Ciudad Mante

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El Mante, Tamaulipas
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Nickname: "Mante"
Coordinates: 22°43′60″N, 98°57′0″W
Municipio	El Mante
Government
- Mayor	Lic. Jose Luis Castellanos González
Area
- City	1,699.98 km²  (656.4 sq mi)
Elevation	80 m (262.5 ft)
Population (2005)
- City	112,061 municipality
- Density	65.9/km² (170.7/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
Website: http://www.elmante.gob.mx

Ciudad Mante is a city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is located at approximately 22°43′60″N, 98°57′0″W. The city is the municipal seat of El Mante municipality in extreme southern Tamaulipas, and lies in the northwestern portion of the municipality. It had a 2005 census population of 81,884 inhabitants, or about 73 percent of El Mante's total of 112,061. The city is the state's ninth-largest community in population. El Mante has an area of 1,699.98 km² (656.37 sq mi), and includes smaller outlying communities such as El Limón, El Abra, and Nueva Apolonia.

[edit] References

• Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática

• Tamaulipas Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

[edit] External links

• Gobierno Municipal de El Mante Official website