Tampico metropolitan area

The Tampico Metropolitan Area is the continuity of the city of Tampico to the contiguous municipalities, it is located in the Mexican states of Tamaulipas and Veracruz, it is next to Mexico City, Querétaro the Comarca Lagunera, Puebla, La Piedad and Puerto Vallarta are some of the two-state Metropolitan Areas of Mexico. It extends along the Pánuco River on the slope of the Gulf of Mexico. It covers the following municipalities:

In Tamaulipas:

• Tampico.
• Altamira
• Ciudad Madero.

In Veracruz:

• Old Town
• Pánuco

Demographics

Aerial view, where you can only appreciate Tampico and Cd.Madero.

The area in 2020, according to the population and housing census carried out by INEGI, the suburban area was home to 927,379 inhabitants, of which more than 750,000 inhabitants live in the state of Tamaulipas. In addition, this metropolitan area has tourist places such as Laguna del Carpintero, Bicentennial Park, Maritime Customs Park, Champayán Playa Miramar, Historical Center of the municipalities and the Pánuco River that divides the municipalities.

Transportation

In Tampico there are countless routes for transporting the population, every day more than 800,000 need to move through different points of the metropolitan area. Most of the routes are concentrated in the downtown area of Tampico, which start along the main avenues and then distribute towards the neighborhoods of Tampico, Madero and Altamira, with respect to Pueblo Viejo and Pánuco the routes start by road.

Route 01 - Aviation - Americas - Boulevard

Route 02 - Central de Abastos - Forest - Casa Blanca (Disappeared in 2021)

Route 03 - Madero - Central de Abastos

Route 04 - Águila - Madero

Route 05 - Madero - Blanco Palmas

Route 06 - Madero - Green Revolution - Las Torres

Route 07 - Tampico - North Beach - Boulevard

Route 08 - Social Security - Lomas de Infonavit

Route 11 - Candelario Garza - Tampico - Boulevard

Route 12 - Morelos - Moralillo - Moscow

Route 13 - N. Garza Leal - Borreguera - Tampico x Av. Hidalgo

Route 16 - Tierra Negra - Germinal x Av. Hidalgo - Borreguera

Route 19 - Nuevo Madero - Serapio Venegas - Tampico x Av. Hidalgo

Route 20 - Madero - Borreguera

Route 21 - Tampico Fovissste - Beach

Route 22 - Tampico - Borreguera - Boulevard

Route 23 - Enrique Cárdenas González - University

Route 24 - Tampico Tancol - Carmen Romano - Crucero De Germinal

Route 25 - Madero - Echeverría

Route 26 - Puertas Coloradas - Divisoria

Route 27 - Santa Elena - Moralillo Veracruz - Tampico

Route 29 - Águila Echeverría - Escolleras (Disappeared in 2021, apparent return in September 2022)

Route 30 - Livestock - Divisoria

Route 31 - Tampico - Niños Héroes - Isleta x Av. Hidalgo

Route 32 - Madero - Heriberto Kehoe - Las Flores

Route 33 - Madero - Tancol - La Paz

Route 34 - Tampico - Madero - Las Flores

Route 35 - Madero - Ganadera - Niños Héroes

Route 37 - Tampico Madero Escolleras (joined in May 2015 with Ruta Águila Echeverría) (Briefly returned to being an independent route in 2022, disappearing again)

Route 38 - North Circuit

Route 39 - Tampico Refinery - South Beach - Boulevard

Route 40 - Tampico - Madero - North Beach

Route 42 - C. Orta - López Portillo - Central Camionera (Extinct in 2020)

Route 43 - Aviation - Cañada - Boulevard

Route 44 - Tampico - Republic of Cuba

Route 45 - Las Flores - Enrique Cárdenas González - Luna Luna x Av. Hidalgo

Route 46 - Las Flores - Blanco Kinder - Palafox - Boulevard

Route 47 - Bosque - Boulevard

Route 48 - Germinal - Boulevard

Route 50 - Tampico - Valle

Route 51 - Serapio Venegas - Boulevard

Route 52 - Tampico - National Unit Expansion - Boulevard

Route 54 - Altamira - Nvo. Tampico - Borreguera

There are also routes of the so-called "Carros de Ruta" and the company URBAN, a subsidiary of Transpaís.