Ciudad Madero
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Ciudad Madero (also known as Cd.Madero or just Madero) is a city in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. The city is located at 22.27°N, 97.83°W, just south and east of Tampico but still on the banks of the Río Pánuco, and forming part of the conurbation that includes the cities of Tampico and Altamira. Ciudad Madero is named after Mexican president and hero Francisco I. Madero. In the INEGI 2005 census the population of Ciudad Madero was of 193, 045 people.
Ciudad Madero has the beach named "Playa Miramar",which, in recent years, has been expanding its services with new hotels and restaurants. Near the beach there is a lighthouse, named "Faro de Ciudad Madero" - although this has been replaced by a red beacon light atop a small tower, to guide approaching ships in to the channel of the Rio Panuco.
The citizens of Tampico often consider that Cd.Madero is merely a rump of their own municipality - this leads to much local jesting and civic pride. In fact, although the two cities are politically and administratively independent, they are physically conjoined and form a part of a larger conurbation.
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