Located northeast of Mexico, the city and harbor of Tampico constitutes the metropolitan area of Magic South of Tamaulipas along with Altamira and Ciudad Madero. According to INEGI’s 2005 census, the metropolitan area has 803,196 people.

Time zone, central standard time, UTC-6.
Zip Code 89000.   Telephone area code +52 (833).
Population (INEGI 2005) 303,635 people.
Weather Humid subtropical, with an average temperature of 23ºC.