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Matamoros
Matamoros
	— City —
	Matamoros municipal palace
	Location Matamoros within Tamaulipas
	; Matamoros Location of Tamaulipas within mexico
	Coordinates: 25°52′47″N 97°30′15″W / 25.87972°N 97.50417°W
Country	Mexico
State	Tamaulipas
Municipality	Matamoros Municipality
Settled	1826
	Government
- Type	Presidente Municipal
- Presidente Municipal	Erick Silva Santos
Elevation	10 m (33 ft)
	Population
- Total	422,711
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CST (UTC-5)
Codigo Postal	87300
Area code(s)	+52-868
Airport	General Servando Canales International Airport
Website	matamoros.gob.mx

Matamoros, formally Heroica Matamoros, is a city in the northeast of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is located at 25°52′N 97°30′W / 25.867°N 97.5°W / 25.867; -97.5, across the Rio Grande from Brownsville in the U.S. state of Texas. In the 2005 census the city of Matamoros had a population of 422,711.

Matamoros is about 621 miles away from Mexico City and 354 miles from Houston, Texas, USA. The city, known originally as "Villa del Refugio", was renamed for Independence War hero Mariano Matamoros in the early 19th century. The city also holds the "H" for "Heroic" or "Heroica" before the name because the city was defended from invaders trying to take it over.