Tamaulipas · Mexico
Ciudad Madero
An oil refining city beside Tampico.
- Population
- 209,175 (2015)
- Municipality
- 1924
Then
- 1824
Records first name Doña Cecilia Villareal as the founding settler.
- 1924
The town becomes a municipality, called Villa Cecilia, on May 1.
- 2023
A church roof collapses during a baptism on October 1, killing ten.
Now
Ciudad Madero is a major oil refining center beside Tampico.