . It offers engineering, postgraduate and distance education . The Centre for Research and Advanced Studies ( CINVESTAV ) of

225-401: A public institution with more than 40,000 students in upper secondary, higher and postgraduate levels. The Technological Institute of Ciudad Victoria (ITCV) was the first technological institution in the centre of the state, began its activities in 1975. It has more than 3,113 students, offers undergraduate , engineering and postgraduate careers. La Salle Victoria University (ULSA) is

270-607: A university, college or other tertiary educational institution in Mexico is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Janambre The Janambre (Xanambre) were an indigenous people of Tamaulipas in northeast Mexico . They were the historical enemies of the Pison (Pisones). The Janambre language, now extinct , is unattested. William Bright (1955) thought the Janambre language might have been Naolan , an unclassified language of

315-650: Is published by mandate of the First Congress , signed and sealed by Enrique Camilo Suárez, Vice Governor of Tamaulipas . In this Capital, the Governor of the State , Lucas Fernández, on May 4 issued a decree to reject the invasion by order of the Spanish monarchy . The attempt of reconquest by the Spanish vanguard army commanded by General Brigadier Isidro Barradas , was frustrated on September 11, 1829, in Tampico , Tamaulipas; At

360-1074: Is the capital city of Tamaulipas , the rectory building and the main administrative offices are headquartered in there. The main faculties of business, law, natural sciences, education and agriculture are based there as well. Ciudad Victoria is also the home of the university's football soccer team, the Correcaminos UAT . The principal site of medicine, dentistry, nursing, law and engineering are in Tampico. The northern Tamaulipas cities of Matamoros and Nuevo Laredo each have smaller university campuses. (Faculties of Business, Administration and Social Sciences) (Nursing School) (School of Professional Studies) (Medical School and Computer Sistems Engineering Matamoros) (Academic and Multidisciplinary Unit of Matamoros) (School of Business Administration) (School of Engineering and Science) (Faculty of Nursing) (School of Social Work and Human Development) (Academic and Multidisciplinary Unit of Sciences, Education and

405-546: The French Pantheon , and in 1923 General César López de Lara took the governorship of the state of Tamaulipas. The Victorense Casino AC, formerly known as the social and mutualist centre of the city, was founded in 1929. The urban and architectural structure of the city is defined in its buildings, buildings of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The creation of the Federal Highway 85 and other road works connect

450-650: The National Polytechnic Institute has an Information Technology laboratory in its Tamaulipas unit, within the TECNOTAM Park. 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). Other institutions of higher education are: The University of the Valley of Mexico (UVM),

495-744: The Viceroy at that time, to undertake a campaign against rebellious Native Americans of the Síghue, who had their rancherías by the ravines and valleys of the 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 and Llera . By this date some masonry houses were begun to be built in Aguayo,

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540-538: The Virgin of Guadalupe , the celebration includes dances of matachines , folk verbena and pyrotechnic games. Ciudad Victoria has a wide range of educational institutions , from preschool to graduate level. The level of illiteracy has dropped and the level of education at the top level is 3.7% of the population. In the city there are 57 special education schools; basic education includes 46 pre-school schools, 168 pre-schools, 175 primary schools, 55 secondary schools;

585-521: The capital with the Mexico–U.S. border and the centre of the country. In 1939 Eng. Marte R. Gómez inaugurated the Olympic-type Stadium that nowadays bears his name and where the team plays Correcaminos Football Club . In 1941 the "El Petaqueño" Airport, now called General Pedro José Méndez International Airport , began operations. In 1951 the new Government Palace was inaugurated, built in

630-441: The cultural , social , political and economic spheres . 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 development of the city and the territory, through its economic production . The direct consequences of this form of urban design marked in New Spain

675-461: The founders , henequen plants represent agricultural production. The municipality was recognized as the official capital of the state of Tamaulipas, and named Ciudad Victoria in 1825, and the head of the municipality of Victoria is finally assigned the seat of the Legislative , Executive and Judicial powers . In state matter, the seat of the organisms and dependencies of the government of

720-470: The population density was 211 people per square kilometre. Ciudad Victoria has one of the highest per capita murder rates in the world . As for religion, 90% of its population declares itself Christian Catholic , while 5% Christian Protestants , 2% 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

765-538: The Governmental Complex "Bicentennial Park" came into operation, which today concentrates most of the government apparatus of the state of Tamaulipas. In 2016, the restoration of the old Casa Filizola, now the Pinacoteca Tamaulipas and the main railway station of the capital, began. The coat of arms was created on December 18, 1971, at the initiative of Professor Vidal Martínez. The coat of arms has

810-527: The Humanities) (School of Veterinary Medicine and Zoology) (University Center of Excellence) (Mante High School) (School of Nursing Tampico) ( School of Medicine Tampico Dr. Alberto Romo Caballero ) (Academic Unit of Law and Sociology) (School of Business Administration Tampico) (School of Music) (School of Architecture, Design and Urban Development) (School of Dentistry) (School of Engineering) (Language Center Tampico) This article on

855-951: 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. The city is the main headquarters of the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas (UAT), founded in 1950,

900-645: 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. The river that crossed the settlement is the so-called San Marcos, which has an irrigation ditch, whose abundance of water gave

945-691: The State Electoral Institute of Tamaulipas (IEETAM), the voter registry is: 252,852 inhabitants, belongs to the 15th electoral district of the state and fifth federally of the state of Tamaulipas . According to the 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. The municipality of Victoria concentrates 94.7% of

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990-655: The United States and was liberated at the end of the war. In 1898, President Porfirio Díaz sponsored the operation of the urban animal-drawn 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 Parisian street Champs-Élysées . The city began its industrial transformation in

1035-752: 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). The Miguel Aleman University is a private institution of superior and middle level that was established in

1080-510: The administration 2018-2021 since October 2, 2020. It consists of two syndics , fourteen council members and delegates. Among the tasks of the municipal administration are: The Municipal Statistical Register, civil protection , health , alcoholic beverages regulations , drinking water services , drainage and sewerage , as well as public safety , traffic and roads. According to the National Electoral Institute (INE) and

1125-596: 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. The early morning of July 1, 2010, the city was hit by Hurricane Alex whose eye passed only a few kilometres between Ciudad Victoria, causing destruction in public lighting , billboards , traffic lights and an infinity of trees, as well as suspension of energy services electricity and drinking water for more than 24 hours. In 2010,

1170-411: The first transit of the colony, and because its crops and livestock promise great movement, evidencing its growth at the beginning of its founding, which was 11 families. Unlike the modes of settlement that were commonly raised during the vice-regal period in New Spain , which followed a missionary and presidial structure, the new populations designed by José de Escandon had marked differences in

1215-407: The following characteristics: On the side the map of the state that represents that Victoria is the capital , the balance , the sword and the parchment represent the 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 geographic environment of the region upon the arrival of

1260-576: The head of the national forces were the Generals: Felipe de la Garza Cisneros , Manuel Mier and Terán and Antonio López de Santa Anna . Battle of Tampico (1863) was one of the few battles against a foreign intervention in Mexico where the invaders have surrendered against the Mexican forces . In 1846, in the Mexican–American War , Ciudad Victoria was occupied on December 25 by troops from

1305-746: The larger cities of Reynosa , Matamoros , Nuevo Laredo , and Tampico and smaller cities of Ciudad Mante and Valle Hermoso are UAT campuses that offer undergraduate studies. Each of the various university faculties offer graduate studies leading to the Master's or Doctorate Degree. The Faculty of Medicine of Tampico offers the professional degree of Physician & Surgeon (Medico-Cirujano) as well as post-graduate specialty certificates in: pediatrics, internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics & gynecology, family practice, and intensive care medicine. The university's "Center of Excellence" (Centro de Excelencia) sponsors specialized professional certificates and studies for

1350-578: The late 19th and early 20th centuries, with the administration of Guadalupe Mainero Juárez which attracted investments and improvements to the city. On September 15, 1910, the monument to the Heroes of 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 Pantheon , General Alberto Carrera Torres , having been tried by an illegal War Council and buried in

1395-433: The materials for the construction of a Catholic church were gathered and large sugarcane plantations 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 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 . The Spanish settlement of Villa de Aguayo

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1440-461: The opening to a new way of consolidating a border territory. 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. In addition, Escandon proposed

1485-512: The plain to the East and surrounded to the west by the Sierra Madre Oriental , a strategic location that also received breezes from the north and east. 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. In religious matters, the settlement

1530-468: The population all the irrigation it needs for the subsistence of its inhabitants, irrigation of plots and other sowing of corn , fostering also the cultivation of the cane . The quality of the land was adequate for all fruits typical of the region and facilitated the breeding and conservation of livestock . Its location was one of the most advantageous in favour of the Royal Treasury , both for being

1575-464: The population in its municipal seat, the rest is considered rural and has experienced a growth rate of 2.04%. In 2010, CONAPO estimated, based on INEGI, a level of marginalization of 36.7% as very low, 25% low level and from 1.3% to 0.3% with levels between high and very high marginalization . According to the INEGI intercensal survey, in 2015, 52% of the population of Ciudad Victoria were women and

1620-577: 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 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. The nobleman also proposed to

1665-717: The state and the official residence of the governor of the state are in Ciudad Victoria. The current governor is Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca , of the National Action Party , for the 2016-2022 administration. The municipality is administered by the Ciudad Victoria City Council, comprised by the Municipal President , being the holder María del Pilar Gómez Leal , of the National Action Party as Substitute Municipal President of Victoria for

1710-565: The state capital in September 2005 after twenty-five years since its founding in 1981, of philanthropic and humanitarian principles offering university studies in accounting, economic areas, social, and educational. Autonomous University of Tamaulipas The Autonomous University of Tamaulipas (in Spanish : Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, UAT ) is a Mexican public university based in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas . Throughout

1755-533: The state of Tamaulipas. It was founded on 30 October 1950 at the port of Tampico as Educación Profesional de Tampico, A.C. (Tampico's Professional Education), a civil organization that sponsored a Faculty of Law and a Faculty of Medicine that were later incorporated into a public school under the auspices of the National Autonomous University of Mexico . On 5 November 1972, it was recognized as an autonomous university . Since Ciudad Victoria

1800-459: 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

1845-442: 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. 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,

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1890-581: Was distributed in perfect 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. As was the Spanish provision, land was designated for the construction of the Catholic Church,

1935-515: Was founded, and Escandon then conferred the appointment of captain to replace him in the command, Don Miguel de Córdoba. 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. The noble and military of Belgian descent, José de Craywinckel, when he visited

1980-594: Was named after the wife of the first Count of Revillagigedo Don Juan Francisco de Güémez y Horcasitas , named Doña Antonia Cepherina Pacheco de Padilla, a native of Aguayo , Province of Santander , Spain. The settlement was founded by José de Escandon and Helguera, Count of Sierra Gorda , during his second campaign of the Pacification and Colonization Plan of the coast of the Mexican Seno, later called New Santander , today Tamaulipas . The Spanish settlement open to

2025-457: Was under the command of a Franciscan named Antonio Javier de Aréchaga, who was also in charge of the mission of San Felipe , which was founded with 150 indigenous people. That Catholic mission progressed more than those previously founded, because in the lands that were designated, they were opened by local Native Americans . Captain Astigárraga died three years after the Villa de Agüayo

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